People
E-rulemaking efforts expanding, OMB official says
E-rulemaking is helping to bring a diversity of views to the regulatory process, according to OMB official Cass Sunstein.
Modernization
OMB to push for big changes in IT management
The federal government is doing a major rehab on how it oversees and manages the $70 billion in annual IT spending.
Digital Government
All Clear on Security Clearances?
ccording to testimony presented this week before the Senate federal workforce subcommitee, there’s been a lot of headway made in trimming the time it takes to process a security clearance.
Cybersecurity
OMB exec brings wide-angle lens to anti-terror unit
Mike Howell's move from OMB to the Information Sharing Environment could bolster that program and expand the administration's understanding of it, experts say.
Digital Government
Geospatial data management refined
The OMB has issued supplemental guidance to improve the management of geospatial data
Modernization
Is Kundra's data center consolidation initiative doomed?
The effort to reduce the number of data centers is noble, but the obstacles can't be ignored.
Acquisition
White House vows to reduce improper payments
White House officials respond to a report that details billions in improper payments to dead people.
Digital Government
Feds paid at least $1B to dead people, Coburn says
Sen. Tom Coburn said today more than $1 billion in federal payments were made to dead people from 1999 to 2009.
People
OMB will use dashboard to rate agencies' customer service
A new report examines agencies' progress in improving their customer service scores and says an OMB dashboard on those results is coming soon.
Modernization
Data center recount: Bigger problem, tougher solution than previously thought
Feds are finding that the total number of data centers is higher than once thought, which is complicating consolidation plans.
People
Bite-size procurements can minimize big-time problems
The Obama administration wants agencies to stop multiyear, multibillion-dollar overhauls of major IT systems and infrastructure. Instead, agencies should start taking much smaller bites, officials say.
Digital Government
Government takes the lead on IPv6 adoption
OMB's recent mandate for enabling IPv6 on public-facing government Web servers and internal agency networks is a welcome and much-needed step toward future-proofing the Internet.
Digital Government
How did the government miscount a thousand data centers?
The federal government has found that there are nearly 1,000 more data-centers than previous estimates indicated after a rigorous peer-review process resulted in a more complete picture of agencies' data-center assets, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
Digital Government
Do agencies still have year-end spending sprees?
We tried to find out what agencies are spending their year-end money on, but it might not work like that anymore.
People
Second Senate panel approves Lew to head OMB
The Senate Budget Committee has approved Jacob Lew's nomination to be director of the Office of Management and Budget.
People
Justice kills case management project; Interior tries plan B for data tool
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra announced two more actions as a result of the ongoing White House review of 26 high-priority IT projects.
People
Fiscal year-end spending: Does 'use it or lose it' still rule?
Since 2001, the Office of Management has championed a number of ideas or programs intended to bring order to federal IT spending. But has it really made a difference?
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