People
Open government officials to testify before Senate panel
A Senate task force plans to examine how technology can help measure how government agencies perform.
People
Game changer: Open Government Directive puts new onus on agencies
White House lays out new data transparancy mandates—with deadlines.
People
White House open government directive arrives today
White House officials plan to release the open government directive today during a live Web chat with the federal chief technology and chief information officers.
Modernization
Cloud Computing Shoot Out targets federal adoption of the technology
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra will moderate the event, and is expected to discuss how cloud computing can decrease capital costs and streamline IT infrastructures for federal agencies.
People
Is Gov 2.0 just another passing fad? ...
Much like the emergence of the Web some 15 years ago, the latest version of online interaction and information sharing promises to insinuate itself into every corner of government.
Cybersecurity
DHS procurement office eyes contract hybrids
The Homeland Security Department’s Office of Procurement Operations is looking at contracts that include some performance-based items as a way to meet governmentwide requirements to reduce spending on contracts considered to be high risk.
People
OMB survey asks who's gone green
The Office of Management and Budget wants to know more about agencies and their green purchasing and recycling habits.
People
OMB on hunt for programs with payment problems
Executive Order aims to reduce improper payments by making financial management a priority.
People
Recovery site hosts bad data, GAO says
The Recovery.gov Web site should move quickly to address data quality problems, a GAO official recommends.
Modernization
Bill would make P2P software a no-no for fed systems
Popular, commercially available file-sharing programs would be generally banned from federal systems under a bill proposed in the House.
People
Performance metrics useless without good management, OMB's Zients told
The government should not get lost in devising management reporting systems and forget that getting good managers is most important, a House committee chairman says.
Acquisition
OMB urges performance-based management
Agencies should use performance-based management systems to improve acquisitions practices, according to an OMB memo.
Acquisition
Senators skeptical about Obama acquisition reform plan
The Obama administration expects agencies to save $40 billion by fiscal 2011 through better acquisitions.
People
Senate committee forms task force on performance management
The group will study ways for agencies to work more efficiently.
Digital Government
Tech projects to get big splash from second wave of stimulus spending
Technology spending will be a big part of a second wave of spending under the economic stimulus law, according to Edward DeSeve, special advisor to the Office of Management Budget and director for implementation of the Recovery Act.
Digital Government
White House uses social media to get green ideas
White House officials want federal employees and military members to submit ideas for clean energy.
Modernization
Stimulus reporting comes in fits and starts
Although more than 112,000 recipients met a deadline of Oct. 10 for filing spending reports, others are still struggling to comply.
People
Agencies spent billions of stimulus money on noncompetitive contracts
Federal agencies have awarded $7.8 billion on noncompetitive, non-fixed-price contracts under the economic stimulus law, a government Web site says.
Modernization
Only a small part of stimulus spending will be reported, coalition says
The Coalition for an Accountable Recovery said the amount of economic spending law being reported is a fraction of the total.
Digital Government
While security clearances speed up, quality lags, GAO says
Although OPM and DOD have made significant progress in improving the timeliness of the personnel security clearance process, agencies still need to improve the quality of clearance investigations, according to GAO officials.
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