People
New health IT coordinator will act fast on stimulus
Congress wants a health IT operations plan by May 15 before it releases stimulus funding, a senior official from the coordinator’s office said.
Digital Government
Klossner: On your mark, get set, stimulate!
FCW cartoonist John Klossner tries to imagine how agencies might coach employees on how to spend boatload of stimulus bucks on tight deadlines.
Modernization
Groups push for lobbying Web site
Watchdog organizations want a single Web site that aggregates reports of meetings between lobbyists and federal executives related to stimulus funding.
Modernization
NOAA to get supercomputers, satellites
The agency's list of projects includes funding for weather satellites and climate-data supercomputers.
Modernization
OMB: Agencies must pay to upgrade Grants.gov
Grant-making agencies must cover the costs to strengthen the governmentwide grants portal to accommodate the crush of stimulus funds applications.
Modernization
FCC preparing national broadband plan
The FCC will take a year to produce a national broadband strategy, but that should not be a problem for stimulus broadband grants, according to one expert.
Modernization
OMB updates guidance for stimulus money
Federal agencies must track 41 data elements on spending under the economic stimulus law, new guidance says.
Digital Government
Stimulus money heightens urgency for health IT guidance
HHS and the health IT coordinator must ramp up standards work to meet stimulus deadlines.
People
States wrestle with stimulus funding
States are trying to figure out how to manage the huge influx of stimulus funds.
Modernization
New rules to be released for stimulus reporting
Federal agencies must report stimulus spending in more detail and more frequently under rules being released tomorrow by the Obama administration.
Modernization
Requirements published for stimulus reporting
Organizations getting grants and loans under the stimulus law must use standard data elements, OMB says.
Digital Government
Watchdogs want Obama to rescind lobbying rules
A coalition of groups says the White House's policy for lobbyists seeking funding under the stimulus law is too strict and won't achieve its intended purpose.
Modernization
New rules for stimulus contracting
The federal acquisition councils published proposed rules for the reporting and legal requirements for contracts awarded under the economic stimulus law.
People
GAO urges public to report stimulus law waste
The billions available for spending raise the potential for inappropriate use and mismanagement, GAO’s acting comptroller general said.
Acquisition
Stimulus funds bring acquisition showdown
Take a limited number of federal acquisition employees, add $787 billion in stimulus spending, then square the root with a requirement to spend the money as fast as you can. What have you got? Anyone familiar with the federal contracting process can tell you that's a no-brainer: It’s algebra for procurement meltdown.
People
Welles: Agencies will recover too
Federal employees can expect more work and visibility as the economic recovery efforts move ahead.
Modernization
Groups want open access in stimulus-funded broadband
Consumer organizations want tougher open-access requirements for the $7 billion worth of broadband networks funded by the stimulus law.
People
Online news updates and headlines
Vivek Kundra has returned to work as the federal chief information officer.
People
Obama names national health IT coordinator
Physician David Blumenthal will lead HHS efforts to direct spending of $19.5 billion in economic stimulus funds for health IT to advance implementation of the nationwide health information infrastructure.
Modernization
Towns calls for IT committee on stimulus spending
Federal, state and private sector IT leaders should help track the stimulus package, House committee chairman suggests.
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