Modernization

Considering COTS standards

Federal human resources managers are pondering formal standards for commercial off-the-shelf software.

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Army Corps looks at outsourcing IT

Army Corps of Engineers prepare for big competitive sourcing study

Modernization

Local execs praise open source

It saves money and takes advantage of IT collaboration, local officials say.

Digital Government

Data architecture finds a home

Interior officials recognized for trailblazing work.

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EPA builds a better search

Proposed metadata standards promise better government search results

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The new face of modernization at IRS

Richard Spires works to get overhaul of tax systems back on track.

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Training for RFID

Technology isn't the barrier to RFID adoption, says the Defense Logistics Agency's CIO.

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Architecture to get more security, privacy info

The CIO Council will release a more detailed document on security and privacy requirements of the federal enterprise architecture by April.

Digital Government

Fed architecture to cover records, maybe geospatial info

Records management and possibly geospatial data will be added to the federal enterprise architecture, an official says.

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OMB plans info-sharing initiative

It will be the next lines of business initiative cutting across agency lines.

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Competitive sourcing losses may be hyped

Federal employees are not likely to be fired because of competitive sourcing studies, say two researchers. A union official says they're wrong.

Digital Government

Data reference model hits the streets

Release of initial federal standards could improve electronic data sharing

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SEC buys into XBRL

Agency accepts Extensible Business Reporting Language data

Modernization

Making Web data permanent

Uniform Resource Names can help users find government data no matter where it's moved online, a group says.

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Standardizing terror data

Officials to assign stewardship over a core set of Extensible Markup Language standards.

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OMB vendor support may merge

A new e-government support contract includes an option for enterprise architecture work.

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Agencies getting greener

The latest score card for the President's Management Agenda shows across-the-board improvement.

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Study: Little firing risk from competitive sourcing

5 percent of full-time civilian employees lost their jobs because of competitive sourcing, two researchers found.

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CIO Council posts application info

A solutions exchange on the council's site has descriptions of IT tools and best practices.

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DOT e-learning ready to go

Officials expect to start rolling out the Web portion of DOT's Learning Management System in two weeks.