Digital Government
Move money to high-end computing, connectivity, administration says
Agencies should reallocate funds from lower-priority efforts, Office of Management and Budget officials say.
People
Johnson to Congress: Get 'smart'
Congressional appropriators cutting funds for e-government initiatives in spending bills will not hamper the initiatives, said Clay Johnson, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget.
Digital Government
Campaigning enters the Internet Age
Experts evaluate the online packaging of Bush, Kerry
People
Want .gov? That'll be $125.
State and local agencies must now pay before taking advantage of a year-old GSA decision to loosen the federal hold on the .gov domain.
People
Board: IRS still on hot seat
Officials on the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, who are strong proponents of the agency's attempt to modernize its Kennedy-era tax-processing technology, have also become some of its loudest critics.
People
Land reservation systems will merge
ReserveAmerica will get $128 million to create a single online federal recreation info and reservation site.
Acquisition
Antitrust unit retains DigitalNet
The company's network administration deal was extended.
People
Management agenda progresses
More than 40 percent of government agencies lack an acceptable justification for big IT investments, OMB says.
Digital Government
Funding cuts won't kill e-gov
But the administration needs Congress to be smarter about spending decisions, an OMB official said.
People
IRS wins A-76 bid, cuts 218 jobs
IRS officials decided to restructure the agency's IT operations at 10 sites with the loss of 218 jobs.
People
IRS cuts 218 tech jobs
Only 60 employees will be left in the agency's Modernization and Information Technology Services mainframe printing operation.
People
Oversight Board: IRS modernization still troubled
Problems are 'too severe for half-measures,' according to the IRS Oversight Board's 2004 annual report.
People
E-gov award disputed
Liquidity Services protested GSA's award of a $500 million contract to Maximus.
People
Feds see red over OMB scoring
Some feds say they've had enough of OMB's quarterly evaluations of agency progress on the President's Management Agenda.
People
GAO: Money watchdogs need central database
Financial regulators need a cross-industry database for keeping track of enforcement actions, Government Accountability Office officials said.
People
Kerry plugs site
More people visited the Democratic candidate's site during his acceptance speech than usually do during an entire day.
People
Feds give low grades to OMB scoring system
Color-coded bubble charts are not the best way to evaluate progress in achieving the President's Management Agenda, several federal information technology executives said today.
People
Burton sees workforce problems
Acquisition personnel quality is down, says the associate administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
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