Acquisition

OMB: Ask industry for a helping hand

From the start, the Office of Management and Budget turned to industry for help in developing information technology business cases

Acquisition

Make the case

Progress on agency business cases has been uneven

Acquisition

OMB releases final A-76 revision

Public/private competitive process is to be based more on performance rather than price

Digital Government

Agencies show security progress

Agencies made progress on the significant problem areas identified by OMB in fiscal 2001

People

Bush taps policy adviser for OMB post

President Bush last week named Josh Bolten as his nominee for director of OMB

People

One step at a time

Cross-agency cooperation takes hard work and a plan

People

IRS picks CIO, top deputy

Todd Grams, who has been IRS chief financial officer, is the tax agency's new CIO

People

Bush selects nominee for OMB director

Longtime Bush adviser Josh Bolten would replace Mitchell Daniels Jr.

People

E-rulemaking systems may live on

With e-rulemaking, some existing systems may not be shut down when new systems are ready

People

FEMA training project managers

Agency is starting to address the lack of project management skills within FEMA and DHS

Digital Government

NIST drafts rules for gauging security risks

NIST took its first step toward defining the minimum security measures agencies must take to protect their systems

People

Online feng shui

Government Web sites focus on satisfying users, not designers

Digital Government

NIST releases draft security standard

Standard sets how agencies should categorize their systems based on security risk

People

IAC to offer advice on e-gov governance

The Industry Advisory Council will offer recommendations to OMB on cross-agency challenges

People

OMB releases e-gov fund guidance

OMB guidance outlines process for agencies to request money from the e-government fund

People

Homeland setting cybersecurity priorities

One likely initiative would create an independent, private-sector-led security certification program

People

Management agenda grades mixed

Most agencies are improving their performance, but OMB is still handing out many failing grades

People

Now for the hard part

Migrating to a single system and turning off legacy systems won't be easy

People

Study spells out e-gov benefits

Five common benefits exist that cut across all levels of government and all nations

Digital Government

PITAC nominees strong in cybersecurity

Bush nominates 25 new members to the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee