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Labor launches revised compliance Web site
The Labor Department has launched a revamped version of a Web portal that gives regulated industries guidance on federal employment laws and regulations.<@SM><@SM>
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GSA keeps Symplicity for procurement portal redesign
The General Services Administration has decided that Symplicity Corp. of Arlington, Va., will revamp FedBizOpps.gov after all.<@SM>
Modernization
CIO Council releases guidance on EVM plans
The CIO Council released guidance earlier this week aimed at helping agencies develop an earned-value management program for major IT projects, as the Dec. 31 deadline approaches for agencies to come up with an EVM implementation plan.
Modernization
IRS proposes tighter privacy rules
The IRS has proposed guidelines on the disclosure and use of income tax filer’s information by tax return preparers to strengthen privacy in the era of electronic filing.
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OMB to guide agencies on financial management LOB
The Office of Management and Budget will furnish guidance by the end of this month or in early January 2006 to help agencies determine how they should select a federal provider of financial-management services.
Modernization
DOD’s architecture work finally gets down to business
The Defense Department has made more progress since the spring than it ever has on improving the management of its business systems.
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Information overload a potential problem for FDMS
The Federal Docket Management System could revolutionize the slow, bureaucratic pace of agency decision-making and result in better rulemaking — or inundate agencies with tens of thousands comments from the public that may or may not be relevant.<@SM><@SM><@SM>
Modernization
HHS, CMS fall short on managing IT investments
A lack of regular reviews by the Health and Human Services Department of HHS agencies’ IT investments by the IT investment board leaves 90 percent of the investments without appropriate executive oversight, according to the Government Accountability Office.<@SM>
Modernization
Jerry Lohfink and Gil Hawk on continuity-of-operations planning
National Finance Center Director <b>Jerry Lohfink</b> and NFC CIO <b>Gil Hawk</b> offered their experience and lessons learned in an online forum on government continuity-of-operations planning on Nov. 30.<br><a href="http://appserv.gcn.com/forum/qna_forum/37622-2.html"><u>Lohfink/Hawk transcript</u></a><@SM>
Modernization
NASA develops style sheets, tools for Web sites
Last year, NASA decreed that its Web sites should sport a common look and feel. Now the agency has introduced tools to help agency Web managers meet this goal.
Modernization
GAO to DOD: Good first step on business architecture
The Defense Department has met or has partially met five of six congressional mandates to improve its business systems modernization efforts, according to the Government Accountability Office.<@SM>
Modernization
CIO Council sends Data Reference Model to OMB for final approval
The CIO Council delivered Version 2.0 of the Federal Enterprise Architecture’s Data Reference Model to the Office of Management and Budget last week for final approval.<@SM>
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Labor seeks a vendor to host GovBenefits portals
The Labor Department is looking for offers to host Web sites and components related to its GovBenefits program.
People
GPO considers CIO Council request to create XML template
Under the plan, GPO would develop a standard Extensible Markup Language vocabulary that all agencies can use to disseminate information online.
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OMB readying Version 2.0 of EA assessment framework
Under Federal Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework 2.0, the Office of Management and Budget will evaluate agency modernization blueprints every three months and tie how agencies are using their EAs to make decisions to their scores on the President’s Management Agenda.
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Despite ratings slips, OMB calls PMA scorecard requirements ‘very reasonable’
Although several agencies saw their grades fall on the e-government portion of the most recent President’s Management Agenda scorecard, Office of Management and Budget officials do not believe they have set the bar too high.
People
GAO says the USAjobs job goes to Monster
The Government Accountability Office may finally have ended the two-year saga surrounding the refurbishing of the <a href="http://USAJobs.gov">USAJobs.gov</a> Web site.<@SM>
People
OMB looks at shared-service plan for IT security functions
The Office of Management and Budget has lifted the veil on the next set of standardized functions that shared-service providers will supply across government.
People
Some agencies slip on PMA scorecard
Six agencies stumbled in the e-government portion of the latest President’s Management Agenda <a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/agenda/scorecard.html>scorecard</a>, with three of them dropping from the highest rating of green.
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NARA issues draft guidance for improving e-records management
The National Archives and Records Administration is seeking comment on a draft guidance for improving electronic records management for all agencies.
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