Modernization
Black Hawk up
The Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., is using dashboards to help coordinate its Black Hawk helicopter modernization program.
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OPM settles – again – on Monster for USAJobs Web site
The Office of Personnel Management has decided to keep Monster Government Solutions on to run the USAJobs.gov Web site.
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E-debit card reduces food stamp errors
The Agriculture Department has cut $1.4 billion in improper payments over five years from its Food Stamp program by adopting an electronic benefits card, and aligning state and federal benefit criteria.
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Talk radio
Just as the USB standard lets you connect a PC to different hardware devices, Project Safecom officials expect the P-25 standard to let different narrowband radios work with one another.
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GAO says Defense comes up short on its EA efforts
The Defense Department has invested nearly four years and $318 million into developing a business enterprise architecture, yet according to a recent Government Accountability Office report, the department has very little to show for its efforts.
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DHS personnel system buy draws Hill ire
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) has launched a critical inquiry into the Homeland Security Department’s decision to award a blanket purchase agreement to Northrop Grumman Information Technology for the $175 million MaxHR project to build a new personnel system.
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OPM renames online learning portal
The governmentwide portal for online learning will now be known as USALearning.gov.
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Senate drops restrictions on e-gov funding
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development did not follow the House’s lead in restricting how agencies contribute money to e-government projects.
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PMA yields turnaround at mismanaged agencies
Hate it or love it, the President’s Management Agenda is changing the way the government works.
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Share-in-savings not catching on at agencies
Several factors have contributed to the dearth of IT contracts using the share-in-savings procurement method, including that the Office of Management and Budget has not issued a final rule and guidance on how to use the method, according to GAO.
Modernization
Waterbury, Conn., seals HR software deal with Lawson
Under the contract, Lawson will provide a centralized application to help the city manage human resources information, such as time accumulation and compensation, and to process payroll.
Modernization
GAO report says Defense business EA has ‘limited utility’
The Defense Department has invested four years and $318 million into developing a business enterprise architecture, but has very little to show for its efforts, according to the Government Accountability Office.
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Veterans Affairs posts Peaches 3 draft RFP
Under the full and open contract, which will consist of one base year and four one-year options, the department will be able to purchase a broad range of IT solutions.<@SM><@SM>
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Labor goes 5-for-5 on PMA
It took exactly three years for the Labor Department to reach perfection on the President’s Management Agenda scorecard.
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Senate drops restrictive e-gov language from spending bill
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee did not follow the House’s lead in restricting how agencies contribute money to e-government projects.
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VA names Wooten to head enterprise program management office
The Veterans Affairs Department today named David Wooten, a retired Navy aviator and senior program manager, to direct its new enterprise program management office.
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OPM contract expands number of e-learning vendors
Federal agencies will have more than 59 vendors in six specialized areas to choose from for their online learning services under a new contract awarded by the Office of Personnel Management.
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CMS assessing patient health record development for Medicare recipients
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking industry comment to determine how involved the agency should be in the development of personal electronic health records for its target populations.
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Why does Congress hate e-gov?
It’s hot in Washington, so the White House must be fending off congressional attacks on e-government.
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NARA’s e-records project on track for August award, GAO says
Everything is falling into place as the deadline nears for the National Archives and Records Administration to decide whether Harris Corp. or Lockheed Martin Corp. will run the Electronic Records Archive system, according to the Government Accountability Office.<@SM>
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