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Agencies get out of the box
Mark Carney calls the core financial system the Education Department tried to install in 1999 a “stinker.” The agency’s chief financial officer quickly grew tired of the configuration issues as well as arduous and complex testing processes. Education’s decision to move to Oracle—one of six commercial software systems approved for federal use by the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program—represents a trend: Agencies are changing their business practices to meet the software’s capabilities instead of customizing software to conform to their own procedures.<@SM><@SM>
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OMB hires marketing firm for e-gov projects
The Office of Management and Budget last week awarded a contract to Edelman Public Relations of New York to develop marketing plans for three e-government projects.
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Managers face familiar hurdles: security and funding
What do government IT managers worry about the most? “Our biggest challenge is security,” said an IT manager at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, reflecting the opinion of nearly half the respondents in a GCN telephone survey.<@SM>
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OMB appoints Young e-gov associate administrator
Tim Young is the new associate administrator for e-government and IT.
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OMB marketing blitz to get the word out on e-gov
The Office of Management and Budget is trying to boost citizens’ awareness of federal e-government services.
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USDA, HUD race to document IT security
In a recent report card on agencies’ compliance with federal IT security requirements, the scores of the Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development departments stuck out like sore thumbs.
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OMB clears up criteria to get to green
The Office of Management and Budget today gave agencies a clearer understanding of the criteria to meet green on the President’s Management Agenda scorecard.
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Hill, Homeland Security trade barbs over border control tech
The Homeland Security Department’s enterprise architecture and its plans for a border control system came under fire from legislative overseers last week.
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New benchmark tool available for testing performance of J2EE apps
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. has released Version 1.3 of a benchmark suite to measure the performance of Java2 Enterprise Edition application server-driven programs.
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GAO finds that some protective laws hinder e-health adoption
Efforts by health care providers to implement IT systems can be hampered by laws preventing fraud and abuse, GAO says.
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Navy posts tech transfer site
The Navy has a new Web site that will help other agencies and the private sector use Navy-funded research and development.
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OMB says agencies must expand cost management
Agencies are now fulfilling more stringent OMB financial-reporting requirements.
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VA IG: CoreFLS failed on inadequate expertise, oversight
Inspector general criticizes VA for inadequate oversight of financial management system contract.
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GSA details process for SmartBuy waivers
An interagency advisory team will determine whether agencies get waivers to buy software outside the SmartBuy program.
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OPM postpones E-Learning procurement
After vendors submitted more than 1,000 questions, the Office of Personnel Management postpones the E-Learning solicitation.
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OMB touts management agenda successes
In new report, OMB says agencies are using IT to improve programs and not using technology for technology’s sake.
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USDA awards contract for Recreation One-Stop
National Recreation Reservation Service will consolidate and expand the existing federal reservation services.
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Team players
Few kinds of software are as slippery to categorize as those that use computer networks to bring people together.
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Groove improves its virtual space
Groove Workspace, a peer-to-peer collaboration tool from Groove Networks Inc., has become something of a darling of the federal government, thanks largely to its extra-tight security.
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NARA chooses Harris, Lockheed for e-records system
National Archives and Records Administration picks contractor teams to design and test the Electronic Records Archive system.<@SM>
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