Modernization
Neal Fox | Contracting in Perspective: Will GSA Eat SEWP?
So GSA wants to absorb NASA’s SEWP GWAC contract vehicle. Would this enhance governmentwide procurement, and has anyone asked SEWP’s customers? I doubt it.
People
With Dems in charge, observers expect labor issues to take center stage
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> President Bush’s competitive-sourcing initiative could be under heavy scrutiny now that the Democrats have taken over at least one house of Congress.
People
Under new Congress, IT issues seamless in Senate, unclear in House
Federal IT issues will receive closer scrutiny under the new leadership in Congress, but it is unclear whether the White House’s e-government initiative will sink or swim.
Modernization
Analytics capture mortgage fraud trends
Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network conducted an assessment of trends and patterns of suspected mortgage loan fraud that may be useful to law enforcement, regulators and financial institutions.<@SM><@SM>
Modernization
DTS officials look down road
DOD, disputing GAO, says savings will come with increased use of travel system.
Modernization
Data repository could cut federal medical costs
Federal, state agencies hope analytics boost health care quality, squash fraud.
Modernization
Case closed
Government is where people work together toward common goals. But too often, interagency rivalry and lack of communication thwart cooperation, leading to inefficient, stovepiped systems. That’s the situation Keith Fournier stepped into when he became CIO for Lucas County, Ohio.
People
William Jackson | Cybereye: Campaign now for better voting methods
When it comes to electronic voting, we should come to an understanding of what the security issues really are, determine an acceptable level of risk for all voting systems, and then find ways to solve, mitigate or work around the problems.
Modernization
Still no agreement on enrollment stations
‘Imminent’ GSA-NBC deal has been discussed for months, but multiple vendors, other issues keep accord talks going.<@SM>
People
With two years left, OMB's e-gov goals get clearer
The Office of Management and Budget’s administrator for e-government and IT is out to shut down systems that duplicate the 25 e-government and nine Lines of Business initiatives, and achieve cost savings and efficiency.
Modernization
Interior's ERP project in a bind
Inadequate systems, pending lawsuit could hinder modernization project.
Modernization
CMS gives states better look at health care data
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare is helping state and local agencies use analytic software to improve the quality of health care data and to prevent fraud and abuse. The results—on a small scale so far—have been positive.<@SM>
Modernization
DHS agency launches new portal
The Homeland Security Department’s Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched a new portal to help provide services to aspiring naturalized citizens and persons dealing with refugee, permanent residence and other immigration benefit processes.<@SM>
Modernization
IRS waits on Congress to decide tax return move to modern platform
The IRS hopes to move 1040 individual tax returns that are electronically filed to its Modernized e-File platform in 2009, but it depends on the budget that Congress approves.<@SM>
People
CMS awards potential $9b contract
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a contract worth as much as $9 billion to six vendors for contact-center operations for general Medicare and claims inquiries among all CMS communications channels.<@SM>
Modernization
HUD seeks modernized financial-management system
The Housing and Urban Development Department seeks proposals to modernize its accounting and financial-management functions by moving its core legacy systems to the PeopleSoft suite of financial-management applications to create an integrated system.
People
New skills demanded in networked government
Government managers will need new skills and the ability to collaborate in order to move ahead in an age of networked governance, a senior GSA executive warned Monday.
Modernization
David Warner | Next-generation command and control
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Warner has an answer for the 90-plus legacy interfaces that currently tie into the joint battlefield C2 system under his control: service-oriented architecture.
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