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Modernization
Tech outpaces Section 508 standards
Standards committee expects to update Section 508 for easier compliance.
Modernization
Thrift Investment Board awards contract for form processing
Under the $16 million contract, SI International will provide business outsourcing services for the board’s Thrift Savings Plan.
Modernization
Section 508 update to build on existing standards
The Section 508 Refresh will further specify how federal agencies are expected to make IT accessible to people with disabilities.
People
Survey: Customers less satisfied with agency Web sites
Heightened customer expectations based on rapid private-sector Web site improvements and popular formats that do not apply to government agencies are to blame.
Modernization
GSA tries sweetening telework with new federal regulations
The agency clarified security requirements for teleworkers and reduced agencies’ equipment burdens for off-site workers.
People
Congress pressures agencies to improve E-FOIA compliance
House and Senate bills focus on improving the efficiency and transparency of E-FOIA.
People
Survey: Feds faster to adopt telework than private sector
Federal agencies are beating the private sector in adopting telework through legislation, continuity of operations planning and employee enthusiasm.
People
Survey: Agencies fail to meet E-FOIA mandate
Only one-fifth of agencies fully comply with the law by providing access to four categories of records, according to a recent survey by the National Security Archive.
People
GSA releases telework guidelines
GSA’s Office of Governmentwide Policy offered advice for agencies to use information technology and communications efficiently and effectively, and comply with teleworking laws.
People
New group to coordinate homeland security intelligence
The group's analysts will not generate alerts or warnings, but will provide strategic assessments of threats and disseminate them through established routes.
Modernization
Survey: Reliability more important than transportability to feds
Despite the government’s attempts to encourage teleworking, a recent survey of 388 federal IT managers revealed a greater need for network reliability than for transportability.
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Agencies begin a year of fiscal dieting
Most federal agencies will operate in 2007 under an unusual continuing resolution.
People
OMB to agencies: No more pork
Departments operating under the continuing resolution should not spend money on earmarks that are not in legislation in fiscal 2007, Office of Management and Budget Director Rob Portman said.
People
First Source contracts hit the street
DHS selects eleven small businesses to provide commodity IT products through the program, which could be worth $3 billion over five years.
