People
Report: Create single financial management statute
Federal financial management lacks a single source for guidance and many officials view its importance as minimal, according to a new NAPA report.
People
Convera to help FirstGov find images
It has a product platform that makes sense of large amounts of information in multiple data formats, languages and meanings.
Acquisition
GSA to take over COMMITS, sources say
The governmentwide contract offers a broad array of IT services from 55 small and disadvantaged businesses.
People
FirstGov adds search for news, images
The two new features allow users to search data across official online sources.
People
Agencies struggle to defend IT spending
Most departments and agencies justify a majority of their IT investments, but DHS, the VA and the Army Corps of Engineers could defend less than half of theirs, according to a report.
Cybersecurity
Theft causes most data losses, report finds
Agencies should use physical security to protect sensitive information, according to a new House Government Reform Committee report.
People
CIOs discuss the realities of Clinger-Cohen
Policy experts doubt that amending the act would guarantee CIOs a strategic role.
Modernization
GSA launches site to sell surplus assets
GovSales.gov cataloges surplus assets for sale to the public.
People
IT improvements key to trimming tax gap
The IRS can improve tax collection efforts and free up more resources for enforcement by investing in key systems, according to a strategy the Treasury Department recently published.
Acquisition
Government uses outdated acquisition processes, panel finds
Increasing dependence on contractors demands that agency officials look at updating how the government does business, a GAO report states.
Cybersecurity
IRS' modernization needs better tracking, IG says
The IRS is not checking audit trails on the Customer Account Data Engine because only a limited number of users have permission to access the system, a report states.
People
Stacie Boyd: The portfolio manager
A relative novice found she has a knack for managing an e-government initiative to streamline the grant-making process across all federal grant-making agencies.
Acquisition
Doan campaigns against SEWP
GSA is one of the GWAC’s prime customers, but Doan says NASA should let it end
People
President signs GSA modernization bill
A year after the reorganization of GSA was proposed, the president signed a bill that makes it official.
Digital Government
Survey: Feds overwhelmed by IT initiatives
The Office of Management and Budget could help feds by prioritizing projects in an easy-to-navigate system, according to a study, based on a survey of 101 government IT professionals.
People
IG gives GSA support centers a clean bill of health
GSA's regional centers have greatly improved their adherence to contracting rules under the 'Get It Right' program, according to the agency's IG.
People
IG: Modernization is IRS' top challenge for 2007
The IRS has made some progress addressing concerns raised last year, but the program needs more continuity and strategic direction, the inspector general writes.
People
Cohen: CIOs not viewed as thought leaders
Most agencies have CIOs, but most CIOs do not have the role that Cohen and others had intended, panelists say.
People
Panel: Bloggers can expect more victories
Blogs were a conduit for citizens to join the fight for passage of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, a blogger said.
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