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Platts pushes 5-year assessments

Rep. Todd Platts introduced a bill to 'codify the requirement for a coordinated, evidence-based review of programs.'

People

Davis: Expect strict oversight of US-VISIT

The chairman of the House Government Reform Committee pledged to keep a close eye on the visitor tracking system.

People

Justice CIO assembles tech squad

Five new managers zero in on agency systems

Digital Government

Privacy advocates push for czar

OMB official would oversee agencies' efforts

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Privacy safeguard proves elusive

Agencies still just starting to design machine-readable privacy policies

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DHS ponders wireless tech

Homeland Security Department officials are now looking at wireless devices as a way to track visitors leaving the country.

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ACLU urges halt to CAPPS II

Officials with the ACLU cited a report pointing out flaws in the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening program.

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GAO calls for better IT management

Agencies don't perform enough strategic planning, performance measurement and investment management, Congressional auditors say.

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Officials call for privacy czar

Privacy officials urged lawmakers to create a chief privacy officer position at the Office of Management and Budget to oversee federal privacy issues.

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Assessments: There ought to be a law, officials say

Agencies should be legally required to assess the results of programs, Bush administration officials say.

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E-Gov fund request shrinks

Bush's fiscal 2005 budget request includes $5 million for the e-gov fund, down from the requested $45 million for fiscal 2004.

Digital Government

Budget winners

Homeland Security, Defense and Justice get more IT money.

People

A new take on management

Now there's a 'management watch list' for at-risk projects.

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Bush proposes belt tightening

Marginal increase in IT spending leaves some agencies hot, some not

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IT planning evolves ? again

OMB focuses on architectures, security, planning

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Fed architecture enters next phase

OMB officials have organized a user group pilot for the federal enterprise architecture management system.

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OMB: Cybersecurity first

Agencies can't spend on modernization and development until they take care of IT security, OMB says.

People

E-gov requires teamwork

OMB's associate administrator for e-government and IT says managers can take cues from the New England Patriots.

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Justice budgets for info sharing

The Justice Department would receive a 6 percent boost in IT dollars if President Bush gets his way.

Digital Government

Bush hopes to restrain IT increases

The $59.8 billion proposed for IT spending is just 1 percent higher than the administration's 2004 request.