People

Budget keys on national security

Except for programs related to homeland security and defense, the $2.4 trillion fiscal 2005 budget request increases spending less than 1 percent.

People

E-gov fund ambition shrivels

The administration is asking for a much smaller central e-government fund than in recent years.

People

PART still apart from law

The tool for assessing programs' effectiveness is still not effectively linked to the budget planning law, GAO says.

People

House committee to study PART

Lawmakers plan to hold a series of hearings to examine the effectiveness of OMB's Program Assessment Rating Tool.

People

Management scores rise

OMB says agencies showed higher marks in overall technology management since last fall.

People

Congress questions US-VISIT

Lawmakers wondered about the effectiveness of a visitor tracking system with scattered watch lists and no system yet for recording exits.

People

OMB eyes architecture practices

Officials are examining how well agencies use the federal enterprise architecture to guide IT investments.

People

Checking out the other side

Feds, industry trading places

Modernization

Justice to merge info-sharing programs

The department also expects other tech work to move forward, including two networking projects and a financial system, the CIO says.

People

Agencies on the path to P3P

One piece of the E-Government Act of 2002 aims to make Web site policies easier for users to understand.

People

FBI names tech execs

Zalmai Azmi and Stephen Schmidt will be acting CIO and acting CTO.

People

Trading places: Feds, industry to swap managers

The Office of Personnel Management proposed a rule outlining how the Information Technology Exchange Program will work.

People

Terror lists remain disparate

Officials at the FBI-led Terrorist Screening Center missed their deadline for merging a dozen terrorist watch lists.

People

Industry Advisory Council seeks e-gov leaders

The positions allow IAC members to interact with their federal IT counterparts and weigh in on the future of e-government.

People

GSA E-Travel mandatory

Federal agencies are now required to use the General Services Administration's E-Travel Service for travel arrangements and employee reimbursement.

People

US-VISIT entry system begins, but exit strategy uncertain

As the first phase of a massive visitor tracking system launched last week, the technology to record visitors' exits entered a test phase.

Digital Government

Eye on... rules and regs

White House, Congress hope to make more headway on sticky policy issues

People

Eye on newsmakers

Seven individuals who could shape the agenda (before the 2004 election changes everything)

People

OMB says it again: Use Grants.gov

Officials say they really, really mean it.

Digital Government

GAO: Immigration needs fee tracking

Officials don't have a good way to monitor immigration applications, making it hard to determine where there is a shortage of funds, auditors said.