12:40 am, June 20, 2013
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Top News
- IRS to pay $70M in bonuses, Grassley says
- Small companies won't feel effect of lowered contractor pay cap
- Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving
- As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge
- BRAC-like commission proposed to hunt down government cost savings
- Sequestration claims another conference: DHS's GFirst cyber event
- Postal Service closing Capitol Hill post offices in 'symbolic' move
- Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet
- Fed pens new furlough song
- Web guru Dorris brings new life to government websites
- EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- NSA leak case gives vendors reason to reevaluate personnel
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
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OMB
- IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses
- GAO: Few small companies would be affected by lowered contractor pay cap
- GAO: Agencies should expand TechStat reviews to all high-risk projects
- Regulatory czar nominee pledges to speed up review process
- Rep. Issa heading down familiar path for IT reform; Senate still in discovery mode
- Inside the Reporter's Notebook: Some question who's in charge at GSA with six feds on admin leave
- Agencies improving security of IT networks slowly, but surely
Office of E-Gov
- Beckham could make PSG debut next week, coach says
- Honduras rallies to beat US 2-1 in WCup qualifier
- Agency performance reporting lags under wasteful spending initiative
- Kostin: New innovation center product of digital evolution
- Analysis: Concept of mobile worker not new, but changing technology is
- New Ethics.gov portal stores WH visitor logs, FEC filings
- VanRoekel helping Congress grasp benefits of cloud
CEQ
- Obama earns green thumb for sustainability record
- Sustainability Efforts: The grades are in
- New Energy program helps agencies meet efficiency goals
- Mixed progress on varied goals in agency sustainability score cards
- GSA makes progress on greening the fleet
- DoD seeks energy 'nirvana' in priorities
- Pilot projects could increase agency energy efficiency
OFPP
- GAO: Few small companies would be affected by lowered contractor pay cap
- Lawmakers, industry press OFPP not to make strategic sourcing mandatory
- White House wants to scrap law allowing costly contractor salaries
- Inside the Reporter's Notebook: Communication breakdown over FITARA? Lawmaker wants answers from DHS
- OFPP kicks the strategic-sourcing door wide open
- OFPP tells agencies to get serious about tracking contractor performance
- IRS program, interagency contracting finally removed from High-Risk list
OIRA
- Regulatory czar nominee pledges to speed up review process
- Obama nominates new regulatory czar
- House Republicans blast OIRA over late regulations report
- Obama administration kick-starts regulatory reform, but more action needed
- Achieving effective outcomes through management initiatives proves difficult
- Cass Sunstein stepping down from OIRA
- Agencies lay out plans for Open Gov 2.0
OSTP
- White House wants to root out copycat programs - starting with STEM
- White House to mandate machine-readable open data
- OPM: Agencies can use flexible work schedule for science, engineering activities
- Federal CTO plans new networking tool to spur innovation
- Obama assigns new responsibilities for keeping government connected in case of emergency
- OSTP helping agencies take open gov to '2.0 level'
- White House touts success of agency 'challenges'
