11:35 pm, May 23, 2013
White House 
Top News
- 5 percent of federal workers to be furloughed Friday
- Congress pressures agencies to speed up office consolidations
- Katherine Archuleta chosen as next OPM director
- Data breach puts DHS workers at risk of identity theft
- DoD chooses interoperability over integration for new e-health record system
- House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
- OMB fuels synergy between mobile, open data
- IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
- Accountability breakdown leading factor in DoD sexual assaults
- OMB reworking financial system requirements
- Federal retirement funds temporarily tapped
- VanRoekel to lead OMB management team
- Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal finalists
- Thursday federal headlines - May 23, 2013
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OMB
- 5 percent of federal workforce to be furloughed Friday
- OMB director taps VanRoekel to lead management team
- OMB reworking financial system requirements to focus on outcomes, not inputs
- Obama appoints Danny Werfel acting IRS head
- OMB fuels the passion, synergy between mobile, open data
- GAO, OMB spar over whether to measure data center cost savings
- Inside the Reporter's Notebook: The CIO shuffle continues; the last E-gov benefits report?
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
- 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
- DoD slow to codify some interagency contracting standards
- OMB lays out 11 goals to give Section 508 some punch
- Federal Drive Interviews -- Jan. 31, 2013
OIRA
- 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
- OMB tells agencies to measure cumulative effects of regs
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'
