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OMB to make reorg recommendations by June 30
Jeff Zients, OMB's deputy director for management and chief performance officer, said he sent an email to federal employees asking for ways to reform export and trade missions of agencies. He said there are 12 different agencies that have programs in these areas. A new platform has collected almost 1,200 ideas so far.
Tags: management , Jeff Zients , OMB , reorganization , Ideascale , SAVE Award , Jason Miller
Military course depends on Gadhafi's actions
Michael O'Hanlon, senior foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution
Tags: Michael O'Hanlon , Libya , Moammar Gadhafi
Brookings scholars on potential cuts to Pentagon budget
A ten percent DoD budget cut can be done, says Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Pentagon Solutions , Martin Indyk , Michael O'Hanlon , Alice Rivlin , Robert Kagan , DoD
Obama administration cracking down on IP violators
The IP initiative is just one in a group of changes the administration is making to Internet policy.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , technology , Darrell West , Aneesh Chopra , Howard Schmidt , Victoria Espinel , Phil Weiser , Mark Cooper , Cynthia Estlund , Kathy Brown
Report: Human factor weak link in cloud computing
Cloud computing and security – you never hear one talked about without the other. In a new report, Allan Friedman, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, explores how to think about privacy and security in the cloud. He argues the real weak link in security is the human factor. For this reason, Friedman tells Federal [...]
Tags: Allan Friedman , cloud computing , cybersecurity
HHS readying new health care innovation office
Department of Health and Human Services officials are preparing for the opening of the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in January. The office is supposed to help spread the use of innovative new payment and delivery systems to drive down the cost, and expand the availability of health care nationwide.
Tags: management , health IT , health care , HHS , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , Don Berwick , Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation , Farzhad Mostashari , Max Cacas
Local families need to make six figures to feel secure
In order to maintain "basic economic security," families of four based in Fairfax County -- the most expensive in the Washington region -- need to earn $108,000 to feel financially secure, according to a detailed cost-of-living analysis by local organization.
Tags: financial security , salary , Paul D. Shinkman , Neal Augenstein
West: No reason to fear move to cloud computing
Cloud computing is going to save agencies lots of money, Brookings scholar says, and there's no reason to wait.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Darrell West , cloud computing , management , technology , Dave McClure , Dawn Leaf , Katie Ratte
Orszag exit speech touts Administration achievements
Outgoing OMB Director lists accomplishments of administration in speech at his former home, the Brookings Institution.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Peter Orszag , OMB , technology , management
OMB's Orszag touts administration's gains
Now set to conclude his tenure as director of the Office of Management and Budget this Friday, Peter Orszag appraised his 18 months in the job. He points to a number of ways in which he and the administration tried to change the way the government works.
Tags: management , OMB , Peter Orszag , Jacob Lew , Barack Obama , Max Cacas
