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Inside the Reporter's Notebook: OPM personnel changes, Tangherlini gets more than 210 days
News and buzz in the acquisition and IT communities that you may have missed this week.
Tags: Jason Miller , Inside the Reporters Notebook , technology , people , OPM , Matt Perry , Danny Werfel , OMB , FFATA , Nancy Kichak , Darrell Issa
As agencies come to terms with cloud security, another barrier emerges
FedRAMP and other initiatives are helping CIOs become more comfortable with securing data and applications in the cloud. But changing the way agencies buy, manage and oversee technology is a bigger roadblock in moving systems to the cloud.
Tags: technology , cloud computing , cybersecurity , FedRAMP , DHS , Richard Spires , Kevin Deeley , Justice , Amazon Web Services , Mark Ryland , Homeland Security and Defense Business Council , Jason Miller
CIO Council harnessing growing list of 'world class' IT programs
The CIO Council will add 25 more examples of IT project management excellence to its best practice database. DHS CIO Richard Spires said at the Excellence.gov awards Tuesday the goal of all of these success stories is to share what worked and leave a broader legacy across all of Federal IT.
Tags: technology , management , Richard Spires , DHS , CIO Council , USDA , IRS , ACT-IAC , Excellence.gov , best practices , Jason Miller , NNSA , DMDC
New OMB report lacks details on sequestration cuts
A report released by the White House to detail automatic budget cuts details reductions only down to the budget account level -- not to the more granular program, project and activity level and varies in the level of detail describing cuts to specific agency budgets.
Tags: sequestration , DoD , DHS , OMB , budget ,
"Everything old is new again"
Warren Master, editor of the online publication, Good Governance Worldwide will discuss telework, shared services, and budget issues with host Mark Amtower.
March 4, 2013
Tags: acquisition , contracting , Warren Master , Mark Amtower , telework , The Public Manager , Good Governance Worldwide , ASPA , ASTD , CASU , PCMI , Amtower Off Center
GSA's Godwin sees employees as her 'greatest resource'
Inspired by her nurturing leadership skills, 12 members of Beverly Godwin's staff nominated her for Federal News Radio's Top Leaders in Federal Service award.
Tags: Bev Godwin , Top Leaders in Federal Service , leadership , management , workforce , Michael OConnell , Federal Drive , exclusive
GSA cancels 2013 Expo conference
Budget uncertainty at the General Services Administration, other agencies and among vendors is the main cause behind the decision to call off the annual training conference, GSA officials said.
Tags: management , Dan Cruz , budget , conference spending , Larry Allen , travel , Roger Waldron , Coalition for Government Procurement , Allen Federal Business Partners , GSA Expo
New metrics to help agencies determine value of social media
GSA led a 12-member interagency working group to create a set of measures specifically aimed at defining the usefulness of social media for agencies. The agency also released an API that lets users create tools to bring together government social media feeds in one place. Both tools are called for in the Digital Government Strategy.
Tags: technology , Web 2.0 , social media , Justin Herman , Sheila Campbell , Pam Wright , NARA , NIH , metrics , APIs , OMB , Digital Government Strategy , Social Media Week , Jason Miller
IRS program, interagency contracting finally removed from High-Risk list
A total of 30 programs, once again, are considered troubled, including two new areas. But, the Government Accountability Office removed the IRS' Business Systems Modernization program after 18 years on the list, and interagency contracting after 8 years.
Tags: management , GAO , High-Risk List , IRS , Business Systems Modernization , OFPP , Interagency contracting , NOAA , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , Gene Dodaro , DoD , Jason Miller
OMB delaying budget passback guidance, creating uncertainty
The White House typically gives agencies both funding and policy updates for the upcoming budget request by Thanksgiving. This year OMB decided to hold off on passback guidance because of the current fiscal negotiations with Congress. Several senior agency officials said this lag will compress the timeline to respond to the information and require them to prepare for something that may never happen.
Tags: management , budget , technology , OMB , Jim Capretta , Ethics and Public Policy Center , Dan Tangherlini , sequestration , Jason Miller
