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OMB to increase IT project oversight with improved dashboard
Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said agency technology managers will receive reports on the accuracy of the data they put in the portal. The Office of Management and Budget will use the reports to spot possible problematic projects. Version two of the IT Dashboard also will offer more information on specific projects that fall under a bigger investment category.
Tags: technology , IT , OMB , management , Steven VanRoekel , Dominic Sale , data quality , data management , Jason Miller
OMB upgrades IT Dashboard with new tools, better data
The portal provides more access to individual agency projects, lets departments find duplication and improves overall data quality. OMB also has published the source code for the public to use.
Tags: technology , OMB , Steven VanRoekel , Project management , data management , Jason Miller , Beth Reardon
Better IT governance helping some agencies reduce duplication
Energy, DHS and DoD CIOs told House lawmakers how each of their agencies is reducing duplicative systems. GAO released its latest report on the IT dashboard and found the three agencies need to improve how they categorize projects.
Tags: technology , management , budget , DoD , DHS , Energy , Richard Spires , Teri Takai , Mike Locatis , House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee , IT governance , IT efficiencies , GAO , David Powner , Jason Miller
Tightening budgets renew OMB's push for IT project oversight
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel said he will send SWAT teams to fix problematic technology projects. OMB also will ramp up monthly TechStat sessions. The governmentwide IT budget request drops almost $600 million.
Tags: technology , management , Steven VanRoekel , OMB , 2013 budget request , TechStat , E-Government Fund , Project management , Jason Miller ,
GAO: IT Dashboard accuracy improving
David Powner, the director of information technology management issues at the Government Accountability, told In Depth with Francis Rose the accuracy of data on the IT Dashboard, first launched in 2009, is improving.
Tags: technology , OMB , GAO , David Powner , In Depth , Francis Rose
Fed IT gurus tout potential of IT and government openness
Just days after the President announces his Open Government Initiative, members of the White House staff are fanning out to discuss what it will take to achieve more transparency and openness in government. Two of the President's top IT disciples traveled to Capitol Hill Thursday to talk about the role of technology in government openness with one of the Senate's top technology advocates.
Tags: technology , management , Senate Budget Committee , Mark Warner , Aneesh Chopra , Vivek Kundra , government performance , Max Cacas
VA puts 45 IT projects on hold
All programs are either over budget or off schedule. Agency plans to reevaluate before deciding to continue.
Tags: technology , Gen. Eric Shinseki , Roger Baker , Vivek Kundra , VA , OMB , Project management , Jason Miller , Dorothy Ramienski
At the VA, a new CIO reports progress on IT management
Over the last several years, the news headlines were full of not-so-good news when it came to information technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs: missing laptops, delayed or over budget IT projects. But now, a new chief information officer at the VA is getting much of the credit for a turnaround at the agency
Tags: technology , management , Department of Veterans Affairs , Eric Shinseki , Roger Baker , Senate Budget Committee , Max Cacas
National Data Catalogue launched by Sunlight Foundation
Tags: technology , Sunlight Foundation , Sunlight Labs , Clay Johnson , Data.gov
Mobile apps, TechStat lead OMB's IT evolution
Fiscal 2011 technology budget request is $79 billion and Vivek Kundra says that will address several challenges, including closing the gap between the private and public sector. GSA will run new apps store for handheld devices. OMB will lead the review of troubled IT programs.
Tags: technology , Vivek Kundra , Howard Schmidt , OMB , VA , EPA , GSA , CGI , Apple , cybersecurity , 2011 budget , mobile computing , TechStat , program management , PMAS , HSPD-12 , identity management
