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OMB course corrects 16 IT projects

The administration said its review of 16 of the 26 high-risk technology programs led to one termination, eight programs are scaled back and seven projects have accelerated delivery timetables. OMB said agencies saved or avoided spending $1.3 billion over the life of these 16 projects.

Tags: technology , Jeff Zients , Vivek Kundra , OMB , DHS , USDA , NARA , high-risk projects , Project management , Jason Miller

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Ocean scientists' work must pass PR office

PEER claims a new directive for the agency that replaced MMS is diminishing scientific integrity by screening employees' findings.

Tags: BOEMRE , PEER , transparency , scientific discovery , Jeff Ruch , Michael Bromwich , Ken Salazar , Melissa Schwartz , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

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Howell to leave OMB for Information Sharing Environment

The deputy administrator for E-Gov and IT in OMB will take on a deputy program manager role to help improve information sharing across law enforcement agencies.

Tags: technology , management , Mike Howell , Kshemendra Paul , OMB , Information Sharing Environment , Jason Miller

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Federal agencies still play favorites with brand names in bid requests

Tags: contracting , Washington Business Journal , Google , Microsoft , Larry Allen , procurement , bids , brands , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

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Interior uses public lands for solar projects

Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) committed to helping the nation reach its clean energy future. BLM's Ray Brady tells us how that could happen.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , green government , management , BLM , DOI , Ray Brady , Suzanne Kubota

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Interior CIO targets troubled IT programs

Troubled IT projects are getting top-level attention. The kind of attention CIOs would like to avoid. Interior's CIO Bernard Mazer gives us a progress report.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , management , DOI , IT , Bernard Mazer , Vyomika Jairam

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Justice becomes latest to end troubled IT project

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said Justice and Interior are the latest examples of agencies making hard decisions about underperforming IT projects. Justice canceled its litigation case management system after almost four years. Interior rescoped its Incident Management Analysis and Reporting System.

Tags: technology , Vivek Kundra , Van Hitch , Bernie Mazur , OMB , Justice , CIO Council , IT Dashboard , Project management , Jason Miller

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OMB targets fixes for mission critical IT projects

The Office of Management and Budget is throwing a lifeline, of sorts, to 15 agencies who have IT projects that are on its high-risk list. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said the 26 projects on his new high priority list are mission critical. He said some extra attention now could reap dividends down the road when those projects finally realize their long-awaited potential.

Tags: management , technology , OMB , Vivek Kundra , OPM , Matt Perry , DoJ , Vance Hitch , Bernie Mazur , NARA , David Ferrierro , Senate , Tom Carper , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins , FBI, Sentinel , RSM , High Risk list , Max Cacas

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Blow the whistle, win some cash?

Reversed and remanded. That's where the case of a former Interior Department employee who blew the whistle sits. Bill Bransford gives us an update.

Tags: Federal Drive , POGO , management , pay and benefits , DOI , whistleblower , Robert Berman , Bill Bransford , Shaw Bransford & Roth , ethics , bribery , Suzanne Kubota

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White House recognizes 8 agencies for leadership in transparency

EPA, NASA and Transportation receive two honors each in different categories. Overall 17 agencies received all green scores on the Open Government dashboard.

Tags: management , Aneesh Chopra , Cass Sunstein , White House , EPA , NASA , DOT , HHS , GSA , Treasury , open government , transparency , open government dashboard , Jason Miller

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