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DHS putting post-FISMA approach to cyber through a trial run

Three Department of Homeland Security components are testing how ongoing authorizations work. The Office of Management and Budget is drafting a memo to require agencies to change from approving the cybersecurity of systems every three years to a more regular oversight schedule.

Tags: technology , DHS , Jeff Eisensmith , Coast Guard , Mark Powell , Larry DeNayer , Citizenship and Immigration Services , cybersecurity , continuous monitoring , ongoing authorizations , ACT-IAC , Jason Miller

Wednesday - 05/08/2013, 07:27am EDT

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OMB's Metzenbaum leaves behind an invigorated performance culture

Shelley Metzenbaum's last day was Friday after four years at OMB as the associate director for personnel and performance. She said agencies understand now, more than ever, that setting goals and measuring their performance against them makes a big difference in how they meet their missions.

Tags: management , Shelley Metzenbaum , performance agenda , data-driven analysis , Performance Improvement Council , Jason Miller , exclusive

Monday - 05/06/2013, 11:16am EDT

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White House recalculates sequestration cuts for some agencies

The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost $4 billion for the Pentagon and another $1 billion or so for other agencies like the Homeland Security Department and NASA.

Tags: sequestration , furloughs , DoD , State , Justice , management

Monday - 05/06/2013, 09:14am EDT

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Zients out as OMB deputy director for management

Jeff Zients, the deputy director for mangagement and chief performance officer at the Office of Management and Budget, has left the agency.

Tags: Jeff Zients , management , people

Friday - 05/03/2013, 06:14pm EDT

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OPM, OMB outline plans for major rewrite of HR policies

A new memo from Acting OPM Director Elaine Kaplan details two main objectives and four focus areas for change. OPM and OMB want to eliminate 12 HR reports and consolidate four others.

Tags: OPM , human capital , workforce , Elaine Kaplan , GPRA , HRStat , CHCO Council , Jason Miller

Friday - 05/03/2013, 05:00pm EDT

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IRS closes facilities in broad real-estate consolidation plan

In a broad move to wring more savings from real estate costs, the IRS announced it will close 43 small offices over the next two years and reduce space at many other larger facilities.IRS also plans to consolidate multiple offices "within the same commuting area" and will increase the use of desk-sharing and telework to save space at other offices.

Tags: Jeffrey Zients , IRS , real property , real property disposal , Doug Shulman

Friday - 05/03/2013, 01:16pm EDT

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Senate bill aims to speed up elimination of excess federal properties

Bipartisan legislation in the Senate aims to streamline the elimination of excess federal properties by setting up a council within agencies and the Office of Management and Budget and creating government-wide property disposal goals.

Tags: Tom Carper , excess property , Rob Portman , Tom Coburn , Mark Pryor , Mark Begich , Congress , House , Senate , Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform Act ,

Friday - 05/03/2013, 01:09pm EDT

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Agency success breeds new real property disposal goals

OMB raised the savings or cost avoidance goal by $500 million by the end of 2012. Since March, agencies got rid of 1,400 excess or underutilized properties. But the government added 1,500 new ones to the list.

Tags: management , budget , Danny Werfel , federal real property , David Baxa , Vista Technology Services , civilian BRAC , Jason Miller

Friday - 05/03/2013, 01:07pm EDT

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