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OMB proposes to eliminate, consolidate 376 reports
The White House submitted a report to Congress as part of the GPRA Modernization Act that details hundreds of unnecessary reports and studies. The report listed 70 DoD reports as well as the desire to streamline the report on duplicate reports.
Tags: Congress , GPRA Modernization Act , Mark Warner , management
White House to mandate machine-readable open data
The guidance is two months late, but OMB is expected to issue it in early 2013. Todd Park, the federal CTO, said the White House also is updating the Data.gov platform and expanding the approach to healthcare data to other sectors.
Tags: technology , open government , Todd Park , Steve VanRoekel , OSTP , Innovation Fellows Program , Digital Management Strategy , data management , Blue Button initiative , healthcare data , Jason Miller
Federal Drive Interviews -- Jan. 3, 2013
John Kamensky from the IBM Center for The Business of Government talks about two decades of a results-oriented federal performance management system. Allan Holmes of Bloomberg Government discusses the top technology issues facing the government in 2013. Jeffrey Neal of ICF International sheds light on OPM's new guide to executive development. Jacque Simon of AFGE discusses legislation that could freeze federal pay to the end of the year.
Tags: John Kamensky , IBM Center for the Business of Government , Allan Holmes , Bloomberg Government , Jeffrey Neal , ICF International , OPM , AGFE , Jacque Simon , Congress , pay freeze , workforce , Federal Drive ,
Mass transit idea wins SAVE award
The government will save money on mass transit for federal employees thanks to this year's SAVE award winner. Frederick Winter's idea to switch eligible feds from a regular transit fare to a reduced senior fare will lower the cost of those employees' travel by 50 percent.
Tags: management , Jeff Zients , Frederick Winter , Education Department , SAVE Award , Jason Miller , NASA
New FAR rule would permanently require prompt payments to small subs
The Federal Acquisition Regulations Council's proposal would implement part of a July 2012 memo from the Office of Management and Budget. The memo directed agencies to take specific steps to ensure accelerated payments to small businesses.
Tags: acquisition , acquisition policy , FAR Council , industry , small business , prompt payment , Jason Miller
OMB names finalists, opens voting for SAVE Award
The four ideas received the most votes over the last four months out of more than 10,000 ideas. This is the fourth year OMB has held the SAVE Awards. The winner presents their idea to President Obama and gets it included in the 2014 budget request.
Tags: management , Jeffrey Zients , SAVE Award , Jason Miller
White House threatens to veto Senate Defense bill
The White House is threatening to veto the $631 billion annual Defense bill the Senate is debating this week unless Congress makes changes. The administration took issue with a number of provisions included in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill, which Senate leaders hope to vote on by the end of the week.
Tags: DoD , 2013 NDAA , Congress , Senate , John McCain , veto threat , Ben Cardin , Jack Moore
OPM survey: Wide differences in agencies' human-capital efforts
As with overall federal-employee satisfaction scores, the Human Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework Index trended downward in 2012. Habitual high-scorers, such as NASA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, continued to sit atop the list. But the report also singled out the Office of Management and Budget and for its notable improvements.
Tags: OPM , human capital , Jeff Zients , hiring , recruiting
White House group recommends digital form, less paperwork for presidential nominee
A White House working group recommended Senate and administration leaders design a core set of common questions and develop a single electronic "smart form," similar to tax-filing software, that appointees could use to complete the necessary forms.
Tags: management , presidential appointees , confirmation process , Congress , Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , Joe Lieberman , Lisa Brown ,
Report: White House could blunt impact of sequestration - at least for a while
A new report from independent watchdog group OMB Watch suggests the White House has a few tools at its disposal to blunt the impact of the automatic, across-the-board cuts. The strategies include shifting funds around within agencies and the Office of Management and Budget and agencies, themselves, shifting funds and controlling the rate of federal spending, said Patrick Lester, the director of federal fiscal policy for OMB Watch.
Tags: sequestration , OMB Watch , Patrick Lester , budget , Congress , White House
