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5 trends and hurdles for the future of effective financial management
From shared services and data-driven decision-making, to shrinking budgets and workforces, Federal News Radio's special report, Rise of the Money People, tracks the emerging trends in effective financial management at federal agencies, and the possible hurdles that stand in the way of saving even more money.
Tags: Rise of the Money People , financial management , shared services , workforce , Clarence Crawford , Deloitte , DHS , Jack Moore
Planning, performance measures put DHS on solid financial footing
Peggy Sherry, the agency's CFO, said when budget cuts do come they are prepared. DHS has been finding efficiencies in its spending and asked components to think hard about how they spend their money.
Tags: Ed Johnson , FEMA , DHS , financial management
Officials willing to 'bang heads' to bring DHS systems in line
The Department of Homeland Security expects an audit of its IT systems will bring relatively good news in two weeks. Last year's audit found 161 issues in technology systems throughout the agency. Those problems ranged from a lack of disaster recovery plans to the inability to block former employees from accessing department IT systems.
Tags: DHS , data , cybersecurity , technology , House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , Todd Platts , Robert West , James McCoy , FEMA , financial management , IT reform , Emily Kopp
Critical needs first in DHS IT modernization
A day after the Department of Homeland Security cancelled its $450 million contract to modernize and unify its backoffice IT systems, the department's acting CFO told Congress DHS will focus first on modernizing the infrastructure of the department's components that are severely out of date. A new strategy for an integrated, departmentwide system has yet to be determined, she said.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , DHS , GAO , financial management , TASC , bid protest , Congress , Coast Guard , FEMA , Immigration and Customs Enforcement , Jared Serb
