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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 , Interior , CIO Council , IT Dashboard , Jason Miller

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Agencies see IT Dashboard as starting point

EPA CIO Jackson said he wants to dig deeper to improve programs and save money on technology systems. Others are using the data on the dashboard to have a common language across the department.

Tags: technology , Malcolm Jackson , John Teeter , Darren Ash , EPA , OMB , HHS , FDA , NRC , IT Dashboard , AFCEA , Jason Miller

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OMB vows to end out of control IT projects

The administration issues two new memos focusing on all IT projects and specifically on financial management systems. OMB will issue guidance in the next month detailing how they will evaluate which programs are at most risk. OMB's Zients says programs worth more than $10 billion are significantly off track in cost, schedule or both.

Tags: technology , management , Jeff Zients , Vivek Kundra , Danny Werfel , Tom Carper , Susan Collins , Peter Orszag , OMB , VA , DHS , Energy , financial systems , IT oversight , Jason Miller

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OMB pressing agencies to get IT projects on track

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says there are $27 billion in IT projects that are troubled. The administration will issue a new strategy to expand the use of TechStat review sessions. Agencies also are feeling the heat to review all IT projects before they submit their 2012 budgets to OMB.

Tags: technology , management , Vivek Kundra , Jerry Williams , Danny Harris , Roger Baker , OMB , VA , HUD , Education , Information Week , TechStat , PMAS , GI Bill , Jason Miller

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Project management: a view from the trenches

This week's guest is Vincent Capezzuto, Director of Surveillance and Broadcast Services Program Office/Director of the FAA's ADS-B program.
Feb. 16, 2010

Tags: NextGen , ADS-B , FAA , Vincent Capezzuto

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OMB sets Aug. 7 for governmentwide IT project analysis

CIO Council to use dashboard to analyze macro trends of why agency technology programs are in trouble. Federal CIO Kundra calls for aggressive focus on project management.

Tags: mngt , technology , Vivek Kundra , Jeff Zients , Aneesh Chopra , OMB , CIO Council , VA , IT Dashboard ,

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Predicting Results, Fixing Projects

Tags: Ernst & Young

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Managing Government 2.0

Tags: tech , information technology , government 2.0 , AFFIRM , Max Cacas ,

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