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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 , DHS , Energy , financial systems , Project management , IT oversight , Jason Miller
VA ready to kick the virtual tires
Veterans Affairs is looking for a virtual call center prototype.
Tags: technology , telework , TANDBERG Telework Center , Roger Baker , Suzanne Kubota
Agencies get ready for FISMA changes
VA plans on implementing software to monitor desktop computers every 24 hours. NASA is developing a concept of operations plan to move to real-time oversight. OMB mandated agencies know the status of their networks in real time by November.
Tags: technology , Jerry Davis , Jaren Doherty , Pat Howard , NASA , NRC , OMB , AFCEA , cybersecurity , FISMA , real-time monitoring , Jason Miller
Continuous monitoring efforts remain important for agencies
Learn more in today's cybersecurity update.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Jason Miller , OMB , NASA , continuous monitoring
Military attacks mental health stigmas
Fighting stigma key to reducing solider suicides, military leaders say
Tags: management , technology , suicide prevention , Peter Chiarelli , Robert Jesse , James Amos , Rachel Stevens , Jonathan Greenert , PTSD , TBI
For quality, it's hard to top veterans' health care
MarketWatch explains.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads , health care
VA employees misplace Blackberries
13 employees lost their devices.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads , BlackBerry
VA innovates innovation ideas
Winners have been announced in the most recent effort under the VA's Innovation Initiative, a department-wide program that brings the most promising innovations to VA's most important challenges by involving employees and the private sector in the creation of visionary solutions in service to Veterans. VA CTO Dr. Peter Levin has details.
Tags: Federal Drive , technology , management , innovation , VHA/OIT Innovation Competition , Peter Levin , CTO , best practices , Suzanne Kubota
Carper pushes energy efficiency standards
Legislation calls for agencies to adopt computer power savings techniques, implement advanced metering technology and create energy data standards.
Tags: management , Tom Carper , Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee , green government , energy efficiency , Meg Beasley
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 , HUD , Education , Information Week , TechStat , Project management , PMAS , GI Bill , Jason Miller
