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HR, financial systems next to the cloud
A great story on cloud computing from Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller. Miller reports federal chief information officer Vivek Kundra sees financial systems and human resources systems as the next two big areas that could benefit from cloud computing. Kundra said the government currently runs more than 1,000 different financial and HR systems. “I envision [...]
Tags: cloud computing , HR systems , technology , Vivek Kundra
Lawmakers ask White House to stop DHS financial system
House Democrats went over the heads of Homeland Security Department officials and appealed to the White House to cancel a $1 billion financial management project, NextGov reports.
Tags: Dorobek Insider , Must Reads , DHS , contracting , Nextgov
FEMA struggles with financial systems controls
A new Inspector General audit finds FEMA failed to resolve some ongoing weaknesses. Inspectors also found a host of new vulnerabilities around cybersecurity and data backup.
Tags: technology , management , Jean Etzel , FEMA , DHS , inspector general , cybersecurity , FFMIA , Meg Beasley
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 , Project management , IT oversight , Jason Miller
