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New metrics to help agencies determine value of social media
GSA led a 12-member interagency working group to create a set of measures specifically aimed at defining the usefulness of social media for agencies. The agency also released an API that lets users create tools to bring together government social media feeds in one place. Both tools are called for in the Digital Government Strategy.
Tags: technology , Web 2.0 , social media , GSA , Justin Herman , Sheila Campbell , Pam Wright , NARA , NIH , APIs , OMB , Digital Government Strategy , Social Media Week , Jason Miller
DoD experts weigh in on the way out of budget squeeze
In a world of shrinking budgets, federal agencies are constantly looking to improve performance. No one is dealing with that more right now than the Department of Defense. But the DoD, with its inherent emphasis on mission and metrics, is also poised to adapt to this new climate better than anyone else. On the Federal Drive, several DoD experts weighed in on balancing performance and resources.
Tags: Dave Bennett , Eric Fanning , Natalie Houghtby-Haddon , Navy , DISA , GPRA , performance measurement , DoD , Federal Drive
Measuring the difference between the price and the value
Tags: DoD , acquisition , mngt , House Armed Services Committee
OMB drafts, seeks comments on FISMA metrics
CIOs and agency security officers will have to answer more than 50 questions as part of a three-step cybersecurity review. OMB to finalize the new standards in coming weeks and experts expect them to change to focus more on automating controls. OMB also wants more data on current and future cybersecurity spending.
Tags: technology , Vivek Kundra , Howard Schmidt , OMB , DHS , FISMA , cybersecurity , FDCC , privacy , TIC , Networx , A-11
Making Connections
Tags: mngt , tech , twitter , transparency , You Tube , Tom Galvin , 463 Communications ,
CDW report: Agencies adopt green gov to reduce IT energy use
CDW-G's Andy Lausch discusses the findings of a report on green government initiative metrics for IT.
Tags: Andy Lausch , CDWG , green government , White House , sustainability , best practices , Dorobek Insider
GSA Administrator Martha Johnson kicks off IRMCO with a bang
She announces a top-to-bottom review of how they measure whether or not they are meeting their mission.
Tags: IRMCO 2010 , contracting , best practices , Martha Johnson , General Services Administration , management , GSA , Business process reengineering , sustainability , open government , IRMCO
GSA Administrator Martha Johnson making waves at IRMCO
Johnson will lead an off-site event in May to reexamine how the agency is serving its customers.
Tags: IRMCO 2010 , contracting , best practices , Martha Johnson , General Services Administration , management , GSA , Business process reengineering , sustainability , open government , IRMCO
GSA to rethink what success means
Administrator Johnson wants to reduce the number of metrics GSA uses, and move the measures from inspection to motivating employees. The agency also wants to encourage agencies to be less risk adverse by leaning on their services.
Tags: IRMCO , management , Martha Johnson , GSA , Business process reengineering , sustainability , open government , IRMCO 2010
Agency cybersecurity reporting to get makeover
OMB has launched new tool to automate FISMA reporting. This data will help populate a new cybersecurity dashboard, federal CIO Vivek Kundra says. OMB also wants to collect more specific data around how much and where agencies are spending money on IT security.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , security , Vivek Kundra , John Streufert , Tom Carper , OMB , State , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , DHS , NIST , CIO Council , FISMA , dashboard
