Policy
Obama calls for federal CTO
Policy experts are split on the potential effectiveness of the executive position
(Posted December 3, 2007)
E-Gov Act reauthorization begins
Although the law expires next month, lawmakers have only recently begun working on its reauthorization
(Posted November 26, 2007)
ODNI changes FISMA focus
The intelligence agency is taking the lead in making reporting secondary to monitoring.
(Posted November 12, 2007)
GAO and IGs find agency grant tracking is unreliable
Agencies using a one-size-fits-all audit approach have been unable to accurately track how grantees spend federal funds.That is the conclusion of the Government Accountability Office and the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency after they reviewed samples of agency audits.The PCIE is comprised of the inspectors general of several major federal agencies.“The PCIE report presents compelling evidence that a serious problem with single audit quality continues to exist,” said Jeanette Franzel, GAO’s director of financial…
(Posted November 5, 2007)
Justice explains C&A approach
Agencies are close to consensus on standards for security certification and accreditation
(Posted October 29, 2007)
VA revisits data consolidation plan
The Veterans Affairs Department must answer new questions about its data center consolidation strategy after its electronic health records system was unusable for nine hours at 17 VA medical facilities Aug. 31, and backup procedures failed.
(Posted October 15, 2007)
General asks for shakeup in DOD’s C2 programs
Officials spearheading an experimental effort to streamline management of the military's information technology capabilities want more than $1 billion in adjustments to the fiscal 2009 budget request for command-and-control (C2) systems. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Hostage, who leads the requirements and integration directorate at the Joint Forces Command, said he submitted seven program change requests to senior Defense Department officials at the end of August. Hostage submitted his recommendations to the high-powered Deputy's Advisory Working…
(Posted September 24, 2007)
FCW Forum: Does GSA ask schedule contractors for too much data?
Numerous factors played into Sun Microsystems' decision to cancel its multiple-award schedule contract as of Oct. 12. But one major point of contention, sources say, was how much pricing information the company should give to the General Services Administration's Office of Inspector General, which was reviewing the vendor's pricing policies.
(Posted September 26, 2007)
Agencies urged to use EA to safeguard data
Mike Castagna, the Commerce Department’s chief information security officer, preaches about the close relationship that should exist between an agency’s enterprise architecture and its information assets.
(Posted September 17, 2007)
Competition for HR services could heat up in fiscal 2008
The Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration will award vendors a place on the Federal Supply schedule for human resources services by the end of the calendar year, and companies will begin competing to provide HR services to agencies shortly after that.
(Posted September 17, 2007)
Justice IG finds inconsistencies in EVM data on Sentinel project
The Justice Department inspector general's third audit of Sentinel, the FBI's $305 million case management system, found progress in a number of management areas. But the IG also expressed concern about the program's cost, schedule and performance metrics. The IG said the FBI's implementation of earned value management is not providing consistent data. Sentinel contractor Lockheed Martin's price increased by $4.4 million, even though the EVM data showed the project was within budget, the IG said. The…
(Posted September 17, 2007)
OMB's one-face approach
Agencies find 'one government' to be a disruptive, but not unreasonable, concept.
(Posted September 3, 2007)
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