Digital Government
Thrift board dumps, sues AMS
The acrimonious relationship between American Management Systems Inc. and the board that oversees the Thrift Savings Plan turned to cinders last week when the board fired AMS and filed a $350 million suit alleging fraud.
Digital Government
Informatica brings order to data
With last week's introduction of a distributed data integration tool and this week's launch of its federal business unit, Informatica Corp. is poised to help government agencies make better use of vast stores of information.
Digital Government
OMB sets up audit option
OMB may allow agency components with a proven track record for financial management to skip the mandated annual audit
Acquisition
Competition winners to be monitored, OMB says
Whether agencies choose to keep work in-house or contract it out, they will have to prove that was the right decision through a new review process being developed by the Office of Management and Budget.
People
A search for order
The latest version of FirstGov's search engine permits searches of all state and federal Web sites
Digital Government
Another step taken toward 'one HHS'
The centralization of the agency's human resources system at the Department of Health and Human Services is the latest step in Secretary Tommy Thompson's quest to create 'one HHS'
Digital Government
Andersen picked for FBI review
Justice has selected Andersen to conduct a comprehensive review of the FBI, including its antiquated computer systems
Digital Government
Focus shifts to performance
Agency IT departments begin to rely on service-level agreements
Digital Government
How to write a good agreement
Agencies today face the difficult task of translating their users' desires into formal servicelevel agreements. Here are a few areas agencies should focus on when writing their agreements, according to experts in the field.
Acquisition
OMB picks finance chief
President Bush will nominate Mark Everson to oversee the administration's goal of improving agencies' use of financial information, White House officials said July 17.
People
A walk in the park
For Mary Margaret Sloan, president of the American Hiking Society, FirstGov worked pretty much as advertised
Digital Government
Denied a promotion
The Environmental Protection Agency recently tried ? and failed ? to sidestep merit procedures
Digital Government
Voting researchers eye optical scans
High technology does not offer the best answer to the problem of inaccurate voting machines
Digital Government