People
OMB raises goal for fed outsourcing in 2003
The Office of Management and Budget for fiscal 2003 is raising by 10 percent the number of federal jobs to be put out for bid by the private sector, adding 85,000 positions to the 5 percent already required in 2002.
People
Information, please
Reference librarians can use the Collaborative Digital Reference Service to research patrons' questions after they've exhausted their own library's resources.
Acquisition
OMB to broaden competition
Agreements between agencies to become open to public/private competition
People
Hitching a ride easier in Portland, Ore.
Portland, Ore., is developing a site to organize local carpools and vanpools
People
Service hosts municipal maps
A company that makes interactive maps has begun offering a hosted service in which cities, towns and government agencies can share municipal maps with the public via the Internet
Modernization
IRS to upgrade phone service
The Internal Revenue Service will launch a system July 27 to make it easier for taxpayers to call the agency and get accurate information quickly.
People
New IT strategy takes shape under Bush
Reinventing is out, measuring outcomes is in, and squeezing money from existing information technology projects may be the only way to fund future ones
People
Navy to join DMS centers under NMCI
The Navy will consolidate 16 regional DMS centers and locate them near six NMCI network operations centers
Digital Government
Tailoring data for drivers
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh recently joined the ranks of cities trying to improve their traffic management by improving their traffic data
Digital Government
Fedwire
The Office of Management and Budget released instructions June 22 explaining what agencies should include in their first reports under the Government Information Security Reform Act.
People
Online DMV services revving their engines
The public's appetite for e-gov has driven state motor vehicle agencies to offer even more online services
Digital Government
FAA runway system won't be 'cure-all'
The FAA's delayed and overbudget radarbased warning system came under the gun on Capitol Hill last week.
Digital Government