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More rules are due on stimulus money
OMB will issue a third round of guidance in early May to help agencies handle the data reporting and audit requirements of the economic stimulus law.
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City Web sites track new federal money
Several cities have established Web sites to track the $50 billion in economic stimulus spending cities will get.
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Kundra: IT procurement needs improving
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said the Obama administration is exploring ways to improve the government's process for buying IT.
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Analyst: Virtual workspaces will come
Growing demands for energy and a need to retain aging workers will make virtual workspaces a necessity in the near future, a technology analyst said.
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Agencies to hold online talk with IT community
Starting April 27, OMB and the stimulus oversight board will ask the IT community how to best achieve transparency for reporting spending under the economic stimulus law.
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Agencies predicted to move to cloud computing cautiously
Driven by Obama's IT appointments, spending on access to remotely stored applications will grow at a 20 percent rate to $800 million by 2013, research firm reports.
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GAO: Retirement program modernization lags
OPM’s attempt to modernize a paper-intensive and antiquated retirement system is only partially complete, according to GAO.
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Open-source tool available for unclassified work
The Forge.mil tool can now be used for unclassified open-source projects.
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POGO releases latest version of Federal Contractor Misconduct Database
The largest 100 federal contractors have paid $26 billion in penalties related to admitted and alleged misconduct since 1995, according to a watchdog group.
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Vets of Iraq, Afghanistan wars get new Web site
New Veterans Affairs site is designed to address the needs and questions of vets returning from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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White House, groups look to settle e-mail case
The Obama Justice Department and private groups that sued the Bush administration over its e-mail archiving practices are working to settle out of court.
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States launch stimulus-tracking sites
All 50 states are now online with stimulus act Web sites, but they vary in quality and usefulness.
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Networx executive compensation making headlines
“Golden coffins,” other perks outrage stockholders of Networx parent firms.
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GSA awards additional TIC contracts
The Networx contract modification lets agencies order the services that help them comply with the Trusted Internet Connections initiative.
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Cloud computing moves into public safety
Companies introduce software as a service for communications between fire, police and emergency agencies.
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