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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…
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FBI tries to repeat program success
Officials say new IT handbook will help program managers follow best practices
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GAO: DHS is still a work in progress
Congressional auditors tell agency what it must do to improve IT management
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FEMA tests a new alert system
Internet-based system reaches across different devices and jurisdictions
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Workers tested on security smarts
Agency officials explore ways to make employee security training effective
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Going for telework
For all the talk about telework and mobile employees, most feds still work in offices.
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OFPP details how to bring retired acquisition workers back
Administration wants plans on how agencies will implement the General Services Administration Modernization Act provision by next month.
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DHS outlines eight keys to national preparedness
The 51-page document outlines the top priorities intended to synchronize pre-disaster planning, prevention and mitigation activities throughout the nation.
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Technology Administration head resigns as agency nears end
The Bush administration is replacing Commerce-based agency with a departmentwide council.
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Senate committee calls for independent review of WIN-T
Senators are concerned about what they call technological challenges and programmatic uncertainties, which could lead to additional cost growth and schedule slips in the program.
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Agencies need to improve service-level agreements
Experts say too many times the agreements are unclear and cause disputes.
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Navy tries a new tack with EA
Rather than establish a Navywide enterprise architecture, the service aims to create relationships among existing and divergent service architectures.
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New spectrum management tools en route to Baghdad
The lack of spectrum management tools has hampered the fight against improvised explosive devices in Iraq, military leaders say.
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Justice says no to private PCs for telework
The agency, concerned about the security risks that come with home computers, want remote workers to use government-issued laptop PCs, docking stations and Blackberries.
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Letter: Time to escape our 1940s mentality about telework
The future is now. My organization is struggling with space issues. Telework is the new capital of productivity for IT organizations. And yet we are trapped in the 1940s' mentality of build a bigger building for a bigger workforce.
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VA to award contract for HSPD-12 deployment
The Veterans Affairs Department and other agencies focused on 2007 and 2008 October deadlines.
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GSA sets new goal for telework: 50 percent by 2010
Adminstrator Lurita Doan said that the agency is developing plans to let half of its eligible employees telework by 2010.
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