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Business Transformation Agency names first director
David Fisher, a career fed rather than political appointee, is expected to provide the agency with continuity beyond the 2008 presidential election.
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Privatization issues top AFGE’s legislative agenda
The American Federation of Government Employees plans to encourage lawmakers to push for more in-house work, the federation's legislative director said.
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Senate bill would define lead systems integrators' role
The Accountability in Government Contracting Act addresses the de facto outsourcing of program management responsibilities when a large contractor becomes the lead systems integrator for a multipart project.
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Bush swears in McConnell as new DNI
Bush said he’s asked McConnell to continue reforming the intelligence community, focusing on integration, information sharing and collaboration.
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GAO: NASA should tie award fees to desired outcomes
The agency has developed guidance for use of cost-plus-award contracts but does not always adhere to its approach, the Government Accountability Office said.
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OMB to agencies: No more pork
Departments operating under the continuing resolution should not spend money on earmarks that are not in legislation in fiscal 2007, Office of Management and Budget Director Rob Portman said.
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Many unknowns remain in move to IPv6
For the Air Force, the killer application for IPv6 might literally be a killer app.
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IAC names top five Excellence.gov projects
Five agency information technology projects, including two e-government initiatives and the first nonfederal application, were honored for their collaboration, innovation and efficiencies.
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Ask not what you can do for IPv6, but rather what IPv6 can do for you
The Federal CIO Council has come up with some useful definitions to help take some of the guesswork out of the mandate to move agency backbones to IPv6 by next year.
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OMB: Health IT services are accountable
The Office of Management and Budget plans to evaluate the four main agencies involved with health IT on how well they provide information on quality and cost to consumers.
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Civilian agencies focus on info sharing
OMB has high hopes for Congress to accept e-government.
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OMB sets timeline to launch federal spending database
With 10 months until the deadline to put all federal contract and grant spending in an online database, the Office of Management and Budget is asking for public comment on how best to implement the law.
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IT in ’08: Finish what you started
OMB uses budget to focus agencies on showing results from current projects.
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GAO: IRS modernization still needs improvement
The agency has yet to implement some controls and capabilities related to requirements, development and management, and post-implementation reviews of its BSM program.
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GAO: DHS fails to deliver plan for Congress' oversight of US-VISIT
Despite improvements in compliance with the DHS Appropriations Act of 2006, the department has not yet provided a sufficient spending plan and supporting data, GAO said.
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DKO migration plan takes shape
The Navy and Air Force will join DKO in 2009, pending a new contract. But both services are making preparations for the move now.
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Experts say new Congress offers avenue for fresh ideas
The new Democratic-controlled Congress will create opportunities for IT managers to sell legislators on their programs, says a former congressional staff member.
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