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GAO: Performance data is underused
Twelve years after it became law, the benefits of the Government Performance and Results Act on federal decision-making are still not widespread.
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By standing still, FirstGov slips in Web rankings
Firstgov’s drop in the rankings by Brown University were attributed to its failure to add new features.
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Navy petty officers learn 'soft skills' online
Center for Naval Analyses studies the e-learning results
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Texas agency speeds food stamp applications for Katrina victims
Texas has developed and deployed a new Web-based application to help process survivors of Hurricane Katrina and provide them with needed food stamp benefits.
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U.K. experiments with luggable e-learning containers
Ministry of Defence ships portable e-learning centers wherever training is needed
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CIO Council proposes reference model updating
The council recommends five ways to update the federal enterprise architecture reference models.
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Kelman: The ‘blame game’ and learning moments
Organizations need to learn from their mistakes and compare examples of successful performance with poorer performance.
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The Podcast Toolbox
If you’re prepared to start adding podcasts to your agency’s communications programs, there’s plenty of software available.
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FEMA to adjust IE-only Web site
The Homeland Security Department’s Federal Emergency Management Agency is retooling its Web site for disaster aid applications so that it won’t require the use of Windows-based PCs running Microsoft’s Internet browser.
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Agencies, OMB get security provisions in writing
One of the first steps Lisa Schlosser, the new CIO of the Housing and Urban Development Department, is taking to improve cybersecurity is to get it in writing—by including baseline security requirements in all contracts.
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Air Force releases ops center RFP
The service wants to hire a company to manage command center and supporting systems.
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NARA chooses Lockheed for ERA system
The National Archives and Records Administration is blazing a path for how the government will store, maintain and make available electronic records.
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Agency IT provides relief after Katrina
As Hurricane Katrina pounded the buildings and flooded the streets of New Orleans, the medical staff from the New Orleans VA Medical Center—located near the Superdome—didn't have to worry about lugging thousands of patient folders to higher ground.
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GAO: FBI enterprise architecture growing
The FBI falls short of a fully operational enterprise architecture but has improved since the days when it had no architecture at all, GAO said.
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Union wants injunction against HR system upheld
A union representing DHS employees asked a federal judge to uphold her injunction against MaxHR.
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Financially Sound
More driven by federal policy than technology, recent developments in financial software for government are closely tracking high-level directives that emphasize lines of business, strategic plans and project portfolios instead of next week’s payroll or overdue payables.
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Navy: Don’t access personal e-mail at work
Acceptable use IT policy explains the do’s and don’ts.
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