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Competitive sourcing guide released
The Federal Acquisition Council and the Office of Management and Budget have published a list of best practices to help competitive sourcing efforts.
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Accenture wins $200M NASA deal
The company will provide services for NASA's Integrated Financial Management Program.
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OMB to demand more detailed business cases
Agencies can expect to do more work on their fiscal 2006 IT business cases than they’ve had to do in previous years. The Office of Management and Budget is considering requiring agencies to follow separate steps in filing business cases for ongoing projects and for initiatives’ development, modernization and enhancement phases. OMB also plans to change some rules for contract management and software buying.
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OPM’s path to green paved by IT security
As the leaves turned brown last fall, Office of Personnel Management IT officials could only think about green. CIO Janet Barnes hoped OPM would become only the second agency to earn a green rating for its e-government work on the President’s Management Agenda scorecard.
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Online Extra: OMB is defining final phase for e-gov projects
Each of the Office of Management and Budget’s 25 Quicksilver e-government projects will be rolled out by the end of the summer, administration officials vow. Next: How they'll be used.<br>
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Feds to market electronic benefits payments
The government is preparing a multimillion-dollar campaign to persuade more citizens to accept electronic payments for benefits such as Social Security.
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Utah puts bids on RSS
The state's Purchasing and General Services Division is one of the first purchasing agencies to use the XML-based Really Simple Syndication format.
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GPO plans for digital future
The Government Printing Office may never be paperless, but officials expect it to use less paper.
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Agriculture launches electronic customer statement
The Agriculture Department has launched its electronic Customer Statement as part of an initiative to provide more e-government services for farmers and ranchers.<br>
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Army wants FCS tech now
Soldiers should get Future Combat Systems capabilities as soon as possible instead of waiting for the formal FCS deadline of 2010, a general said.
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National Security Agency names CIO
La Forrest Williams, a retired Air Force colonel, replaced Richard Turner.
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AT&T to manage Navy construction assets
The Navy awarded a pair of contracts worth $13.3 million combined.
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GAO updates IT management guide
The IT Investment Management framework models five stages of investment management maturity.
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Bill would fund U.S.-Israel R&D
Bipartisan House legislation would create a fund for homeland security research by American and Israeli companies.
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Clearing up the PART
OMB will have guidance clarifying use of the Program Assessment Rating Tool.
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Customs delays air manifest requirement
Officials announced a five-month delay for requiring air manifests to be sent to border officials before cargo arrives.
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Web tracking of tax refunds grows
The number of taxpayers using the IRS Web site to track the status of their tax refunds has almost doubled annually.
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OMB hopes to improve investment oversight
Officials want to incorporate better IT investment management into agency practices, said Karen Evans, OMB's administrator for e-government and IT.
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