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Memo to OMB: Don't be a lame duck
Washington, D.C., observers offer advice for sustaining progress on IT management and related concerns
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OMB's Johnson: Management Agenda gaining wide support
Federal agencies have embraced the President’s Management Agenda to the point that “it’s almost gone from the President’s Management Agenda to the Agencies’ Management Agenda,” an OMB deputy director said today.<br>
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Volcker revives reorganization plan
The former Fed head renewed his call for giving the President sweeping powers to consolidate and rearrange executive agencies.
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Navy IT readies for Isabel
The Navy Marine Corps Intranet's operation center in Norfolk, Va. has already been through emergency situations before.
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DOD plans information assurance policy
Look for four documents between now and January, a defense official says.
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Lockheed hires Cuviello
The former Army chief information officer will be a vice president of information infrastructure.
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NSA, DOD push Common Criteria for civilians
The security and defense community wants civilian agencies to require that all their IT products pass Common Criteria tests.
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Feds learn hands-on leadership lessons
A fellows program is helping e-government managers learn how to become e-government leaders.<@SM>
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DHS to spend $100M on air defense
Homeland Security officials seek protection for commercial jets against surface-to-air missiles.
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New center to consolidate terror lists
The Terrorist Screening Center is meant to ensure agents can receive the same information and access it quickly when a suspected terrorist is stopped or screened.
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Cybersecurity forum planned
DHS will have a summit in the fall to figure out how to execute the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace..
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E-gov needs more dialogue, official says
OMB should make sure agencies communicate on e-gov initiatives, a defense official said.
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OMB hires two new e-gov portfolio managers
The Office of Management and Budget has filled two of three vacant e-government project portfolio manager jobs.<@SM>
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Agencies submit privacy plans
For the first time, agencies in their fiscal 2005 budget proposals have included privacy assessments of major systems with their business case submissions.
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Defense accounting criticized
Better oversight is needed for closed appropriations, a DOD inspector general says.
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