Digital Government
OMB anti-duplication effort to inform reorg strategy
OMB seeks to catalogue duplicative services and functions across government.
People
With OMB and OFPP heads gone, can the administration agenda advance?
Two top leaders of OMB and OFPP are stepping down within a month of each other. What's the impact?
People
Plain language in federal regulation comes closer
Federal regulations are notoriously hard to understand, but this week a government agency took yet another step in simplifying complex language.
Modernization
CIO.gov outage fixed with 'hardware maintenance'
The website that hosts federal IT strategy suffered an outage.
People
Dot-gov Web sprawl a challenge to untangle
Reform efforts have reduced the number of government websites, but the trickiest challenges lie ahead.
Digital Government
Government systems inadequate to show spending patterns, advisory board says
A federal advisory board makes recommendations for better integration of federal spending data collection and display systems.
Digital Government
SBA's Joe Jordan heads to OMB as special assistant
Top official's departure spins off new procurement role at OMB.
People
OMB orders cut in management services contracts
OMB has a goal of reducing spending on management support service contracts by 15 percent by the end of fiscal 2012.
Modernization
DOD says data center closures ahead of schedule despite tardy reporting
DOD has missed two deadlines to report data center consolidation progress, but an official says the department has surpassed target figures.
Acquisition
OMB: Agencies must crack down on contractors
Agencies have not used suspension and debarment authorities effectively, Lew says
People
Administration says improper payments have decreased
The government lowered its overall improper payment error rate to 4.7 percent, down from 5.42 percent in 2009.
People
GAO: OMB's definition of IT investments is too broad
The Office of Management and Budget should be more detailed in its guidance to federal agencies in identifying IT investments to avoid understated numbers, according to a watchdog report.
Cybersecurity
Fed CIO discourages agency web credentials
Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel is urging department and agency CIOs to begin accepting third-party identity credentialing for federal websites.
Modernization
VanRoekel quickens pace on data center closures
Federal CIO changes the definition of data center, accelerates closure schedule.
People
3 top priorities for E-Government Fund
David McClure, associate administrator at GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, listed the administration's top priorities for support from the shrinking E-Government Fund.
People
OMB head: Federal workers could face more sacrifices
Feds: Think you've suffered enough? Jacob Lew says you could be in for more pain.
People
Status check: 25-point IT plan making a difference
Three federal agency IT leaders offer a snapshot of how the government's 25-point IT management plan is changing their operations.
Acquisition
Lawmakers push OMB to update executive pay cap
Three members of Congress complained that OFPP is late in setting the cap for 2011, pointing out that since 2004 updates came only as late as May.
Acquisition
Obama wants small businesses paid in 15 days
The faster payments will give small businesses more confidence in cash flow, officials say.
Digital Government