Acquisition
OMB urges performance-based management
Agencies should use performance-based management systems to improve acquisitions practices, according to an OMB memo.
Cybersecurity
TechAmerica: Appoint cybersecurity coordinator now
The technology trade association TechAmerica wants President Barack Obama to make good on his promise to appoint a cybersecurity coordinator.
Cybersecurity
Collins opposes White House cyber czar
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she opposes putting a cybersecurity coordinator in the White House.
Cybersecurity
Lieberman outlines plan for cybersecurity legislation
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) today detailed his goals for comprehensive cybersecurity legislation he plans to introduce.
Modernization
'Smart grid' projects to get $3.4B in grants
President Barack Obama today announced $3.4 billion in grants for smart-grid projects in 49 states, including purchase of smart meters, sensors and systems.
Digital Government
Tech projects to get big splash from second wave of stimulus spending
Technology spending will be a big part of a second wave of spending under the economic stimulus law, according to Edward DeSeve, special advisor to the Office of Management Budget and director for implementation of the Recovery Act.
Cybersecurity
Obama nominates Wagner as DHS intell chief
President Barack Obama today nominated Caryn Wagner to lead the Homeland Security Department's office that uses information technology to share information with non-federal officials.
Modernization
Federal sites rapped over accessibility problems
When the revamped Recovery.gov went live this month, advocates for people with disabilities noticed the site had accessibility limitations. Other sites also have lapses in complying with accessibility laws.
Digital Government
White House uses social media to get green ideas
White House officials want federal employees and military members to submit ideas for clean energy.
Modernization
Stimulus reporting comes in fits and starts
Although more than 112,000 recipients met a deadline of Oct. 10 for filing spending reports, others are still struggling to comply.
Modernization
Only a small part of stimulus spending will be reported, coalition says
The Coalition for an Accountable Recovery said the amount of economic spending law being reported is a fraction of the total.
Digital Government
Lawmaker urges Obama to appoint cybersecurity coordinator
President Barack Obama should quickly appoint a cybersecurity coordinator to ensure computer defense efforts are coordinated, a House member who oversees cybersecurity programs said today.
Modernization
Obama orders environmental measures for agencies
Federal data centers must be run in energy-efficient ways under a new executive order.
Modernization
Federal Register goes XML -- at last
Readers can now browse, reorganize, and electronically customize the Federal Register's contents.
People
White House announces Gordon nomination for OFPP job
Gordon has a reputation for candor and evenhandedness, according to procurement observers and his public record.
Modernization
Recovery.gov gets a facelift
The retooled Recovery.gov Web site for tracking economic stimulus law funding is getting mostly a thumbs-up from visitors, but another test for transparency will come later this month when the site begins adding hundreds of thousands more data points from state and local recipients of the funding.
People
Stimulus map quest: It’s a long road
Data without context is meaningless to anyone but a specialist. But context without data is not so good either. Such was the dilemma presented by the Obama administration’s revamp of the Recovery.gov Web site, which was unveiled last week.
Digital Government
Feds offer White House plenty of ideas on budget-cutting
The Save.Gov Web site launched by the White House soliciting ideas on how to cut spending in the 2011 budget has drawn more than 10,000 suggestions in its first week.
People
Retooled Recovery.gov site praised, panned
The upgraded version of the Recovery.gov Web site for tracking spending under the economic stimulus law impresses some visitors, but doesn't others.
Modernization