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Senior administration officials this morning will propose major changes to the way agencies buy, manage and implement technology over the next 18 months. The reforms include moving at least three technologies to the cloud, changing the role of CIOs and strengthening program management across the government. OMB applying industry best practices and lessons learned from TechStat sessions.
December 09, 2010 -
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The administration said its review of 16 of the 26 high-risk technology programs led to one termination, eight programs are scaled back and seven projects have accelerated delivery timetables. OMB said agencies saved or avoided spending $1.3 billion over the life of these 16 projects.
December 09, 2010 -
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The House measure wraps all the unfinished annual spending bills into a single catchall measure while freezing spending at last year\'s levels. One of the biggest surprises in the act is the inclusion of a two year pay freeze as proposed by President Obama.
December 09, 2010 -
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The Federal Protective Service is putting posters in 9,000 federal buildings this week, along with a special toll-free hotline, urging federal workers to report suspicious activity.
December 08, 2010 -
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The Agriculture Department would be the second major agency to announce it\'s taking critical functions to the commercial cloud.
December 08, 2010 -
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Pat Niehaus, the National President of the Federal Managers Association, discusses how federal employees have become the country\'s scapegoats.
December 08, 2010 -
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The Office of Management and Budget will announce tomorrow major changes to how agencies manage their technology projects. You should expect new requirements around program management, a focus on cloud computing and several other ideas…
December 08, 2010 -
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Comeback America Initiative\'s David Walker discusses the proposals by the president\'s deficit reduction commission.
December 08, 2010 -
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The SAMMIES pay tribute to America\'s dedicated federal workforce, highlighting those who have made significant contributions to our country. We get nomination tips from the Partnership for Public Service\'s Max Stier.
December 08, 2010 -
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The \"FY 2011 Year Long Funding Act\" contains language that will linger on long after the year is over. The Hill\'s Ian Swanson explains.
December 08, 2010 -
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The Defense Acquisition University has launched the first ever Department of Defense casual games site. Games Czar Alicia Sanchez explains.
December 08, 2010 -
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The Application Security Advisory Board was established to recommend ways to create awareness about the problem of insecure software and help organizations infuse security into the software development lifecycle. Boardmember Hart Rossman explains how it works.
December 08, 2010 -
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Former Virginia Congressman Tom Davis said federal employees are on the chopping block because they are easy prey. Davis, now a director with Deloitte and Touche, said a letter from the Washington-D.C. area delegation could impact the potential two-year pay freeze the White House is proposing. The eight House members say feds are being targeted unfairly to help reduce the deficit.
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The Department of Homeland Security gets more Freedom of Information Act requests than any other agency. It\'s now assembling a new set of processes that will centralize requests by individuals who want to know what data the agency is storing about them.
December 08, 2010
