Management
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The Office of Management and Budget is telling agencies they'll have five choices of laptop and desktop configurations to buy from now on and they'll have three choices of places to buy them from. They also have to explain to OMB why they shouldn't have to. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells In Depth with Francis Rose how this policy change will impact industry.
October 22, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget is updating the underlying policy for how the government buys, uses, and manages information technology. It’s known as Circular A-130. The last time OMB updated it was in 2000. Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the changes and why you should care.
October 22, 2015 -
The House Veterans Affairs Committee issued subpoenas to five VA officials on Wednesday. However, the hearing accompanying the subpoenas exposed what could be a potential problem for all federal agencies. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione has more.
October 22, 2015 -
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) wants more specifics from the Department of Homeland Security on 88 cases of extended paid administrative leave.
October 22, 2015 -
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged the rationale for reforms which centralized big decisions within the DoD acquisition system.
October 22, 2015 -
Data problems continue to haunt the Obama administration's efforts to tame the government's property portfolio. But they are not the same problems of yesteryear.
October 22, 2015 -
The Veterans Affairs Department's relocation scandal sheds light on a federal employee house-selling program that may be costing taxpayers.
October 21, 2015 -
Some members of industry say the Government Publishing Office is taking advantage of a loophole in Title 44 of the U.S. Code, which lets GPO produce secure credential cards as a core agency function.
October 21, 2015 -
The House has passed a bill supporters say will streamline the agency's many moving parts by making management leaner and more efficient.
October 21, 2015 -
On this edition of Columbia Technology Partners’ Ready To Prime, Allen Scott is joined byMary Ostman, a retired contracting officer with 38 years of DoD experience under her belt.
October 21, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget will require your agency to buy computer hardware through one of three governmentwide vehicles soon — or explain why you shouldn't. That's after OMB found agencies spent anywhere from $450 to $1,300 to buy computers with the same specifications. Steve Kelman is professor of public management at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and former administrator of federal procurement policy. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose there are some good things and bad things about OMB's mandate.
October 21, 2015 -
The White House issued the draft version of Circular A-130 updating the 15-year-old policy, specifically with a host of new definitions and requirements for protecting networks and systems.
October 21, 2015 -
The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Congress sent to President Barack Obama on Tuesday contains nearly 100 separate provisions intended to reform the Defense Department's acquisition system. But that’s just the start, say Capitol Hill’s top two Defense legislators.
October 20, 2015 -
The IRS and 20 tax industry organizations will share 20 new data sets with each other during the next tax filing season.
October 20, 2015 -
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) has asked OMB Director Shaun Donovan to better police agency spending on public relations.
October 20, 2015