Obama Impact Resource Page

Examine the source materials Federal News Radio used to reach conclusions for the special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years.

Management: Improper Payments | Sustainability | Performance Management | Regulations | Government Reorganization

Technology: Information Sharing | Health IT | IT Reform | Open/Transparent Government | Cybersecurity

Workforce: Security Clearances | Hiring Reform | Telework | DoD Cyber Workforce | Retirement | SES Reform | Support of Federal Employees

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Acquisition: Strategic Sourcing | DoD Acquisition | High Risk Contracts | Insourcing | Small Business Contracts | Industry-Government Relationship

MONDAY – MANAGEMENT:

Performance Management Agenda

• Presidential Memorandum – Delivering an Efficient, Effective and Accountable Government (Read Federal News Radio’s article)
• GPRA Modernization Act – Passed by the White House and Congress in January 2011 (Read Federal News Radio’s article)
• Performance.gov launched in August 2011 (Read Federal News Radio’s article)
• Agencies focus on data-driven reviews
• Agencies feed data into dashboards
• 2013 High Priority Goals for Agencies

Sustainability

• Executive Order 13514 – Federal Leadership in Environmental Energy and Economic Performance
• Sustainability and Energy Scorecards
• Agencies appoint Senior Sustainability Officers
• GSA’s Green Toolkit helps agencies buy “greener” products and services

Reducing Improper Payments/Cutting Waste Fraud and Abuse

• Executive Order 13576 – Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government
• Establishment of Recovery.gov in February 2009
• Establishment of Government Accountability and Transparency Board in June 2011

(Read Federal News Radio’s article on the progress of the board)

• Incomplete SSA records lead to payments to dead people – Federal News Radio, July 2012
• PaymentAccuracy.gov
• Do Not Pay Portal
• SAVE Award launched in 2009
• Presidential Memorandum – Disposing of Unneeded Federal Real Estate signed June 2010
• Progress made toward reaching FY 2012 goals to dispose of unneeded federal real estate

Reducing Regulations

• Executive Order 13563 – Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
• Executive Order 13610 – Identifying and Reducing Regulatory Burdens
• OIRA/OMB create RegInfo.gov in May 2009 to help the public track rules and regulations
• Obama’s regulatory reforms draw mixed reviews – Federal News Radio, January 2011
• OIRA memo clarifies regulatory requirements for agencies
• OIRA Administrator Cass Sunstein steps down (Read the Federal News Radio article)

Reorganizing Government

• White House proposes to reorganize the Commerce Department – January 2012
• Small Business Administration elevated to Cabinet rank – January 2012
• Business.USA.gov launched Feb 17, 2012
• S. 2129: Reforming and Consolidating Government Act of 2012 – Feb 17, 2012
• H.R. 4409: Government Agency Reform Act of 2012 – April 19, 2012

TUESDAY – TECHNOLOGY:

Open/Transparent Government

• Open Government Directive – Dec. 2009
• Open Government Dashboard
• Open Government Initiatives
• Open Government Status Report
• Data.gov Communities Page
• IT Dashboard, Performance.gov, and Data.gov created.
• Open Gov Blog

Information Sharing

• Executive Order – Structural Reforms to Improve the Security of Classified Networks and the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified Information – October 2011
• National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
• ISE Blog
• Adoption and Use of NIEM – June 2010
• FEMA upgrades Lessons Learned Information Sharing website

Cybersecurity

• White House draft cyber order promotes voluntary critical infrastructure protections – Federal News Radio, September 2012
• Reporting Instructions for the Federal Information Security Management Act and Agency Privacy Management – April 2010
• OMB shifts to real time cybersecurity monitoring – Federal News Radio, April 2010
• OMB Memo – Clarifying Cybersecurity Responsibilities and Activities of the Executive Office of the President and the Department of Homeland Security – July 2010
• OMB officially expands DHS’s cyber role – Federal News Radio, July 2010
• NIST to play big role to secure online identities – April 2011
• President Obama Releases the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace – April 2011
• OMB/DHS announce the cyberscope tool to report FISMA information – September 2011
• Fiscal Year 2011 Report to Congress on the Implementation of The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 – March 2012
• Agencies met 77 percent of cyber requirements in 2011 – Federal News Radio, March 2012
• DHS hones dynamic approach to securing agency computer networks

Health IT

• Joint Electronic Health Record plans announced – Jan 2009
• FY 2009 Annual Report of the VA/DoD Joint Executive Council – September 2009
• FY 2010 Annual Report of the VA/DoD Joint Executive Council – September 2010
• DoD, VA health IT records require speaking in same language – Federal News Radio, November 2011
• VA opening up its e-health record – September 2011
• Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent
• DoD and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care Resource Sharing Program – January 2012
• Comprehensive Health Surveillance Directive – February 2012
• DoD, VA building on early success of joint e-health record – Federal News Radio, May 2012
• DoD, VA joint e-health record ahead of schedule – Federal News Radio, July 2012
• Clinical Involvement in iEHR Requirements and Business Processes Slideshow – August 2012
• Integrated Electronic Health Record Slideshow – August 2012
• AFCEA Warfighter IT Day Slideshow – August 2012

IT Reform

• 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management – December 2010
• Ratings of Major IT Investments on Performance.gov
• Federal Cloud Computing Strategy – February 2011
• Digital Government Strategy Launched – 2012
• Shared Services Strategy issued – May 2012
• CIO Council Releases Cybersecurity Workforce Development Matrices – October 2011

WEDNESDAY – WORKFORCE:

Hiring Reforms

• Presidential Memorandum – Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process – May 11, 2010
• Executive Order 13562 – Recruiting and Hiring Students and Recent Graduates – Dec. 27, 2010
• Executive Order 13548 – Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals With Disabilities – July 26, 2010
• Executive Order 13518 – Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government – Nov. 9, 2009
• 2011 Annual Report – Overview of hiring reform progress
• Pathways Programs for Students and Recent Graduates established
• Performance.gov details continued improvement in hiring process
• OPM factsheet details progress of the President’s hiring reform initiative
• FedsHireVets.com launched January 2010
• Founders of FedsHireVets.com win Service to American Medal award
• FedsHireVets.com chartshows the number of veterans hired increases
• One year of federal hiring reforms: Is it any better? – Washington Post, May, 18, 2011
• OPM cites ‘great strides’ in hiring reform, mixed progress in retirement processing – Federal News Radio, March, 12, 2012

Security Clearance Backlog

• OPM plan to reduce security clearance backlog – Aug. 3, 2009
• OPM testimony before Senate on Security Clearance Reform: Moving Forward on Modernization – September 2009
• GAO removes DoD’s security clearance program from the high risk list – February 2011
• Agency officials tout progress on security clearances – June 2012
• Oversight of Government Management Hearing – Security Clearance Reform: Sustaining Progress for the Future – June 2012

Reducing Federal Retirement Claims Backlog

• OPM Strategy for Retirement Services
• OPM Director John Berry testimony to House subcommittee – Nov. 15, 2011
• Letter to Zients – Senators detail frustrations with backlog – Feb. 6, 2012
• OPM IG Patrick McFarland testimony to House subcommittee – Feb. 1, 2012
• OPM chart tracking claims processed
• Obama signs highway, student loan deal with phased retirement – June 2012
• OPM factsheet about phased retirement option – Aug. 2012

SES Reform

• Presidential Memo – Accountable Government Initiative – Sept. 10, 2010
• Executive Order -15853 – Establishing a Coordinated Governmentwide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce – Aug. 18, 2011
• OMB/OPM memo on the Senior Executive Service Initiative – Feb. 18, 2011
• Sen. Daniel Akaka introduces SES Reform Act 2012 – March 2012
• Rep. Jim Moran introduces SES Reform Act 2012 – June 2012
• Congressional Research Service Report – The Senior Executive Service: Background and Options for Reform – Sept. 2012

Telework

• Telework Enhancement Act – December 2010
• OPM: Agencies add teleworkers – Federal News Radio, February 2011
• OPM Report to Congress – Status of Telework in the Federal Government – February 2011
• OPM issues Telework Enhancement Act guidance April 2011
• GAO Report – OPM should consult with agencies to develop practices for incorporating telework – July 2011
• GSA compiles list of all agency telework coordinators
• OPM paves path to automated telework tracking – Federal News Radio, July 2012
• Number of federal teleworkers hits all-time high – Federal News Radio, July 2012
• OPM Report to Congress – 2012 Status of Telework in the Federal Government – July 2012

Support for federal employees

• Two-year pay freeze proposed for feds, Federal News Radio, November 2010
• White House releases details on 2 year pay freeze – Federal News Radio, December 2010
• Federal morale deeply impacted by pay freeze – Federal News Radio, February 2012
• Pay raise, increased retirement contributions in President’s FY2013 budget request – Federal News Radio, February 2012
• New feds’ pension contributions increase under payroll tax cut deal – Federal News Radio, February 2012
• OMB budget guidedetails retirement contribution rates for future feds – Federal News Radio, August 2012
• Obama extends federal pay freeze – Federal News Radio, August 2012

DoD Cyber Workforce

• DOD memo creates CYBERCOM – June 23, 2009
• Report to House Armed Services Committee U.S. Cyber Command: Organizing for cyberspace operations – Sept. 23, 2010
• Workforce one of three keys to Army’s cyber future – Federal News Radio, Aug. 29, 2011
• Air Force aims to turn cyber into a career – Federal News Radio, March 1, 2012
• Gen. Keith Alexander letter to Sen. John McCain – March 2012
• DoD using cyber teams like aircraft – for offense and defense – Federal News Radio, May 2012
• Military branches refine cyber roles – Federal News Radio, June 30, 2012

THURSDAY – ACQUISITION

DoD Acquisition Process

• DoD releases Better Buying guidance
• DoD releases Better Buying Implementation Directive
• DoD Better Buying initiative specifics
• DoD faces struggles on path toward ‘better buying power’

High Risk Contracting

• GAO report on OMB’s Acquisition Savings Initiative Had Results, but Improvements Needed
• White House update on cutting waste and saving money through contracting reform
• OMB memo on reducing management support-service contracting
• OMB memo on Improving Government Acquisition
• Report to Congress on use of cost-reimbursement contracts

Small Business Contracting

• White House Small Business Agenda
• Small Business Interagency Task Force memo
• OFPP/SBA memo on increasing small business opportunities
• OFPP, SBA trying to fix small business contracting shortcomings
• SBA small business scorecard for 2011
• In 2011, small businesses took it on the chin twice as hard
• FAR Council interim rule for small business set aside task orders
• Small business dashboard

Industry/Government Relationship

• Mythbusters memo
• Mythbusters 2 memo
• DHS NPPD draft vendor guidance
• IBM Federal General Manager Todd Ramsey interview with the Federal Drive
• Federal News Radio’s CAO survey December 2011

Insourcing/Inherently Governmental

• White House memo on government contracting
• OMB memo on managing the multi-sector workforce
• OFPP policy letter on Inherently Governmental
• GAO report on insourcing from February 2012
• Army puts brakes on insourcing (includes Army memo)
• Secretary Robert Gates press conference
• GAO report on insourcing guidelines for civilian agencies

Strategic sourcing

• OFPP memo on achieving value for acquisitions
• Peformance.gov strategic sourcing as a cross-agency goal
• Bill would require greater use of strategic sourcing
• Homeland Security memo on the use of the office supplies BPA
• Interior memo on BPA
• Agriculture memo on BPA
• Air Force memo on BPA
• Commerce memo on BPA

(Resource materials for the acquisition and workforce initiatives examined by Federal News Radio will be released throughout the week.)

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