21st Century IDEA Act

Agencies getting on board with TMF as expedited review deadline nears

Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana said OMB is working on new 21st Century IDEA Act guidance and a new IT modernization strategy.

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The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

How users drove GSA’s design of new acquisition platform

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New federal website design standards emphasize ‘continuous improvement’

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Improving IT and operational performance with human centered design, customer experience practices

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VA OIG highlights continuing IT security issues with the agency

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FILE- This April 30, 2018, file photo shows an interior view of the Sainsbury's flagship store in the Nine Elms area of London. British regulators say the proposed supermarkets merger between Sainsbury's and Walmart's Asda unit would push up prices and reduce quality for shoppers, casting doubt on a deal that would create the country's biggest grocery chain. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Military commissaries, exchanges will have wider customer base in 2020

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Rep. Connolly: Expect ‘scattered compliance’ with 21st-Century IDEA deadlines

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Upcoming IDEA Act deadlines task agencies with digital service overhaul

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Trump signs IDEA Act in bid to close ‘tech gap’ between government, private sector websites

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21st Century IDEA Act requiring updated federal websites passes House

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Bill to digitize more government services passes House

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Lawmaker confident IDEA Act will pass before end of lame-duck Congress

Amid the Trump administration’s plans to transform the way the government approaches customer service, agencies and lawmakers are laying the groundwork to…

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FILE - In Dec. 14, 2016 file photo, early morning traffic rolls down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the U.S. Capitol as daybreaks in Washington. The federal government swung to a surplus of $214.3 billion in April, 2018 primarily reflecting the revenue from that month’s annual tax filing deadline. The Treasury Department reports that last month’s surplus increased 17.4 percent from a year ago. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

New bill would extend identity protection benefits for feds compromised in OPM breach

Lawmakers are working to continue their efforts to protect the identities of feds endangered by the OPM data breaches, cut spending by $15 billion, and…

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