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Most of the fiscal 2011 reductions came from the departments of Education, Agriculture and Health and Human Services. The administration also announced new steps aimed at improving how agencies use suspension and debarment to deal with unreliable contractors and grant recipients.
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The conference committee is the first step in reconciling the House version of the appropriations bill with the Senate\'s.
USDA CIO Chris Smith, who co-chaired the conference planning committee, provided a behind- the-scenes look at how the conference is planned and the top priorities for his agency in 2012.
Several departments are starting to understand that buying and creating technology systems can be done in small, iterative steps. OMB\'s push for agile development seems to be taking hold across the government.
The number of teleworkers at the Department of Agriculture has swelled to more than 58,000 - up from just 16,000 a year ago.
A record year for insurance crop claims pushes RMA\'s systems to the brink. Chad Sheridan, RMA\'s CIO, said recent modernization efforts kept the agency\'s systems processing and paying claims. October 6,2011
Berry said he thinks feds will continue to donate at high levels in future drives, despite a two-year pay freeze and other proposals that could cut their pay and benefits
The Agriculture Department, the Energy Department and the Navy are turning to industry to try to leverage advanced technologies to produce a new generation of biofuels. A request for information they just issued says the private sector would have to match any federal funds the agencies spend. The three departments are willing to spend up to 500 million dollars to jumpstart an industry to produce fuels that could serve as drop-in replacements for jet fuel and diesel. The Navy is aiming to get half its energy from alternative sources by the year 2020.
Agencies have stepped up the pace of their data center consolidation efforts, leading to predicted data center closures numbering well above what the Office of Management and Budget predicted earlier this year.
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The House voted on a spending bill that will slash the Food and Drug Administration\'s budget by nearly 12 percent.
With funding from USDA Rural Development\'s Rural Utilities Service (RUS), rural electric cooperatives are leading the way in smart grid deployments. We get details from USDA\'s Jessica Zufolo.