Gerry Connolly
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DoD plans to issue a memo that would strongly encourage reciprocity for cloud services authorized by FedRAMP at the moderate level.
July 18, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management said an IT outage impacted significant programs and mission for multiple hours last week. But a government source said the incident has been dramatized to make the case for the proposed OPM-GSA merger.
July 16, 2019 -
The House-passed 2020 defense authorization bill includes paid family leave for federal employees, as well as another legislative attempt to block the Trump administration's proposed OPM-GSA merger.
July 12, 2019 -
GSA has issued a request for information to begin modernization of legacy mainframe hardware at the Office of Personnel Management. The RFI is part of GSA's Centers of Excellence initiative, which both agencies have agreed to use to advance the merger.
July 12, 2019 -
In a letter to acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert, Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) questioned why the administration didn't warn Congress earlier about the agency's coming financial challenges.
July 10, 2019 -
Chief information officers at two agencies that received higher overall marks on their FITARA scorecards this year have tole members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee that efforts to move to the cloud have led to greater efficiencies and cost savings.
July 02, 2019 -
The Trump administration said Thursday it's still preparing a legal analysis for its proposed merger of the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration.
June 27, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the new local union at the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service estimate four out of five employees will decline to relocate out of the national capital region.
June 27, 2019 -
New guidance from OMB this week prioritizes the optimization of existing data centers over further consolidation.
June 27, 2019 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee will release the 8th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard showing five agencies improving, five falling and 14 agencies holding steady.
June 26, 2019 -
House Democrats joined members of the American Federation of Government Employees on Tuesday to rally against the Trump administration's proposed merger of the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration. Congress on Tuesday also began debate over an appropriations bill that would block the OPM-GSA merger.
June 25, 2019 -
Employees at the Office of Personnel Management may face administrative furloughs if Congress doesn't advance the Trump administration's proposal to merge the agency with the General Services Administration, or if lawmakers can't pass permanent 2020 funding by the end of the fiscal year.
June 19, 2019 -
GAO ranked 10 federal systems in most need of modernization and they range from 8-to-51 years old and cost about $337 million annually to maintain.
June 17, 2019 -
Acknowledging recent decisions may suggest otherwise, the chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority said the agency has no "anti-union bias."
June 05, 2019 -
As lawmakers return to Capitol Hill to continue appropriations discussions this coming week, the Trump administration's proposed OPM-GSA merger will be the elephant in the room.
May 31, 2019