Interior Department
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Jennifer Krstolic is a biogeographer for the U.S. Geological Survey.
October 07, 2011 -
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
September 30, 2011 -
Agency will do market research to see how the cloud market has changed. This decision prompted Onix and Google to drop their lawsuit.
September 29, 2011 -
Initial results from the two major changes to the way the agency manages and applies technology will come to the forefront this fall. September 29, 2011
September 28, 2011 -
The two protestors said in court documents Interior has agreed to take steps to fix potential contracting issues. But the Justice Department disputed Google and Onix\'s claims saying no agreement has been reached. Interior hired Softchoice to provide Microsoft software for email and collaboration in the cloud almost a year ago.
September 27, 2011 -
The Interior Department issued its four-year technology transformation plan where it describes how it will save $100 million a year starting in 2016. Interior\'s roadmap focuses on back office and administrative systems.
July 08, 2011 -
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said there are more than 1,000 of these back-office systems and moving them to private cloud providers could save billions. Several agencies, including Labor and EEOC, already have moved their financial systems to a private cloud. Kundra envisions an interagency effort similar to the one for email where agencies commit to using a governmentwide contract for these services.
June 10, 2011 -
Interior\'s National Business Center no longer will support CGI\'s Momentum software forcing NRC, EEOC, FLRB and NTSB to find a new financial management system provider.
June 08, 2011 -
NavigationArts\' Mobile Practice Director Doug Brashear joins host John Gilroy to talk about how the government should handle mobile communication. May 10, 2011(Encore presentation September 6, 2011)
May 10, 2011 -
Microsoft makes court documents public as part of battle to provide cloud services to the Interior Department. Google contends its Google Apps for Government offers more security than FISMA requires.
April 12, 2011 -
The federal CIO told House lawmakers that one major reason IT projects fail is the lack of authority agency technology executives have over spending. Kundra said as part of the 25-point IT reform plan, OMB is restricting the roles of all major agency CIOs. He said the Interior Department is the model, and HHS is next.
March 18, 2011 -
Sen. Collins asked GAO to study the current roles and responsibilities of these senior technology managers. This would be the third such study from GAO since 1996, but first since 2005. VA\'s CIO Roger Baker reiterates his call to give CIOs oversight and authority of their IT budget.
March 07, 2011 -
The federal government could soon pay a $2,000 subsidy to federal employees who buy their own mobile devices.
March 07, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office has released a list of seven major management challenges at Interior. The challenges range from land acquisition to information security.
March 03, 2011 -
The government watchdog agency highlights 30 areas that are at-risk of major problems or failure. Auditors added Interior\'s handling of gas and oil resources, but several on-going challenges saw the scope of oversight shrink because of progress agencies have made.
February 16, 2011