Office of Management and Budget
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Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott released a draft open source software policy with a goal of reducing duplicative purchases and taking advantage of industry best practices by sharing reusable source code.
March 10, 2016 -
Anne Rung, the administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and Tony Scott, the federal chief information officer, sent a memo to all CFO Act agencies detailing the requirements for the new labs as well as announcing a pilot to expand the use of digital acquisition capabilities across the government.
March 10, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget’s new draft policy recognizes the data center consolidation and optimization initiative must fold in several ongoing priorities — from infrastructure and systems modernization, to cybersecurity, cloud first, and the greening of the government — to be more effective.
March 07, 2016 -
Officials with OPM and OMB touted the Human Capital and Training Solutions contract as the first and best of its kind under the Obama administration's category management initiative.
March 02, 2016 -
Mike Hettinger, president and managing principal of the Hettinger Strategy Group LLC, argues for OMB to change its approach to modernizing financial management systems.
March 01, 2016 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy named 11 executives to manage $270 billion in spending across 10 commodity areas under the category management initiative.
March 01, 2016 -
Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) reintroduced a bill to sell off unused, unnecessary government properties.
February 29, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget is developing an IT modernization policy for civilian agencies that would require them to do a majority of the up-front planning to prepare for the funding should Congress approve the initiative.
February 29, 2016 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee questioned the administration on its new federal security clearance reform plan. Members of the committee wanted further details about the Office of Personnel Management's role in the new process, as well as the timeline, funding, and the authorities that DoD would have under the National Background Investigations Bureau.
February 25, 2016 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy named 10 new category managers Feb. 25 to lead the commodity buying areas that represent more than $270 billion a year.
February 25, 2016 -
A court ruling says OPM acting Director Beth Cobert shouldn't be allowed to serve in her role. The administration continues to stand by its nomination. Political pundits say the legal disagreement is the least of the worries when it comes to the political appointee process.
February 24, 2016 -
A report from the Partnership for Public Service and Accenture Federal Services found that data, governance, communication and engagement, and workforce management are the biggest challenges for government agencies trying to improve customer service.
February 23, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office ruled the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s voluntary BYOD program doesn’t violate any laws.
February 22, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management's Inspector General recently discovered that a D.C. Circuit Court ruling directly affects the position of OPM acting Director, which is currently held by Beth Cobert.
February 17, 2016 -
As OMB presses agencies to spend more money on new or modernized systems, some federal CIOs and other IT executives say modernizing the definition of legacy systems is an important starting point.
February 15, 2016