Office of Management and Budget
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Karen Terrell, vice president of SAS Federal, argues that adaptive case management could transform the current approach to reviewing federal employees and contractors with security clearances.
January 25, 2016 -
A draft policy under development by OMB would require agencies to create an inventory of, and buy mobile devices and services only from, GSA's governmentwide contract in order to get better control over $1.2 billion in annual spend.
January 25, 2016 -
The CIO Council is trying to bring the capital planning and investment control (CPIC) process in line with the desire by agencies to use agile development for IT programs.
January 25, 2016 -
Ray Coleman, the chief information officer of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Agriculture Department, and James Porter, an IT portfolio manager for Immigration and Customs Enforcement at DHS, say their agencies have a better understanding of where new IT efforts exist.
January 22, 2016 -
The budget request comes as the General Services Administration announces Phase II for the FBI headquarters project.
January 22, 2016 -
The National Background Investigations Bureau will have its own director, who will report to the Office of Personnel Management. The administration says it doesn't have a specific timeline for implementing the new security clearance program or standing up the new agency, but changes will come in incremental stages.
January 22, 2016 -
With one year left until Inauguration Day, the Partnership for Public Service's new Center for Presidential Transition is encouraging candidates and federal employees to begin preparing now for the next administration. Career feds should be prepared to tell incoming new leaders what their agencies do and how they can help.
January 20, 2016 -
Office of Management and Budget Deputy Chief Information Officer Lisa Schlosser said her office will start holding agencies more accountable for taking advantage of plays in the U.S. Digital Services Playbook. The playbook lists 13 best practices for delivering products and services to the public more quickly.
January 19, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is letting agencies forego previous 2010 spending levels on recruitment, relocation and retention (3Rs) to help them hire new cybersecurity talent. Agencies must tell OPM of their plans and what critical needs they want to fill before getting approval.
January 18, 2016 -
OMB will issue two new policies in the coming months. One for enterprise software licensing, which currently is in draft, and another on IT mobile services.
January 18, 2016 -
President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union speech offered few details on new programs or initiatives for federal managers and contractors. But the President did announce a new public-private sector effort to find a cure for cancer, led by Vice President Joe Biden.
January 13, 2016 -
Open records watchdogs in Congress say excessive fees, delayed deadlines and overuse of redactions are harming the Freedom of Information Act process.
January 11, 2016 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, argues OMB and GSA are not following the money when trying to improve federal procurement processes.
January 11, 2016 -
The Senate IT working group is circulating a discussion draft of a cloud bill to improve FedRAMP and create a new fund at GSA to help pay for cloud transitions.
January 11, 2016 -
The annual IT budget guidance doesn't include any new initiatives, but several agency CIOs said they were pleased with OMB's support of their IT budget requests.
January 11, 2016