Office of Management and Budget
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Congress gets back from recess Sept. 8. Rumors are already flying over what kind of budget resolution Congress will consider. Bloomberg Government reports House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) is working with the Office of Management and Budget on a list of non-spending items that would get attached to a short-term continuing resolution. It would keep the government open after the end of the fiscal year. Tamar Hallerman is an appropriations reporter at Roll Call. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the likelihood of a short term CR, and news of a possible year long CR.
August 24, 2015 -
Agencies had a huge hole to dig out of when the 30-day cyber sprint began in June. That's according to an internal document obtained by Federal News Radio. The state of federal cybersecurity was worse than many might have thought. In this week's edition of "Inside the Reporter’s Notebook," executive editor Jason Miller writes about how far agencies had to come over the summer. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share the exclusive details.
August 24, 2015 -
A new document obtained by Federal News Radio shows just how bad in shape agencies were in terms of cybersecurity as of June, and just how far they came over the summer.
August 21, 2015 -
An updated report from the Office of Management and Budget states that agencies face $1.8 billion in governmentwide cuts if sequestration kicks in unless Congress lifts spending caps.
August 21, 2015 -
Improving federal cybersecurity is the goal of a new effort that combines input from government and industry leaders. ACT-IAC is collecting responses from agencies, industry and academia on eight major challenges. The responses will go in a report to the Office of Management and Budget late next month. The public comment period closes Aug. 28. Mike Howell, ACT vice president at-large and deputy program manager at the Information Sharing Environment, tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the kinds of ideas he's looking for.
August 19, 2015 -
New guidance on protecting non-sensitive information from federal contractors is out from the CIO and CAO Councils. It would require that contractors follow a specific NIST Special Publication for protecting their information. The Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies and vendors now for feedback. Final guidance is expected later in the fall. Nick Nayak is former chief procurement officer at the Homeland Security Department. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the councils are looking to address incident reporting, information system assessments, and information security continuous monitoring.
August 12, 2015 -
Agencies are under an Aug. 15 deadline to describe how they’ll implement the a key part of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act. As part of a forthcoming FITARA dashboard, OMB wants to broadcast those plans as widely as possible.
August 12, 2015 -
This coming Saturday marks the first major deadline for agencies to begin to implement the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, or FITARA. They’ll need to send the Office of Management and Budget detailed plans for how they intend to boost the authority and accountability of their chief information officers. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu has more on what OMB’s looking for in those plans and how it intends to make sure agencies stick to them.
August 11, 2015 -
Four associations representing federal contractors sent a polite, but terse, letter to the White House Tuesday saying they’ve had enough with executive orders issued by President Barack Obama that target their member companies.
August 11, 2015 -
An employee at the Housing and Urban Development Department used his government charge card to make nearly $12,000 in personal purchases for a few months back in 2013. HUD didn't tell the Office of Management and Budget about the violation because the Office of Inspector General hadn't yet confirmed if the transactions broke federal law. A typical investigation like this usually takes several months or years for the Inspector General to finish. Frank Rokosz is deputy assistant inspector general for audit at the Housing and Urban Developement Department's OIG. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that HUD shouldn't have waited.
August 10, 2015 -
Secretary Jeh Johnson is reorganizing the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) and elevating the role of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). He named Andy Ozment and John Felker to run the NCCIC.
August 10, 2015 -
A court case in Europe could have a big impact on how your agency manages, preserves and pays for its data. Karen Evans is the national director of the US Cyber Challenge and former e-Government administrator at the Office of Management and Budget. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose why your agency's CIO should pay attention to the European Commission's suit against Google's Android operating system.
August 07, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget's director urges Congress to reconsider the budget belt-tightening it has in store for the IRS, the Office of Personnel Management and federal IT.
August 07, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget has told agencies to rethink how they interact with the public, and how they think about citizens as customers. The General Services Administration says it’s here to help. As Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu reports, GSA says it’s designing tools to help agencies get their “customer experience” programs off the ground and understand what citizens want.
August 07, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget has told agencies to rethink the ways in which they interact with the public and undertake a more customer-focused approach to the citizens they serve. The General Services Administration says it’s here to help.
August 07, 2015