Office of Management and Budget
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President Barack Obama has asked Congress for the power to merge federal agencies in an effort to make government more efficient and consumer friendly. Obama will call on Congress to give him a type of consolidation authority last held by a president when Ronald Reagan was in office. Analysts and former government insiders congratulate the president for the massive plan to streamline services. But they warn it will be tricky.
January 13, 2012 -
Darren Ash, the chief information officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, helped Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel present more details on the federal mobile stragegy. Ash joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the conversation.
January 13, 2012 -
As part of a sweeping government reorganization first unveiled nearly a year ago, President Barack Obama announced the elevation of the Small Business Administration to a cabinet-level agency.
January 13, 2012 -
Tim Hoechst, the chief technology officer at Agilex, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the process and what he, and the broader IT contracting industry, would like to see.
January 12, 2012 -
Senior Executives Association president Carol Bonosaro will discuss civil service reform when she joins host Mike Causey on today\'s show. January 11, 2012
January 11, 2012 -
Robert Shea, a principal at Grant Thornton and former associate director for administration and government performance at OMB, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the leadership changes at OMB as they unfold so close to budget time.
January 10, 2012 -
John Palguta, vice president for policy, at the Partnership for Public Service, says the new appraisal process for senior executives is weighted toward obtaining results.
January 10, 2012 -
Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob \"Jack\" Lew will take over as White House chief of staff, as William Daley, the current top aide to the President, has announced his departure.
January 09, 2012 -
The White House has announced a new system for evaluating the performance of Senior Executive Service members. The system should establish greater consistency among agencies, according to a memo by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management.
January 06, 2012 -
As part of its 2013 budget proposal, the White House will include a 0.5 percent pay increase for civilian federal employees, according to an administration official.
January 06, 2012 -
New memo gives agencies a template to develop privacy impact assessments when using commercial sites. The guidance follows OMB\'s June 2010 memo on using Web cookies.
January 05, 2012 -
Robert Dacey, the Government Accountability Office\'s chief accountant, breaks down the reasons why GAO was unable to render an opinion on the federal government\'s consolidated financial report.
December 28, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office said it cannot render an opinion on the federal government\'s 2011 consolidated financial statements due to \"widespread material internal control weaknesses, significant uncertainties, and other limitations,\" according to a GAO release.
December 23, 2011 -
RedSeal Networks interviewed more than 200 federal managers and found agencies are unsure how to define continuous monitoring. OMB is requiring departments to have continuous monitoring in place by Sept. 30. The survey found many agencies are trying to figure out the best way to implement these capabilities.
December 23, 2011 -
A new memo from OFPP and OMB tells agencies to improve training to buy more from small businesses through the government charge card.
December 21, 2011