Office of Management and Budget
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Karen Evans, the former administrator of OMB\'s Office of E-Government and Information Technology, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris with her take on how the administration plans to balance security with the need to share information.
October 14, 2011 -
A memo from federal CIO Steven VanRoekel requires agencies to begin accepting usernames and passwords from commercial companies such as Verisign or Google. This is the second time the government has tried to accept commercial credentials. Experts say this time agencies and industry are better prepared to be successful.
October 14, 2011 -
Doug Bourgeois, the former director of the Interior Department\'s National Business Center, and now the chief cloud executive at software firm VMware, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss data center consolidation efforts.
October 13, 2011 -
Federal contractors may be getting away with fraud or shoddy work, according to a Government Accountability Office study of five years\' worth of federal contracts. GAO found that most agencies are not using enforcement tools meant to cut off the flow of public funds to bad contractors.
October 07, 2011 -
Federal CIO Steven Van Roekel said the Office of Management and Budget now estimates to save millions of dollars more from data center consolidation, through an expanded definition of the facilities and an amplified goal.
October 07, 2011 -
In the Hollywood blockbuster Moneyball, Oakland A\'s general manager Billy Beane develops a new method of evaluating players and assessing overall team strengths that help dramatically improve his team.
October 04, 2011 -
Auditors find all 24 agencies it reviewed had weaknesses in security controls. GAO also found problems with training and oversight of contractor systems. It recommends OMB and DHS provide better performance metrics.
October 03, 2011 -
October 5th, 2011 How far have we come and what are our biggest challenges—and opportunities—ahead as Cybersecurity comes of age? Hear what Lt. General Harry Raduege. Jr. and Karen Evans have to say about this compelling discussion.
October 03, 2011 -
How does your agency compare to others when it comes to allowing employees to telework? The latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey gives some insight.
October 02, 2011 -
Sally Katzen, former deputy director for management and now a Senior Advisor at the Podesta Group, explains the differences between what agencies must deal with now and form the time she worked at OMB.
September 29, 2011 -
Valerie Melvin, GAO\'s director of information management and human capital issues, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the watchdog agency\'s latest report on e-government projects.
September 29, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: OMB takes a more hands-off approach in giving agencies 2013 budget guidance, two companies dropped their protest of an Interior Department cloud-computing contract and the USPS debt deadline is extended.
September 28, 2011 -
Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew said the White House will be less dictatorial and more collaborative in finding spending reductions that work for each agency, individually. Lew would not rule out further changes to federal employee pay and benefits. Agencies are encouraged to work with stakeholders, especially Congress, from the beginning of the process to what the cuts should be.
September 28, 2011 -
The Partnership for Public Service\'s new report warns the United States \"must not repeat the mistakes of the past\" with automatic across-the-board cuts.
September 27, 2011 -
Former \"e-gov Czar\" Mark Forman joins host Mark Amtower on today\'s program. September 26, 2011
September 26, 2011