Office of Management and Budget
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Cass Sunstein, administrator at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, outlines details of an Executive Order for independent regulatory agencies\' compliance.
July 11, 2011 -
OMB will tell agencies to focus on management support service contracts and reduce spending by $6 billion. OMB said contracting for management support services grew at a faster rate than other types of contracting. The initiative is part of the administration\'s Campaign to Cut Waste.
July 07, 2011 -
Just-retired DoD Secretary Robert Gates issued a recent memo announcing his decision about how DISA and the chief information officer\'s office will change. Gates said DoD will dis-establish the Networks Integration and Information office.
July 06, 2011 -
Andrew McLauchlin, vice president at CGI Federal, spoke with Federal News Radio about ACT-IAC\'s four recommendations.
July 06, 2011 -
After a RFI and two industry days, the agency is preparing one or more solicitations to move its technology backbone to the cloud. HUD also is taking advantage of the TechStat sessions to improve the oversight and management of its ongoing IT projects.
July 04, 2011 -
In a memo to agency financial managers, Danny Werfel set a July 31 deadline for three broad initiatives to reduce spending. Agency CFOs also must rank their employees\' SAVE Award ideas for implementation and begin sharing best practices to root out waste, fraud and abuse.
June 30, 2011 -
Lawmakers want to merge the fund with GSA\'s Office of Citizen Services. Sam Rosen-Amy, a federal fiscal policy analyst for OMB Watch, said that may lead to reduction in services.
June 21, 2011 -
Lawmakers want to merge the fund with GSA\'s Office of Citizen Services. Sam Rosen-Amy, a federal fiscal policy analyst for OMB Watch, said that may lead to reduction in services.
June 17, 2011 -
OPM Director John Berry said the administration is trying to be \"responsible and professional\" when it comes to changing the bonus and pay structure. He said agencies should take a step back and make sure they are using these programs effectively and promoting the best employees.
June 16, 2011 -
The websites for the Fiddlin\' Foresters - the official U.S. Forest folk band - and one for desert tortoises are a couple of websites that could be on the chopping block in the White House efforts to cut wasteful spending.
June 14, 2011 -
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra will develop policy and guidance to improve how agencies manage their websites.
June 13, 2011 -
The administration has capped the amount federal agencies can spend on performance awards for employees.
June 13, 2011 -
OMB Watch and 30 other open-gov groups are asking Congress to restore funding to the E-Government Fund.
June 13, 2011 -
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said there are more than 1,000 of these back-office systems and moving them to private cloud providers could save billions. Several agencies, including Labor and EEOC, already have moved their financial systems to a private cloud. Kundra envisions an interagency effort similar to the one for email where agencies commit to using a governmentwide contract for these services.
June 10, 2011 -
OMB submits recommendations to change the way agencies that support trade, export and competitiveness work. President Obama is expected to make his decision public, but there is no timetable for when.
June 09, 2011