Office of Management and Budget
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The Office of Management and Budget is pulling out its fine-tooth comb as it begins the task of ferreting out financial management modernization projects in need of refinement. Joe Moyer with Micro Focus tells us how companies are reacting and adapting to the change.
July 29, 2010 -
Now set to conclude his tenure as director of the Office of Management and Budget this Friday, Peter Orszag appraised his 18 months in the job. He points to a number of ways in which he and the administration tried to change the way the government works.
July 29, 2010 -
The Office of Management and Budget is taking aim at the worst 25-to-30 technology projects across government.
July 28, 2010 -
Agencies are to review all IT projects over the next month, and the programs that are in the worst shape will go through TechStat sessions. This analysis is part two of a three pronged approach to fixing systemic problems with technology initiatives. Federal CIO Kundra says OMB will try to address those long-standing problems in October through the release of best practices.
July 28, 2010 -
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In the wake of the Obama Administration\'s decision to halt or review billions of dollars worth of information technology programs, TechAmerica Foundation is convening a group of experts from industry and academia to provide recommendations for improving the way the federal government purchases and implements IT systems. Co-vice-chair Renny DiPentima explains.
July 23, 2010 -
The DorobekINSIDER has confirmed that the Office of Federal Procurement Policy has recertified the National Institute of Health Information Technology Acquisition & Assessment Center’sChief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3), one of three…
July 22, 2010 -
TechAmerica has put together the Commission on Government Technology Opportunity in the 21st Century.
July 22, 2010 -
Some of the investments listed on the IT Dashboard are already hundreds of millions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. David Powner, Director of Information Technology Management Issues for GAO explains.
July 21, 2010 -
This week’s Federal News Countdown panel is a great one: —Lisa Mascolo, managing director of Accenture’s U.S. federal business —Julie Myers Wood, President of ICS Consulting, LLC Here are the stories we’re counting down this…
July 16, 2010 -
Agency leaders say a commitment hiring and training contract oversight personnel is an important step towards balancing the federal budget and increasing efficiency. They highlight several creative cost-cutting measures being undertaken government-wide.
July 16, 2010 -
Jeffrey Zients has been the federal chief performance officer for a little over a year now.
July 15, 2010 -
OMB\'s figures come \"from an incomplete database built from inconsistent data managed mainly by the agencies themselves, each using its own inventory method,\" says the Reason Foundation. Director of economic research, Anthony Randazzo, explains.
July 14, 2010 -
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The Office of Management and Budget is taking aim at approximately 30 agency financial management modernization systems. Part of the new oversight is a Financial Systems Advisory Board made up of CFOs and CIOs across the government. The administration\'s goals are lower costs and improve performance by addressing long standing project problems.
July 12, 2010