Office of Management and Budget
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CIO Council to use dashboard to analyze macro trends of why agency technology programs are in trouble. Federal CIO Kundra calls for aggressive focus on project management.
July 22, 2009 -
They say that journalism is the first draft of history. Well, with the transparency and openness out there these days, my guess is that most journalism is actually the second draft of history… with Tweets…
July 21, 2009 -
Agency CIO says he will add one-page summary for each of the temporarily stopped programs.
July 20, 2009 -
The new CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Roger Baker, is wasting no time in putting troubled VA IT systems on notice. Baker announced today that it will “temporarily halt 45 information technology projects…
July 17, 2009 -
The migration to Windows Vista in the Federal market has been slow, and Microsoft is already close to releasing Vista’s successor, Windows 7. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking at Windows 7…
July 16, 2009 -
We’ve been following the controversy around the $9.5 million contract to redesign the Recovery.gov Web site that was awarded to Smartronix. (The chairman of the Recovery Board spoke to Federal News Radio 1500 AM on…
July 14, 2009 -
We’ve been reporting on the Recovery Board’s $9.5 million award last week to Smartronics for the redesign of Recovery.gov, the Obama administration’s Web site that seeks to provide transparency — and therefore accountability — for…
July 13, 2009 -
A new tool from the Office of Management and Budget allows people to track federal IT investments using real-time information. The IT Dashboard lets people see whether specific IT projects are on schedule and provide…
July 09, 2009 -
A House committee got its latest progress report on the economic stimulus program yesterday. The testimony paints a decidedly mixed picture about whether or not the $787 billion dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is working the way the White House has planned.
July 09, 2009 -
I’ve been working throughout the day to catch up on what I missed over the past week while I was away with some time off. (I often post while I’m away. It is somewhat surprising…
July 07, 2009 -
Transparency is catching with citizens as well as agencies, and the administration is anxious to tell its story. Last week Federal CIO Vivek Kundra sat down for an internet-only discussion of transparency with citizens from…
July 06, 2009 -
One of the top feds at the Office of Management and Budget is offering a more detailed picture of what\'s expected of federal workers and their agencies in the next several years.
July 06, 2009 -
Transparency gives additional clout to make technology projects perform. Tool replaces OMB watch lists and makes information more interactive.
July 01, 2009 -
Agency chief information officers officers face a new level of scrutiny starting today. The Office of Management and Budget’s IT dashboard makes it clear who is responsible for bringing multi-million dollar IT projects in on…
June 30, 2009 -
The Senate Friday confirmed the nomination of Jeffrey Zients to be the OMB deputy director of management and the Obama administration’s chief performance officer. The Senate Homeland Security Committee had signed off on his nomination…
June 22, 2009