Office of Management and Budget
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President Barack Obama's nominee for deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget told a Senate Committee he's ready to be a "front line leader" for the presidential transition if he gets the job.
July 07, 2016 -
Lawmakers and agency heads are looking at ways the General Services Administration can better manage and maintain federal properties and offices.
July 06, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Justice Department is interested in knowing how law enforcement agencies are using drones, and the Obama administration plans to utilize data to change local incarceration patterns.
July 05, 2016 -
Dave Mader, the controller in the Office of Management and Budget, wants to use the updated Circular A-123 to change the view of internal controls in agencies.
July 04, 2016 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is asking GAO to review how the U.S. Digital Services prioritizes programs as well as how agencies are implementing the CIO authorities under FITARA.
July 04, 2016 -
The White House also released new initiatives to improve agency response to records requests, including tasking the new Chief FOIA Officers Council to identify and address the biggest difficulties in complying with the law and OMB will issue new openness and transparency guidance.
June 30, 2016 -
A legislative assistant for Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), one of the key players on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said members are warming to the administration's idea to develop a $3.1 billion IT Modernization Fund. But he said some members of Congress are debating other alternatives to the fund.
June 29, 2016 -
The Supreme Court granted the Justice Department a writ of certiorari, meaning DoJ can argue its case on presidential appointments next year.
June 28, 2016 -
The White House has threatened to veto a fiscal 2017 spending bill that would further cut the Internal Revenue Service's budget by $236 million.
June 23, 2016 -
Roughly 85 percent of current Senior Executive Service members are eligible to retire within the next 10 years. And about half can retire within the next president's first term in office. But as the administration looks to agency career leaders to steer the upcoming presidential transition, 55 percent of GS-14s and GS-15s say they're not interested in joining the SES.
June 22, 2016 -
The Labor Department hired Booz Allen Hamilton under a $74.2 million contract to manage its financial management system while it prepares to move to a federal shared service provider in 2019.
June 21, 2016 -
Dan Katz, technical director for the public sector at Acquia, makes the case for cloud platforms and open source software for digital experience management as a way for agencies to more easily and quickly migrate to a digital environment.
June 20, 2016 -
As part of Federal News Radio’s look into some of the more unusual jobs in government, Melissa Winter, a recreation therapist at Edward Hines Hospital shared some of the joys and challenges of her job working with blind veterans.
June 14, 2016 -
Kim Luke left government after just four months as the IT category manager. GSA’s Mary Davie has taken over in the role.
June 14, 2016 -
Keith Trippie, the CEO of The Trippie Group LLC and a public sector board member of Acquia, says agencies should follow the lead of dating, travel and insurance companies and have an “easy” button for system modernization.
June 13, 2016