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The Commerce Department says that as things stand the 2010 Census is now expected to come in on schedule and 22 percent under budget, meaning a savings of $1.6 billion in 2010. Congressional reaction to the news is split along party lines with some lawmakers praising the efforts of the Census Bureau to do an accurate and cost-effective population count - while one lawmaker calls the claims \"smoke and mirrors.\"
August 11, 2010 -
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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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The Senate Homeland Security Committee approved a bill that could dramatically reshape how agencies secure their computer networks.
June 30, 2010 -
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The administration issues two new memos focusing on all IT projects and specifically on financial management systems. OMB will issue guidance in the next month detailing how they will evaluate which programs are at most risk. OMB\'s Zients says programs worth more than $10 billion are significantly off track in cost, schedule or both.
June 29, 2010 -
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Sometime in the next few weeks, the Senate is expected to take up a bill designed to strengthen the nation\'s cybersecurity infrastructure. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the legislation Thursday by voice vote.
June 25, 2010 -
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Legislation calls for agencies to adopt computer power savings techniques, implement advanced metering technology and create energy data standards.
June 17, 2010 -
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Senator Joseph Lieberman thinks his cybersecurity bill will be the one to cross the finish line to the President\'s desk.
June 16, 2010 -
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Senator Tom Carper tells Federal News Radio there is a lot of room for improvement.
June 16, 2010 -
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With as many as 40 different cybersecurity bills in various stages of consideration on Capitol Hill, which one will make it to President Obama\'s desk? The chairman of one powerful Senate committee is betting his cybersecurity measure will win approval in the Senate, and eventually earn the President\'s signature before mid-summer.
June 16, 2010 -
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Sens. Lieberman, Collins and Carper\'s legislation creates two new offices to oversee federal cybersecurity in DHS and the White House. It also forms a new Federal Information Security Taskforce made up of agency chief information security officers. Bill does not include \"kill switch\" provision for private sector networks.
June 10, 2010 -
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New White House guidance calls for agencies to submit data feeds to OMB\'s Cyberscope tool. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra hopes the information will give agencies a better idea of vulnerabilities and threats to computer networks. Agencies may have to shift money away from traditional reports to upgrade systems to meet new FISMA requirements.
April 22, 2010 -
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OMB has launched new tool to automate FISMA reporting. This data will help populate a new cybersecurity dashboard, federal CIO Vivek Kundra says. OMB also wants to collect more specific data around how much and where agencies are spending money on IT security.
October 30, 2009 -
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Deputy director for management Jeffrey Zients hires Shelley Metzenbaum to help lead the performance management effort. OMB to lean on the Performance Improvement Council to develop and advocate for new approach.
September 25, 2009 -
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In the private sector, it\'s not unusual for a vendor to have incentive clauses written into a contract, but in federal contracting, agencies sometimes employ the practice of \"rollovers\", extending additional opportunities to earn bonuses even to contractors who come up short on their contractual performance. And that is a matter of concern for one Senate oversight committee.
August 05, 2009
