transparency
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I’m up early this morning to attend the monthly breakfast gathering for AFCEA International’s Bethesda, MD chapter — and it’s a good one this morning. I expect a packed house as Vivek Kundra, the federal…
April 23, 2009 -
One of the more vexing issues right now is transparency and the recovery program, and I keep pointing out that this is all unprecedented. There has arguably never been this level of transparency on this…
April 22, 2009 -
The Obama administration’s announcement late Friday — and officially made on Saturday — of the OMB deputy director of management/chief performance officer as well as the much discussed Obama chief technology officer has been the…
April 20, 2009 -
I had the opportunity to attend a fascinating session Wednesday focusing on transparency and, specifically, the stimulus package — creatively titled “Transparency as a Management Tool.” The session was hosted by the CGI Initiative for…
April 16, 2009 -
A few weeks ago, the Federal News Radio Book Club featured Jeff Jarvis’ What Would Google Do? The book is fascinating for many industries — there is a false but growing thought that Google has…
April 09, 2009 -
The Office of Management and Budget on Friday published updated guidance for implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — we know it as the stimulus act. You can find the PDF here … or…
April 04, 2009 -
I mentioned that I was at Government 2.0 Camp over the weekend. This was the inaugural event of the Government 2.0 Club. Yesterday on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and…
April 01, 2009 -
Each Monday on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, we have a feature we call “Meet the Innovators,” where we get to have a conversations with somebody who…
March 30, 2009 -
President Obama has publicly stated that his administration will be known for openness and transparency. One of the cornerstones of that policy will be websites such as recovery.gov and USASpending.gov, which will use new technologies…
March 24, 2009 -
Ed DeSeve, the former acting Office of Management and Budget deputy director of management during the Clinton administration and Chairman of Strategy and Solution Partners, is going to join the Obama administration, Federal News Radio’s…
March 23, 2009 -
The U.S. Government Printing Office has laid out its goals for making government more open and transparent.
March 23, 2009 -
White House officials say examples of open government will help alter perceptions
March 23, 2009 -
I’ve been able to confirm what TechPresident first reported: Obama administration CIO Vivek Kundra is back at his job. It is a huge relieve to many people in the government IT community, who formal appointment…
March 17, 2009 -
Federal agencies are all focusing on transparency – particularly in relation with the stimulus bill. But agencies are discovering that one of the essential pieces of that is data governance, and federal agencies are not…
March 12, 2009 -
President Barack Obama has signed off on a measure to change the way the federal government awards work to private contractors. This is going to change how companies do business with government. Rick Grimm, Chief…
March 11, 2009