Tech
GSA to manage contracts for consolidating personnel systems
The Office of Personnel Management will retain control over the much of the program, including requirements for service providers.
Tech
Lawmaker vows 'extensive' homeland security oversight
Likely chair of appropriations subcommittee says one of his "signature issues" has been ensuring emergency responders have the necessary equipment and funding.
Tech
OPM clarifies policies affecting teleworkers’ pay
Requirement that employees report to their official work site at least once a week has caused frustration.
Tech
IG: Immigration agency IT modernization needs stronger focus
Duplicative plans have hampered rollout, recent audit report states.
Tech
Deputy secretary to leave Labor Department
Department was the first Cabinet agency to win top scores across all the main categories on the Bush administration’s quarterly management score card.
Tech
Group formed to address future of libraries in Internet era
Library of Congress officials say it is essential that libraries continue to exist.
Tech
GSA struggles to keep up in tech sales
Agencies are moving to non-GSA contract vehicles to meet their IT needs, analysts find.
Management
OMB data shows low e-gov adoption and use rates
High percentage of agencies are participating in Bush administration's e-government initiatives.
Tech
Google to index content for federal space agency
Much of the information NASA has collected about earth and the universe is difficult for non-experts to access and understand.
Tech
Lawmakers to push for public-private swapping of tech workers
No exchanges have occurred to date under a program created by an e-government law four years ago.
Tech
Data-breach milestone stirs new call for action
Measure inserted into an omnibus bill for the Veterans Administration has too broad a definition of personal information and data breaches, industry official says.
Tech
OMB to release figures on e-gov acceptance, usage
Information will cover 18 of 25 projects; goal is to increase transparency, illustrate initiatives’ success.
Tech
DHS privacy office steps up scrutiny of technology projects
Critics say report to Congress covering two years of activity is short on details, seek commitment from recently arrived privacy chief.
Tech
Proponent of IT centralization declares victory at the VA
Employees involved in application development will be sent to work under the CIO Monday, and permanently placed there in April.
Tech
Report calls data-mining expensive, ineffective
Technology needed to obtain precise results does not exist, researchers find.
Tech
GSA, Defense reach agreement on acquisition policies
GSA will not hold Pentagon funds over from one fiscal year to another, in keeping with Defense legal interpretations.
Tech
VA tech chief says another major data breach is unlikely
Steps to avoid another incident include raising awareness of security issues, encrypting laptops and centralizing IT operations.
Defense
Report: Navy intranet program fails to meet goals
Figures on customer satisfaction include those that are “at best marginally satisfied” with the system, GAO finds.
Tech
GSA budget document reveals revisions to IG’s requests
Document provides details on what the agency’s investigative branch has said is an attempt to “reduce serious scrutiny of the agency.”
Tech