Hobbins to become new AF CIO
Lt. Gen. William T. 'Tom' Hobbins is going to be nominated as the next CIO of the Air Force, following the reorganization of several offices.
Agriculture unveils draft for animal ID system
The Agriculture Department released a draft plan for tracking animal movements, as part of an effort to speed its response to potential disease outbreaks.
NMCI director apologizes for use of ethnic term
The director of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program has been 'counseled' for using a derogatory ethnic term during a conference call earlier this year.
House committee passes GSA reorganization bill
The House Government Reform Committee today made it easier for the General Services Administration to reorganize.
HHS's Havekost to co-chair CIO Council best practices committee
Charles Havekost, the Health and Human Services Department CIO, has been director for Grants Management and Policy at HHS and program manager for the Grants.gov e-government initiative.
Congress poised to smite DHS' technology programs
Lawmakers are moving to clip the wings of the Homeland Security Department's CIO and punish the department for ignoring demands from Congress for information.
NMCI management gets restructured
A draft memo says the Navy is planning to move oversight of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program and other initiatives to a new program office headed by Rear Adm. James B. Godwin III.
IRS needs to improve business cases, IG says
IRS officials should not rely on the data in some of their recentbusiness cases to manage and fund IT projects, inspector generalauditors have found.
OMB looking to shut down systems that duplicate e-gov projects
The Office of Management and Budget has analyzed agency IT investments'Exhibit 53s'to determine if they use systems that duplicate any of the 25 e-government projects, the Lines of Business Consolidation or the enterprisewide software buying effort known as SmartBuy.
DOD still has far to go on FIPS 201
The Defense Department has reached about 80 percent compliance with the new federal standards for worker identification cards. But achieving that last 20 percent will take the full 18 months before the October 2006 deadline.
GSA's Winters, Moore to retire
Gary Winters, the General Services Administration's acting director of interagency management, and Betty Moore, another long-time GSA employee and key contributor to IRMCO, are leaving government.
Justice preparing RFPs for case management software
The Justice Department is preparing two requests for proposals for new software under the Case Management Line of Business Consolidation.
Labor, State and Energy reach majority green status
The Labor and State departments led all agencies on the latest President's Management Agenda scores released today, each earning four green status scores and five green progress scores. Energy followed on their heels.
IBM to streamline Navy financial operations
IBM Corp. has won a one-year, $35 million Navy contract for financial and accounting services to streamline financial operations, potentially worth more than $100 million over five years.
Joint Forces Command seeks handheld for translation
The military is turning to industry for secure, portable handheld computers that support speech translation applications.
Acquisition, financial councils collaborate on procurement system standards
The federal councils overseeing acquisition and financial management are developing acquisition system standards that vendors can integrate into their already approved core financial systems.
Agencies no longer pass on pass-the-hat funding, OMB says
The Office of Management and Budget has received commitments from 90 percent of federal agencies to implement and fund the 25 Quicksilver e-government projects.
IRMCO recognizes two for improving government
Joseph Kays, an operations officer for the Defense Contract Management Agency, has led troops through unfriendly territory in Iraq, but his biggest accomplishment could be delivering fuel faster to the field.
Indian Health Service to share e-health system with NASA
The Indian Health Service will share its electronic health record and patient management system with NASA.
OMB taps Koch to fill final e-gov portfolio position
OMB has named Jeff Koch to oversee the Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness e-government portfolio.
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