Security efforts misguided, experts say
The government's keystone information assurance law is misdirecting scarce resources and failing to secure legacy systems, an industry expert believes.
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The appeal of rock music can be infectious. That's what fans of the String Cheese Incident found out last summer when the hepatitis A virus broke out following the band's June 19 concert in Telluride, Colo.
Share-in-savings is one approach to e-gov sustainability
With many of the 25 Quicksilver e-government initiatives in their final phases, the Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to consider using a share-in-savings model to fund their operation and maintenance.<br>
Tracking system helped manage march on Baghdad, Franks says
Army Gen. Tommy Franks watched ground forces advance toward Baghdad on dozens of high-definition, flat-panel plasma monitors.<br>
Another View: Infrastructure matters'really, it does
Government can be more effective and responsive if it does a better job of managing its resources.For decades, layers of bureaucracy built up, adding little value but consuming resources and turning honest, hard-working public servants into paper pushers. The situation made it easier to cover up problems rather than fix them.
Get more with less
As he prepared for the Battle of Agincourt, King Henry V didn't want more men, he wanted the right ones. In fact, he was more than happy to send naysayers packing'carriage fare included.
Moving up, locking down are priorities this year
What will agencies be up to over the next dozen months? Upgrading systems, for one. And improving IT security, for another.
Security's moving to the network core
Hossein Eslambolchi holds multiple jobs at one of the government's largest telecommunications providers, AT&T Corp.
Lawmakers add Pentagon to GAO probe of diploma mill degrees
The General Accounting Office is expanding its investigation of federal employees who hold degrees from unaccredited schools to include the Defense Department.
Iraq troop shifts will test logistics systems
The military will move more than 250,000 troops in and out of Iraq in the next two to three months, requiring integrated management systems.<br>
PART is parcel of making GPRA pay off
There's an old saying: 'Begin with the end in mind.' Such an approach should be the driving force behind any type of strategic planning effort.It was certainly a goal of Congress when it enacted the Government Performance and Results Act more than a decade ago. The end envisioned by Congress was an effective, efficient government that produced tangible results that would form the basis for budgetary decisions.
Agencies struggle to please many masters
In the tug of war between Congress and the Bush administration over program expectations, agencies are the ones being dragged through the mud.
DHS bureau organizes to the max
A strong governance structure goes a long way toward maximizing performance'especially when the performance involves a large and complex modernization program.
Q&A: Clay Johnson
In his desk drawer, Clay Johnson, the Office of Management and Budget's deputy director for management, keeps a conductor's wand. It's a symbol, he says, of how the administration is working with agencies to use performance metrics.
Agency taxonomies are a tall order, experts say
An agency building an enterprisewide taxonomy should expect to see more than a million categories within their design, according to the chief technology officer at a search engine company.<br>
Handheld devices get rugged
Intermec Technologies Corp. recently announced that its devices would add General Packet Radio Service and Global System for Mobile Communications capabilities.<br>
Finding common ground
Nothing is more critical to measuring outcomes than having comprehensive information to analyze.'Your system is no better than the data you collect,' said Katherine Gugulis, deputy chief of strategic planning and accountability for the Agriculture Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Cheat sheet for creating a plan
Want to know what a performance-based management plan might look like? Here are some illustrations of IT missions, outcome-based goals and performance measures, and how they would line up for a hypothetical government agency's IT office.
Here's what to do when those red flags pop up
In a performance-based contract, you want to manage for success, which means you want the contractor to be successful. But inevitably, some contracts and contracting relationships go wrong. Then what do you do?
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