Measures of success
With a renewed emphasis on results, the government is pushing agencies to focus on the ends. Performance measures are the means.'Performance measures are both a vehicle for managing and a vehicle for communicating,' said Thomas Wegener, director of management information systems and research for the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. 'What you measure communicates the values of your organization.'
Getting the results you seek
It's been more than 10 years since the Government Performance and Results Act set the legal requirements for performance management and accountability within agencies.
IG cuffs IRS security staff for performance woes
IRS system administrators and security specialists continue to fumble and allow system vulnerabilities because accountability for carrying out security tasks and training is insufficient, a new inspector general's report contends.<br>
Sun Microsystems embraces Linux, x86
The Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided that the best way to compete against the growing use of commodity hardware and open-source software is to expand its own offerings in those very lines. <br>
House's Putnam plans 22 hearings in year's first session
Agencies beware: The House's IT overseer plans to step up review of government systems efforts and policy initiatives this year.
Federal Reserve fights digital counterfeiters
The Federal Reserve has helped an international bank group develop and release software code to deter the digital counterfeiting of paper currency.<br>
Bush to request more antiterror funding
President Bush will ask for a 12.7 percent increase in his budget request for the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.<br>
Congressional microscope on FTS
Lawmakers plan to hold the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service's feet to the fire after a damning inspector general report last week.
CADE release depends on employee mastery
The new IRS taxpayer database will go live this year if and when workers at the agency's Martinsburg, W.Va., data center can operate the Customer Account Data Engine under peak demand.
House Dems criticize homeland security efforts
<font color="CC0000">UPDATED </font color> Democrats on the House Homeland Security Select Committee today criticized the administration's homeland security efforts as 'woefully inadequate.'
Heitkamp retires from Standard Systems Group
Kenneth Heitkamp, the veteran technical director of the Air Force's Standard Systems Group at Gunter Annex of Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, retired Tuesday after more than 37 years of government service.<br>
FBI gets new acting CIO from Justice
FBI director Robert S. Mueller III has appointed Zalmai Azmi as the bureau's acting CIO. Azmi succeeds Wilson Lowery, the bureau's executive assistant director for administration, who had been acting CIO until Mueller announced Azmi's appointment Dec. 30. Azmi formerly was CIO of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys in the Justice Department.<br>
Education Department may keep list of legitimate schools
The Education Department is considering creating a master list of accredited colleges and universities as a way to protect prospective students and employers from diploma mills.<br>
IRS makes it easier for business filers to pay online
The IRS has streamlined its electronic payment system for business taxpayers who get a new Employer Identification Number.
OPM sets rules for government-industry IT job exchanges
Agency IT managers soon can try industry work without losing their government jobs.<br>
Tech vendors ready to follow Bush to Mars
Companies that supply technology for interplanetary missions are enthusiastic about the president's proposal to return to the moon and use it as a stepping stone to Mars.<br>
DHS computer operations begin to stand alone
The Homeland Security Department has largely cut its umbilical cord of IT support from the legacy agencies that for months had continued to provide services to DHS' 22 component organizations.<br>
VSAT services added to GSA satellite contract
U.S. nation-building efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan have led a satellite services company to add Very Small Aperture Terminal services to its GSA contract.<br>
NMCI tests a virtual environment
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office is exploring a variety of new initiatives this year, including rolling out a virtual NMCI portal.<br>
U.S., Europe to debate GPS issues
Representatives from the United States and Europe will discuss how to make Europe's planned Galileo Satellite Navigation System compatible with the U.S. Global Positioning System. <br>
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