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OMB needs help in measuring government openness
How is government openness and transparency best measured? OpenTheGovernment.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to the public's right to know about government operations, is soliciting feedback
AUDIO - Vivek Kundra announces review of high-risk agency IT projects
The Office of Management and Budget announced July 28 it will begin reviewing agencies on August 2, to assess high-risk IT projects. The series of meetings with Federal CIO Vivek Kundra will require
A tale of the state CIO and the three performance measurement methodologies
How can information technology shops measure performance against goals? A survey of 40 state chief information officers finds that only 17 percent of state CIOs have objective performance measures
ERP project at DHS troubled even before contract award
The Homeland Security Department hasn't even selected a contractor for its ambitious departmentwide enterprise resource planning project and already the DHS inspector general is worried. The effort,
DHS projects likely overbudget, behind schedule
Most major projects at the Homeland Security Department will end up costing far more than initially estimated and will likely be late, finds a new Government Accountability Report. In a review of 18
IG: U.S. pilots' medical data at risk from poor FAA cybersecurity
The Federal Aviation Administration system storing more than 3 million past and current airplane pilots' personal information, including medical data, has been riddled with information assurance
No love for OCIO at ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement components have issues with the agency's office of chief information officer, according to a Homeland Security Department inspector general report released June
House approves agency performance report bill
The House of Representatives approved June 16 a bill that would require agencies to produce quarterly assessments of progress toward high priority goals that involve multiple programs, even multiple
Orszag says IT can close public sector productivity gap
Lagging productivity in the public sector compared to the private sector can be made up by information technology, said Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag. "We have massive room
ACFE: Government among most frequently defrauded sectors
Government and public administration agencies were among the most defrauded organizations in 2008 and 2009, according to a new survey from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. The
