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OMB targets 26 IT projects for critical assessment
The Office of Management and Budget released a list August 23 of 26 "high-priority" IT projects across federal agencies that are at-risk for termination or serious modification if significant changes... Read more...
Audio and transcript: Kundra on high risk IT projects
The following is a recording of a August 23, 2010 press call provided by the Office of Management and Budget. Read a transcript of the call below. (Download the transcript as a .pdf file here.)... Read more...
Report: Federal HR IT systems substandard
Federal human resources information technology systems are decidedly substandard and underused, says a new report from the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton. The report is based on... Read more...
OPM, NICE work to define cybersecurity workforce problems
The Office of Personnel Management and those involved with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education say a shortage of talent and resource constraints are affecting agencies' cybersecurity... Read more...
House approves telework bill
The House approved July 14 a second try a bill that would require agencies to allow telework to the maximum extent possible. Now that the House voted 290-131 in favor of it, the bill--or a comparable... Read more...
Feds less satisfied with telework programs, says OPM survey
Federal employees are somewhat less satisfied today with their agency telework programs than in 2006 and 2008, according to the results of an Office of Personnel Management survey. The survey, the... Read more...
Telework bill clears Senate
The Senate approved by unanimous consent May 24 a bill to expand telework within the federal government. The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), would make... Read more...
NICE maps cybersecurity goals for federal agencies, general public
The National Institute of Standards and Technology will coordinate a nationwide effort at cybersecurity education. The White House tasked NIST in a plan released April 19 for the National Initiative... Read more...
House committee approves Telework Improvement Act
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved a bill on April 14 that would require federal agencies to establish policies permitting employees to telework at least 20 percent of their... Read more...
Fed survey: Are you happy?
President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget has a whimsical plan to survey government workers about their job satisfaction. It also wants to evaluate the well-being of enrollees in the federal health... Read more...






