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NewsThe OMB ethos on transparency is "I'm OK, You're OK"
On August 12, the Office of Management Budget updated the Open Government Dashboard, a transparency assessment tool applied to 29 federal agencies. According to the scorecard, agencies are doing a... Read more...
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...
High-risk agency IT projects fear the reaper
The Office of Management and Budget will begin identifying agency high-risk IT projects through a series of meetings--to be conducted from August 2 to August 18--during which Federal CIO Vivek Kundra... Read more...
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... Read more...
DOJ and GSA to monitor agency Section 508 compliance
The Justice Department and the General Services Administration will start monitoring more closely agency compliance with a law that requires federal online content to be accessible to the disabled.... Read more...
OMB IT Dashboard contains inaccurate information, says GAO
The IT Dashboard, a much-vaunted Office of Management and Budget website displaying evaluations of federal information technology projects, contains inaccurate cost and schedule data, according to... Read more...
AUDIO - Roger Baker and Vivek Kundra announce cancellation of VA financial management project
The Veterans Affairs Department announced July 13 it will cancel the financial management portion of its Financial and Logistics Integrated Technology Enterprise (FLITE) program after spending $16... Read more...
Cybersecurity guidance lacking for federal cloud computing
Key cybersecurity guidance for federal adoption of cloud computing is lacking even while almost all major federal agencies report that they are worried about potential security risks, says the... Read more...
OMB throws down review power over federal IT
Agencies shouldn't initiate new development spending on federal financial management systems worth more than $20 million until the Office of Management and Budget has reviewed spending plans, states... Read more...
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