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House approves DATA Act

The House approved April 25 by voice vote a bill that would require federal contractors and grant recipients to report quarterly their receipt and use of federal dollars. The bill states that reporting should to the extent possible incorporate existing standards, "such as the eXtensible Business Reporting Language," known as XBRL.

House adopts XML for online legislative documents

House committees are being encouraged to post legislative documents such as bills, amendments, and resolutions onto a new centralized website and utilize XML schemas when doing so. Following a

Share, says OMB

Another administration, a new federal chief information officer--and another new attempt to have federal agencies treat information technology as a commodity to be shared across agency lines. The

VanRoekel unveils 'Future First' concept

"Cloud first" was just the first in a series of first principles to be unleashed on federal information technology, according to Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel, who spoke Oct. 25

Agency financial reporting too reliant on manual processes, says Issa

Financial reporting at federal agencies is still too reliant on manual processes, said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) in a statement from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which he

Federal Register releases API

The Government Printing Office took a big step in modernizing the Federal Register with the release of an application programming interface August 1. The agency said it hopes the API will make it

VA, DoD healthcare apps prepare for next wave of features

A mobile application has proven to be an ideal setting for providing assistance to a service member or a veteran struggling with post traumatic stress disorder, said Sonja Batten, assistant deputy

Rand: Navy should wait to implement UCore

The Navy should hold off from requiring widespread implementation of UCore as a means of achieving interoperability between information systems, says Rand Corp. in a new report. The report, posted

NASCIO urges NIEM adoption

States should adopt the National Information Exchange Model data sharing construct, urged the National Association of State Chief Information Officers in an April 28 statement . NIEM is a set of

White House council calls for health IT universal data exchange

Federal efforts to encourage electronic health record adoption among medical practices should broaden to include a "universal exchange language" that allows real-time access to networked health data,