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Rob Thomeyer
Digital Government
Can FAS get a handle on GSA's outposts?
Some question whether new approach will extend to regions.
Cybersecurity
Agencies beginning to look beyond Oct. 27
Mike Butler is a realist. The veteran of smart-card battles both in Defense and civilian agencies is aware that it will take a while before the government feels the full impact of implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
Digital Government
GSA resumes work under contested contract for PIV services
The General Services Administration is still on target to help agencies meet next month's deadline to begin issuing Personal Identity Verification cards, even though its contract to provide these services is under investigation, a top GSA official has said.
Digital Government
Bill to create federal spending database to become law
The Office of Management and Budget has until Jan. 1, 2008, to create a database of federal spending on procurement, grants, loans and other expenditures.
Digital Government
OPM is sticking with current telework plan
No plans to push for new legislation, officials say.
Digital Government
Senate bill backs OPM modernization
Senate lawmakers restored funding for a major retirement systems upgrade that the House zeroed out.
Digital Government
Senate puts a damper on GSA's reorganization
An unexpected hurdle has appeared to the General Services Administration's reorganization when Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) placed a hold on a bill that would officially recognize the new Federal Acquisition Service as part of an effort to promote the government's use of energy-efficient buildings.
Infrastructure
House calls for single grants database
The House has passed legislation to establish a public database for tracking federal grants, a move that advocates say will bring a new level of transparency tothe government grant-making process.
Digital Government
OFPP gets ready to move beyond Safavian
On the same day the former chief of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy was convicted, the White House's nominee to lead the office Safavian once ran said he will make government contracting more transparent and accountable.
Digital Government
Telework advocates: VA case a breach of policy, not tech
When a thief stole more than 26 million names, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data from a Veterans Affairs Department employee's home last month, telework got a bad rap.
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Digital Government
DOD gets on the telework bus
As the Defense Department braces for massive changes from pending base closures and realignments, officials see telework as a saving grace that could soften the blow for their workforce. Although the rest of the government has yet to fully embrace telecommuting, Defense officials are implementing pilot programs and discussing ways to expand existing telework initiatives.
Digital Government
Agencies are enlisted to help lobby Congress for more support of e-gov
As the Office of Management and Budget steps up efforts to lobby Congress on the benefits of E-government, officials want agencies to do their share, too. In the latest President's Management Agenda scorecard, nine agencies slipped in the E-government portion, and OMB officials are putting agencies on notice that they must do a better job of promoting their case on Capitol Hill.
Cybersecurity
Again, Davis pushes Treasury on TCE
Once again, Tom Davis is getting tough with the Treasury Department. The Virginia Republican and chairman of the House Government Reform Committee told a packed crowd in Washington last week that if Treasury awards its controversial stand-alone telecommunications contract, he will seek to cut funding for the deal.
Digital Government
OMB makes a bid for best value
The Office of Management and Budget's renewed offensive to promote competitive sourcing is taking a page out of the e-government playbook.
Digital Government
The next steps for Netcents
As the Air Force heads into the third year of its massive, five-year Network Centric Solutions contract, the service is already planning the $9 billion vehicle's replacement.
Cybersecurity