The Office of Management and Budget has outlined a 25-point plan to reform the ways federal agencies use technology, something federal CIO Vivek Kundra has called an end to “throwing good money after bad money.” Agencies’ new focus would be on email, storage and telecommunications, as well as major IT projects. Bob Dix, VP of [...]
The Department of Energy has chosen Oracle software in its deployment of an integrated reporting system that will manage some of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding that doubled its annual budget to nearly $44 billion. Software being deployed includes Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle Financials, Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Resources, Oracle Portal, Oracle WebCenter [...]
As part of the administration’s plan to review and overhaul many federal information technology programs, the Office of Management and Budget Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra issued a memorandum yesterday outlining the upcoming reform of government IT projects. The review comes as part of the OMB Memorandum 10-25, “Reforming the Federal Government’s Efforts to [...]
The Office of Management and Budget has named the Federal Communications Commission as the “most improved” government agency this year, based on the results from a government-wide survey. An annual online survey, the 2010 OPM Viewpoint Employee Satisfaction Survey online survey is administered by OMB to gauge job satisfaction and motivation within agencies. “I am [...]
The long-awaited definition of “meaningful use” for electronic health records may soon become official as the Department of Health and Human Services sent a copy of the final rule on Monday to the Office of Management and Budget. Since the Office of the National Coordinator issued a certification program for EHRs, health care providers have [...]
According to a study released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the federal adoption of cloud computing services remains at a standstill due to the concerns over the risks involved. The document, which was presented last week by Director of Information Security Issues Gregory Wilshusen at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, explained [...]
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Peter Orszag is set to resign in the coming weeks, according to The Washington Post. Orszag led the Congressional Budget Office under the Bush administration before filling his current position under Obama. During his time at the OMB, Orszag has had his fingerprints on Obama’s two [...]
