Tag Archives: Office of Management and Budget

A group of industry organizations is calling on the U.S. government to address startups’ need for support and clarify guidelines on a financial assistance program meant to aid small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

A group of information technology organizations has written to Congress to request for IT modernization funds in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some contractors working with agencies within the intelligence community are negotiating arrangements with contract officers on a case-by-case basis to continue to perform classified work during the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Michael Conlin, chief data officer for the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his role in pushing data science in the department and working to improve talent recruitment to shift DoD’s culture. This honor marks Conlin’s first Wash100 win. 

Executive Mosaic, the leading executive media and events company in the government contracting “GovCon” industry, announced the 2020 winners of the highly coveted and prestigious Wash100 Award. The full list of winners and more information about the award can be found on Wash100.com. 

A new survey showed that 48 percent of information technology leaders in the federal government said their agencies are transitioning from a perimeter defense approach to a zero-trust or identity-centered security model, FedScoop reported Wednesday.

Santiago Milian, John Gray Parker and Cameron Hanson of Booz Allen Hamilton wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on Federal Times that transforming the federal government’s digital customer experience requires the implementation a comprehensive approach that involves change management, data science and a “firm understanding of the domain.”

SAP Concur has unveiled a program that will enable educational organizations and government agencies to access a network of recommended resellers.

A white paper by Deloitte and the Data Foundation has outlined the five measures agencies should consider to facilitate the implementation of the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary Government Data Act.

The Professional Services Council announced on Monday that PSC has provided its detailed recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on steps to mitigate the negative consequences of a government shutdown from a lapse in appropriations. 

A cross-sector team that includes Mitre was named among the three grand-prize winners of a competition that sought proposals to address management challenges in the federal government.

The General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget have awarded $300K each to three teams that won the Government Effectiveness Advanced Research Center challenge.

The General Services Administration's Office of Government-wide Policy has released recommendations regarding a framework designed to help agencies manage information technology expenses.

Industry leaders recommended during a public forum several changes to the Office of Management and Budget’s draft action plan issued in June for the Federal Data Strategy and one of those is the need to focus on data literacy, Federal Times reported Monday.

NextgenID has introduced a kiosk with supervised remote in-person proofing technology designed to help government customers meet Office of Management and Budget's updated identity, access management and credential policy.