Panel recommends slashing federal workforce to help with deficit
The White House-led debt-reduction panel recommends cutting the federal workforce, changing the tax code and imposing annual limits on war spending, among other things, in order to save $4 trillion by 2020.
Cass Sunstein remembers a special date
The administrator of the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shared a special personal memory in his keynote speech at the Brookings Institution.
White House promises major changes to IT management
The federal government is doing a major rehab on how it oversees and manages the $70 billion in annual IT spending.
8 vital White House Twitter feeds
The White House has eight official Twitter accounts, ranging from 3,900 to 1.9 million followers.
IT innovation might be at risk under new Congress, former Rep. Davis warns
Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) predicts that the new House GOP majority will be zealous in scrutinizing agency IT innovations for possible cuts.
Consolidate IT infrastructure, save $1 trillion, CEOs say
The Technology CEO Council claims the federal government can save $1 trillion in 10 years by streamlining supply chains, consolidating data centers, automating paper processes and applying anti-fraud analytic tools.
Justice kills case management project as scrutiny increases
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra announced two more actions as a result of the ongoing White House review of 26 high-priority IT projects.
White House targets $30B in high-risk programs
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said the goal of a high-priority IT project list is not to kill the projects, but to turn them around as quickly as possible.
White House preparing agency IT project hit list
The White House plans to publish a list of high-risk IT projects in need of rescue as part of the Obama administration's effort to rein in $20 billion of annual IT infrastructure spending.
White House uses LinkedIn for policy discussion
The White House claims success in using its LinkedIn group to hold a members-only discussion on Wall Street reforms.
GSA's Bev Godwin discusses 'face-tweeting'
The new media director said White House staffers used that term to describe simultaneous Facebook and Twitter posting.
Afghanistan documents leak stirs debate, apathy in public opinion on war
With the release of 92,000 classified files on the Afghanistan theater, the public is responding with renewed bitterness toward the ongoing conflict while Washington worries about the effects.
Obama ready to sign improper payments legislation
The president is expected to sign legislation today meant to crack down on $110 billion a year in erroneous federal payments.
Obama to update Bush-era cybersecurity directive
The Obama administration is working on an updated national strategy for securing cyberspace and plans to update a presidential directive from the George W. Bush presidency.
Agencies' faulty payments make OMB site hit list
OMB has started a Web site, PaymentAccuracy.gov, to highlight work to reduce improper payments made by agencies.
The urgency behind solving the cyber identity problem
White House Cyber Coordinator Howard Schmidt explains what's behind the Obama administration's push to improve how people and systems are identified in cyberspace.
Billions expected for cybersecurity research
The deputy director of national intelligence for acquisition and technology told a recent cybersecurity connference that her office and the White House Office of Science and Technology plan a multibillion dollar research project on cybersecurity.
Is your company on the Do Not Pay list?
The Obama administration is developing a governmentwide Do Not Pay List to track debarred contractors, deceased individuals and others ineligible for federal payments.
White House advisers soliciting ideas for 'golden triangle' technologies
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is the latest to create an open government Web platform to discuss what they are calling the "golden triangle" of new technologies.
Calling all entrepreneurs: Your country needs you
Government is harnessing the power of entrepreneurial development to expand access to and increase the value of government information.
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