Mills confirmed to head SBA
Karen Mills would help put SBA back on track to carry out its lending, technical assistance and entrepreneurship programs, a senator said.
Obama names national health IT coordinator
Physician David Blumenthal will lead HHS efforts to direct spending of $19.5 billion in economic stimulus funds for health IT to advance implementation of the nationwide health information infrastructure.
Private tax collectors lose IRS work
The tax agency found that federal employees were more cost effective than the debt contractors.
Kundra named federal CIO, vows to make more data public
Vivek Kundra says he wants to improve transparency and engage people.
Budget gives boost to IT, health care
The Health and Human Services Department would get money to increase techology, research and program integrity under the HHS $76.8 billion request.
Treasury grapples with devising systems for TARP
The department plans to release soon requests for proposals for the modernization of two programs -- its foreign intelligence network and enterprise content management system.
Analysis: Stimulus package ripe with IT opportunities
Stimulus package favors IT opportunities in health care, energy, broadband and cybersecurity.
Economic recovery bill to stimulate jobs, green IT
Funding and developing energy efficiencies, renewable resources and the technologies to support them would create jobs, members of Congress say.
Obama: Technology key to stimulating economy
Technology will be an important aspect of creating jobs and transforming health care, the president said in his inaugural address.
GAO: Treasury must keep bailout transparent
Treasury has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to help implement internal controls for the Troubled Assets Relief Program.
Transition Watch | Orszag to head OMB under Obama
Peter Orszag, an economist, has directed the Congressional Budget Office since January 2007.
GSA goes green with new MAS vehicle
The vehicle seeks to help agencies strengthen environmental, energy and transportation conservation goals, GSA said.
OPM terminates RetireEZ contract
The $290 million deal with Hewitt Associates was ceased, according to OPM, because the company failed to deliver a functioning benefits calculator.
SEC seeks to increase transparency
The SEC is planning to modernize its disclosure system under the agency's 21st Century Disclosure Initiative.
SEC seeks comments on data system upgrade
The agency is looking for input from industry and the public about modernizing its system for disclosing financial information to be more interactive and streamlined.
IT accountability bill has bipartisan backing
S. 3384 would require agencies to report their progress on IT investments so that Congress and OMB would have an early warning system to avert problems before they become too big.
Shared services providers favored for financial work
Agencies are increasingly choosing contractors as shared service providers for their modernized financial management systems over federal agencies that provide the same services.
Koontz to Congress: Revise privacy laws
Congress should consider revising privacy laws to ensure that the sensitive data the government collects and uses is appropriately protected, said Linda Koontz, director of information management issues at GAO.
Treasury to conduct open competition for IT services
The open competition for Treasury's Information Technology Infrastructure Managed Services contract is valued at $300 million.
DOD, vendors to secure internal networks
The Defense Department is working with contractors to shore up data security on their internal networks, one company at a time.
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