Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

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VanRoekel Tells Senate Of Need To Shift IT Investment

Staff Writer | AOL Government | May 24, 2012

Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel testified before a Senate subcommittee today on his office's progress in reforming federal IT spending and on the need to shift investment toward more 21st century solutions. Read More »

VanRoekel: Agencies To Adopt NSTIC

Molly Bernhart Walker and David Perera | FierceGovernmentIT | October 15, 2012

The Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to adopt the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, or NSTIC, to enable shared, citizen identity management across government. Read More »

What Pain Killers Can Teach Us About Open Government

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | January 4, 2012

Looking for an example of how open government data is being used by the private sector? Google the words “aspirin,” “ibuprofen” or “amoxicillin” and check out the upper right hand corner of the webpage. Read More »

What's wrong with IT at Veterans Affairs?

Frank Konkel | FCW | May 1, 2013

Projects are stalled, and top leaders have departed. Investigations and agency sources paint a bleak picture inside VA's IT office. Read More »

White House Launches ‘U.S. Digital Service,’ With HealthCare.gov Fixer At The Helm

Nancy Scola | The Washington Post | August 11, 2014

The White House on Monday announced that it is formally launching a new U.S. Digital Service and that it has hired to lead it Mikey Dickerson, an engineer widely credited with playing a central role in salvaging HealthCare.gov after its disastrous launch...

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White House Marks Digital Gov Strategy’s First Milestones

David Hubler | GCN | August 24, 2012

Federal agencies are making “great strides” toward meeting President Barack Obama’s May 23 directive, “Building a 21st Century Digital Government” during the next year, Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel said in marking the first quarterly anniversary of the initiative. Read More »

White House Overhauls Electronic Records Requirements

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | August 24, 2012

Federal agencies have until the end of 2019 to adopt systems that store and manage all electronic records in formats that will keep them safe and searchable for future generations, according to a White House directive released Friday. Read More »

White House Says Agencies Slowly Meeting Open Data Milestones

Jason Miller | Federal News Radio | December 10, 2013

Many agencies have created new groups to address key provisions in the open data executive order and policy put out by the White House seven months ago. Read More »

White House to mandate machine-readable open data

Jason Miller | Federal News Radio | January 7, 2013

White House technology leaders are close to issuing a new policy that will change the way agencies release data to the public. Todd Park, the federal chief technology officer, said Friday the new policy is one of several steps to spur the release of more data from agencies. Read More »

Why Healthcare.gov Went Wrong—A Lack Of “Agile”

Tim Fernholz | Quartz | October 25, 2013

In 2010 [...] Barack Obama told a group of CEOs that the government’s “best efforts are thwarted because the technological revolution that has transformed our society over the past two decades has yet to reach many parts of our government.” He outlined priorities to make the government a better user and buyer of information technology. Now, his administration’s signature initiative is embroiled in a massive IT project gone wrong... Read More »

Will Open Source Security Be On The Federal Agenda In 2015?

Brian Heaton | Government Technology | January 8, 2015

A bill introduced late last year could be a precursor of things to come, as lawmakers wade into more cybersecurity issues...

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