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OPM Director Touts Managers’ Problem-Solving Skills As Key To Telework

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The move toward federal telework depends upon federal managers supporting the effort as well as find innovation solutions to problems that come up along the way.

That’s what Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry reportedly told the audience at the Federal Managers Association’s 74th National Convention & Management Training Seminar in Arlington, Va. this week. According to Federal Computer Week, his keynote address emphasized the importance of managers’ role to spearhead and steer the workforce times evolve. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 15, 2012 at 2:30 PM

GSA Hires Social Media Pro To Expand Citizen Engagement

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The General Services Administration confirmed today Justin Herman, a widely regarded specialist in interactive online and social media, will join GSA later this month as New Media Manager at GSA’s Center for Excellence in Digital Government. The move is also aimed at supporting GSA’s broader efforts to help federal agencies with their new media initiatives.

Herman will be responsible for “developing strategies for large-scale engagement initiatives, providing policy recommendations and implementation guidance, and coordinating web-based citizen engagement activities using collaborative tools,” according to a spokeswoman in GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies. “He is very well respected and well known across government,” she said. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 13, 2012 at 5:48 PM

Telework Week Sets Stage For Mobile Future

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Apparently one of the biggest challenges teleworkers had during a week devoted to the practice was remembering to bring power cords to their workspaces.

The common snag was indicative of what GSA Administrator Martha Johnson said remains the main challenge when it comes to transforming federal workers into a mobile workforce. But ironing out these issues, Johnson said, are what Telework Week is all about. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 9, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Wikithons Fuel Move To Mobile Government

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A free web chat program, a few laptops and a whole lot of motivation for harnessing the power of mobile technology to provide citizen services came together inside a Starbucks in the heart of the nation’s Capitol this week.

In all, 18 participants from 11 federal agencies, private companies and non-profits spent time Wednesday on various tasks associated with building a Mobile Gov Wiki to further the mobile government movement. In two hours, they had five new articles created and 15 articles edited on the wiki, a living web site that allows users to easily create, edit, and organize web pages. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 2, 2012 at 10:30 AM

GAO Report Finds Government Inefficiencies, Encourages Action

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A GAO report to Congress has identified several areas where the government duplicates efforts, creating unnecessary costs and inefficiencies, but also reflects an improvement over last year.

The 2012 Duplicative Program Report, recently released by the Government Accountability Office, identified 51 areas “where programs may be able to achieve greater efficiencies or become more effective in providing government services.” Keep reading →

 /  Published February 28, 2012 at 4:00 PM

Mobility Takes On High Profile Among Feds

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Mobile technology will clearly take a higher profile role as federal leaders develop IT plans in the coming year, but it was clear from several who spoke on the topic Thursday that strategies vary widely between agencies.

Speakers at a mobile government summit at the Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C., said mobility plans must be integrated into ongoing efforts rather than evolving as a separate entity. (See related story, “Federal Mobility Plan Takes Shape.”) Keep reading →

 /  Published February 23, 2012 at 3:00 PM

GSA Laying Foundation For Integrated Services Contracting Vehicle

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Non-IT professional services continue to represent a major share of government contract spending. While the General Services Administration’s Schedules program offers technology and other professional services on an a la carte basis, agencies have asked us to provide a total professional services solution, which often requires acquisition of multiple services across separate functional areas.

To answer this request, GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service is preparing a business case for approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new contract vehicle that we are calling Integrations.
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This article was adapted from a blog post originally published on GSA’s website.
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 /  Published February 22, 2012 at 4:22 PM

Why Cloud Computing Will Drift In Under FedRAMP CONOPS

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Not only has cybersecurity started to take shape legislatively, cloud computing security has started to take shape administratively in a meaningful way.

You won’t find huge surprises in the grandly named Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP. The 47-page document does fill out the plan, long promised by The Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration. What might be surprising is how elaborate the procedures and project plan turn out to be. Keep reading →

 /  Published February 22, 2012 at 1:59 PM

Government’s Mobile Moment

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Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel recently announced the development of a new Mobile Strategy at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I was there, and was glad to hear his perspective on the potential of mobile technology for government, especially since GSA has been working hard to realize that potential.

Putting mobile IT to the test Keep reading →

 /  Published February 10, 2012 at 5:03 PM

What FedRAMP Program Will Mean For Agencies And Contractors

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The General Services Administration, which issued operating plans Tuesday for securing and monitoring cloud computing systems in the government, released a slide presentation and comments earlier today, explaining how the program will work. The information, captured during a presentation with reporters, was made available in the form of a video presentation released on YouTube.

The new program is known as the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP. The program is part of a coordinated governmentwide effort to simplify the approval process for Web-based cloud computing services. Keep reading →

 /  Published February 9, 2012 at 5:15 PM
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