Mark Forman, administrator of e-government and information technology in the Office of Management and Budget, recently spoke with Staff Writer Gail Repsher Emery about e-gov.
When the Office of Management and Budget two years ago unveiled its e-government program, "e-gov" became a buzzword, and OMB's 25 high-profile projects requiring extensive collaboration among agencies became synonymous with e-government.But industry and government officials are discovering, is much more than 25 initiatives.
Using sound-bite rhetoric and deliberate misinformation, opponents of competitive sourcing are simultaneously assaulting the Office of Management and Budget's May 29 revisions to Circular A-76 and engaging in guerrilla campaign tactics to ban competition, agency by agency, through legislation.
Federal agencies have started work on plans for new cross-agency IT initiatives that will consolidate operations in criminal investigation, public health information, financial management and human resources, said Mark Forman, administrator of IT and e-government in the Office of Management and Budget.
Nine agencies improved their ratings on the President's Management Agenda scorecard released today ? the greatest improvement so far in implementing the 2-year-old agenda.
Proposed changes to federal rules for buying software could make it difficult for agencies to adopt commercial software licenses, a Boston-based law firm says.
After meetings with more than 72 companies, the National Archives and Records Administration will release a request for proposals by January to build the Electronic Records Archives system.
Meta Group has hired Thom Rubel, director of state information technology programs for the National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices, as a vice president of government strategies.
AT&T Government Solutions was adding servers and tweaking performance over the course of the day to handle a heavy load at the web site for the first nationwide do-not-call program to block telemarketers.
Northrop Grumman Corp. will plan, design and implement Grants.gov, a one-stop Web portal for applicants applying for grants from some 900 participating federal programs.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's aviation management unit needs a computerized maintenance management system. The department wants a commercial solution with little or no customization needed. The system is expected to handle inventory, purchasing and maintenance data. The project is worth about $100,000. An RFP is expected in the second or third quarter.
The Iowa Department of Human Services seeks a contractor to provide solutions for operating a Medicaid management information system that complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act. An RFP is expected in the third quarter of 2003.
The Washington Transportation Department's state ferry system wants a revenue collection system. It must include infrastructure, hardware, software, documentation, training, implementation and maintenance to support controlled migration. The new system must be designed in an integrated fashion, facilitating sharing of corporate data between users and other applications. The RFP is expected in late June.
Over the past 18 months, there has been growing sentiment among public-sector organizations to curb the use of information technology development by non-U.S. citizens or work performed overseas.
More than a half dozen states are poised to start online purchasing projects in the new state fiscal year that begins July 1, according to analysts and industry officials.
The Alameda County, Calif., purchasing department is seeking cellular phone products and services, including wireless service and equipment maintenance. The procurement office estimates the value of the contract to be about $1 million. A request for proposals is expected in July.
