Category: Government Technology

January 30, 2007

Agencies to publish budget justifications online

I hadn’t heard this little piece of news until it was reported on GovExec’s FedBlog. Government-watchers will get a boost this year from an Office of Management and Budget directive that requires agencies to post the documentation behind their budget requests online.…
January 29, 2007

OMB management chief welcomes Democratic oversight

Clay Johnson of OMB, our speaker for the 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards, is in the new with a report at GovExec regarding his welcoming the new Democratic Congressional oversight: Clay Johnson, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget,…

Annual CTO Forum — 2/7/07, Arlington, VA

I just saw this announcement and thought a few readers may be interested in the topic of data sharing and interoperability.…
January 26, 2007

Excellence.Gov luncheon registration now open!

ACT/IAC just issued this announcement. I’m looking forward to seeing you all at the awards! 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards Ceremony 2/20/07 — Keynote from Clay Johnson III of OMB — Registration now open! The 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards finalists will be recognized…
January 24, 2007

Misnomer of the week: E‑gov = shutting down old systems

Wyatt Kash at GCN has a message for OMB: by shutting down legacy e‑gov systems, “the administration can strengthen its case for cross-agency funding of these, and future, e‑government projects.” Grants.gov is perhaps the best example of an e‑government initiative that…
January 16, 2007

Excellence.Gov Awards top 5 decided / speaker announcement soon!

This morning the 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards judges settled on the top 5 award winners. I can’t tell you who they are — for that you’ll need to attend the February 20 lunch at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington DC (registration details are…

US Senate ethics bill amendments push for net-based transparency

Several amendments to the Senate’s Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act (S. 1) are pushing for more proceedings, video, transcripts, reports, and other Congressional activities to be made available on the Web, so FCW reports. This is part of the Democrat’s…
January 15, 2007

Grants.gov’s Windows limitation on Slashdot

I see that Grants.gov’s Windows limitation has been mentioned on Slashdot today. Odd that it should appear now, when Grants.gov’s on the road to making it a non-issue by April, but also interesting to see tech-ire in the wild!…
January 9, 2007

2007 Excellence.Gov Awards finalists announced

We just announced the finalists for the 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards! The competition was stiff this year, with more nominations than any prior year and many deserving projects. On February 20 (11.30am — 2pm, Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington DC), we’ll…
January 2, 2007

Government Futures

Government Futures is a relatively new site intends to create dialog and encourage participation in modernizing government. Founded by Bruce McConnell and Margaret Anderson, both well-known faces in DC’s IT circles, the site features micropolls, blogs, and white papers on issues…