Charles Havekost, HHS CIO, was a speaker at an IAC-sponsored lunch yesterday, which I attended, and he spoke a little about a HHS system that services multiple agencies for their ata-collection approval process. This isn’t the only example of such a multi-agency system at HHS:…

(Via Potomac Tech Wire) “An increasing number of government agencies are choosing open source architecture when upgrading their information technology systems, according to a new report from Potomac-based Larstan Business Reports. According to a survey of IT managers in the civilian and…

The government’s been trying to get more people to work remotely for many years now, with legislation that mandates agencies to enable more staff to adopt this mode of working and prevents government contractors being penalized for the use of…

Somehow or other, I ended up reading this article on Nicholas Car’s blog about governance of IT purchasing in organizations. It highlights an important point: the governance structure should be focused on the objectives of the business, not as a means to…

Another heads-up from Alice Marshall: DOJ is sponsoring an effort to develop law enforcement IT standards, called the LEITSC (Law Enforcement Information Technology Standards Council). With so much money at the levels of law enforcement closest to the feds, and…

Via a newly-found friend, Alice Marshall of the Presto Vivace Blog and GCN, I see that NIST has launched a new site, ET.gov, to help increase adoption of reusable components. I was wondering when something like this would crop up. CORE.gov is limited to…

According to FCW, GSA wants vendors on their Schedule 70 contract to “identify  the open standards their products support.” This is a fantastic idea. If you’ve ever reviewed a vendor’s GSA Schedule contract, you’ll know that picking apart the specifications of what’s…