5 Things You Need to Know About Federal News From the Past Month
Changes in federal government keep coming fast. That’s why GovLoop gives you these monthly recaps of federal news that may affect agency management and employment.
Policy
Federal CIO Touts Effort to Improve IT Tracking, Spending by 2022
If all goes as planned, by 2022 federal agencies and their vendors should be using the Technology Business Management framework to track and communicate the value of IT in a more transparent and standardized way.
White House Details Proposal to Merge, Reorganize Agencies
The Trump administration on Thursday released a 132-page plan outlining sweeping reforms and recommendations for reorganizing the federal government, including merging the Education and Labor departments and stripping the Office of Personnel Management of its policy functions.
Mission Possible: How Presidential Innovation Fellows Help Government
Presidential Innovation Fellows help solve problems facing America that are too difficult for the federal government to address alone.
The Federal Government is Retooling its Cloud Strategy
A Trump administration official said the strategy would address the federal government’s cloud practices regarding procurement, security and its workforce.
Achieving Health Equity with GIS
In an online training, panelists explained how GIS can amplify an agency’s strategy for handling and preventing health emergencies with limited resources.
DorobekINSIDER: Defining Mobility as a Service
These days we hearing about many things being delivered “as a service.” Recently, I got to moderate two days of discussions about mobility as a service.
Executive Order Reaffirms CIO Budget, Hiring Authorities
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 15 that reinforces many of the provisions concerning CIOs that were previously establish by law. The order also extends term appointments for IT professionals brought in to fill critical positions.
Moving Beyond Recycling in Government
Everyone recycles, or they should. In our government offices we recycle paper, soda cans and plastic bottles. But it is time to move beyond recycling.
What the Omnibus Spending Bill Means for Gov Tech
The $1.3 billion bill weighed in at a whopping 2,232 pages, which means there’s a lot to unpack. See what it means for IT modernization.