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.
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.
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.
Everything You Need to Know About the MGT Act Implementation
Agencies looking to fund projects through the Technology Modernization Fund now have a clearer path to do so. Last week, the Office of Management and Budget sent out memo M-18-12, which set into motion the Modernizing Government Technology Act that President Trump signed into law in December 2017. Two days later, OMB announced the sevenRead… Read more »
What a Government Shutdown Might Look Like – Canada Style
There are some major differences between what happened in Canada almost a decade ago, and what happened on Capitol Hill this week. For one thing, Canada was never at risk of running out of money or furloughing its employees as a result of this situation.On the other hand, the debate among US legislators – as… Read more »