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From Nextgov.com: Will the White House give CIOs more power in the fiscal 2011 budget?
Some see language in fiscal 2010 spending bills as a signal that the Obama administration will grant IT chiefs more spending authority, while others say wait and see.
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From Nextgov.com: White House's online contests for federal employees have roots in Virginia
The commonwealth asked employees for ideas to streamline government and used the Web to post metrics for how public services are performing.
Features
Recovery Mode
Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney and his team had to find an accurate and public way to account for stimulus spending—and quickly.
News
From Nextgov.com: Government breaks new ground in Web site satisfaction
Analysts say the achievement has more to do with long-term improvements to sites than the Obama administration’s focus on technology.
News
From Nextgov.com: Treasury improves communications about financial bailout program, GAO says
But critics say the department doesn’t show more important data such as how recipients have used the funds and how much the investments are worth.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Agencies will be expected to measure transparency results
Open government strategies should include metrics based on input from employees, GSA official says.
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From Nextgov.com: Obama administration unveils Recovery.gov makeover
Redesigned stimulus-tracking site has pictorial representations of spending data, advanced search functions and multimedia tutorials, but no data sets yet.
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White House kicks off budget-cutting contest for federal employees
Winner will meet with President Obama and the submission will be included in the Executive Office's fiscal 2011 budget proposal.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Report gives Obama administration mixed review on secrecy practices
White House receives high and low marks for transparency memo, seeking input on classification policy and for its overhaul of stimulus tracking Web site, open government group says.
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From Nextgov.com: Wealthy, well-educated more likely to engage in online civic activities
The findings from a study indicate the Obama administration might have more work to do to meet its goal of increasing broad public involvement in policymaking.
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From Nextgov.com: Administration has yet to make proposed security policy revisions public
Transparency groups want an opportunity to comment before suggestions for preventing over-classification of government information are sent to the president.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: NASA could outsource flights and insource IT
While budget woes leave future space missions in question, the department’s cloud computing programs could help curb costs.
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From Nextgov.com: Feds get tips on social media outreach
Defense department leads the way in connecting with bloggers, news aggregators and other Web sites.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: Obama’s e-health agenda receives cash infusion
Administration officials this past week have publicly tied the benefits of health IT to the president’s larger, more controversial health care reform effort.
News
From Nextgov.com: USDA unit bans browsers other than Internet Explorer
Decision to enforce policy takes employees who work on public Web sites by surprise.
News
From Nextgov.com: Is administration more interested in transparency of Congress?
Some open government advocates question whether the White House is moving more quickly to disclose legislative matters while delaying the same for the executive branch.
Features
Cloudy Outlook
The impact of Obama IT initiatives like a shift to Web-based services is as yet unknown.
News
From Nextgov.com: State deploys low tech social media to reach those without computers
Stripped-down process for town hall meetings includes displaying presentations in text-only formats, printing transcripts and soliciting questions via text messaging.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA posts Recovery.gov winning contract proposal
Much of the information in Smartronix's winning proposal was redacted to protect competitive information.
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From Nextgov.com: GSA will retain oversight of contract to build Recovery.gov
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board opted to allow the agency to manage the contract to shorten the project’s time frame and rely on its contracting skills.
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