January 2011

Through the Looking Glass: Local Execution of Federal Projects

Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:36 |

By Jonathan Weinstein, PMP

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Federal CIO to bolster PM in IT reform initiative

Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:32 |

Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra published a 25-point plan on December 9 to reform federal IT acquisitions. The strategy places heavy emphasis on engaging the federal project management community, including requiring a dedicated PM and a fully-staffed program team on every major acquisition.

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USDA enters the cloud

Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:32 |

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on December 8 that it will migrate all agency-wide messaging to a commercial cloud service.

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OMB cancels, re-structures nine federal IT projects

Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:30 |

After reviewing 16 high-risk federal IT projects, OMB announced that it would cancel an unredeemable Department of Homeland Security (DHS) IT initiative, while scaling back eight other federal IT projects that have been performing below expectations.

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Audit Report: January 2011

Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:28 |

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