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NPPD should do more to encourage FISMA compliance, evolve CyberScope, says OIG
A June 5 DHS Office of Inspector General report (.pdf) finds the National Protection and Programs Directorate's Office of Cybersecurity and Communications has not fully met its obligations to improve the security posture of the dot-gov domain.
GAO can't validate OMB's TechStat cost savings claims
The Office of Management and Budget's estimated governmentwide cost savings from TechStat Accountability Sessions, the oversight program it uses to review agencies' troubled technology investments, could be grossly overstated. Based on agency documentation, the Government Accountability Office identified only $22.2 million in cost savings and avoidances.
House passes $638 billion defense authorization bill
The $638 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2014 passed the House June 14 in a 315 to 108 vote . The House authorized $552.1 billion in overall spending for base national defense and an additional $85.8 billion in overseas contingency operations. The fiscal 2014 NDAA ( H.R. 1960 ) is consistent with the House passed budget which took money from non-defense budget to allow more money for defense while keeping overall spending below the Budget Control Act cap, according to an NDAA committee fact sheet.
OIRA administrator nominee would focus on regulatory look back
If confirmed as the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Howard Shelanski would continue the regulatory look-back process emphasized by his predecessor Cass Sunstein.
OMB releases updated guidance on conference spending
On the heels of a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report on excessive spending at a 2010 Internal Revenue Service conference, the Office of Management and Budget released guidance May 28 to help agency conference planners balance cost and mission needs.
House and White House setting stage for appropriations battle
The House Rules Committee approved two fiscal 2014 appropriations bills for debate on the House floor during a June 3 hearing , shortly after a warning from President Obama that he would veto both bills because Congress has yet to approve an budget framework with the Senate.
IRS doesn't have data to analyze tax expenditures, GAO says
The Internal Revenue Service does not have sufficient data for identifying who claims a tax expenditure and how they claimed it for almost half of all tax expenditure examined in a recently released Government Accountability Office report (.pdf) from April 30.
Obama to propose lower cap on contractor executive reimbursement
President Obama this week will propose legislation that would reduce payments for executive compensation tied to cost reimbursment contracts, Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Joe Jordan said in a May 30 blog post .
PortfolioStat reflects OMB concerns with CIO authority
FierceGovernmentIT asked OMB in April under FOIA for documents associated with PortfolioStat as part of our ongoing effort to shed light on federal oversight efforts, given that OMB likes to broadcast the fact of programs such as PortfolioStat or TechStat but is generally loath to talk about them in any depth in public – leaving us, we feel, little alternative but to resort to FOIAing the self-proclaimed most transparent administration in history.
Agency budgets should cut 5 percent for 2015, OMB says
Agencies' 2015 budget requests should be 5 percent less than what President Obama outlined for the fiscal 2014 budget proposal, a May 29 memo (.pdf) from Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell said. Agencies should also reduce discretionary funding totals 10 percent below what Obama set for 2015 in his fiscal 2014 budget plan, Burwell said.
