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Dodaro: Executive branch limited in its ability to reduce duplication and waste
The Government Accountability Office's annual report on costly overlap and duplication identifies 380 actions to make government more efficient. Despite White House efforts to make meaningful progress in this area, it is hamstrung, said GAO Comptroller General Eugene Dodaro.
Poll ties productivity to mobile devices among federal workers
In a FierceGovIT-Market Connections PulsePoll™, we asked federal civilian and military workers directly to describe their experiences with mobile devices. Do they really make you more productive? How, and how much more? Does it depend on the device?
Funding pressure spurs innovation, say federal IT officials
S everal federal information technology executives say tighter budgets are actually an impetus for innovative problem solving. "In my mind, crowdsourcing is one of the most untapped opportunities," said Sasi Pillay, NASA's chief technology officer.
USDA unveils agriculture open data community, G8 data sharing
The Agriculture Department April 30 announced the creation of a food, agriculture and rural data community on data.gov. The data.gov micro site will serve as a central resource for data sets, apps, developer tools and collaboration. The USDA also announced an action plan to further agricultural open data efforts beyond the United States.
Q&A: Sheila Campbell and Jonathan Rubin on federal website usability testing
Two General Services Administration officials recently sat down with FierceGovernmentIT to discuss their efforts to help agencies improve their digital presence and better serve citizens. Sheila Campbell, director of the center for excellence in digital government, and Jonathan Rubin, First Fridays usability program manager, explained GSA's web usability testing services as well as ways it's institutionalizing lessons learned through blog posts and training.
GSA announces consolidation of IT under CIO
The General Services Administration announced Feb. 19 it will consolidate all information technology personnel, budgets and systems under the authority of its chief information officer.
CIO Council updates core competencies
The document doesn't address CIO authorities--and a September 2011 Government Accountability Office report noted that agency CIOs "are limited in their ability to ensure appropriate IT staff are being hired to meet mission needs."
Agencies back new conservation corp for youths, servicemembers
Eight federal agencies will develop a conservation program to employ returning veterans and America's youth to protect and restore public lands, parks, waterways and cultural sites. Starting the 21CSC implements the first recommendation of the America's Great Outdoors Initiative introduced by President Obama in 2010.
U.S. and Canada inch closer to aligning trade-related regulations
A joint U.S.-Canadian commission tasked with breaking down regulatory barriers to cross-border trade says it is making progress in several key areas.No regulations have actually been revised in either country, but pilot programs are headed in that direction, according to the progress report (.pdf) issued this Dec. 14 by the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council.
Technology investments may keep 2020 census costs down
The Census Bureau is looking to the Internet and shared mapping technology to keep costs of the 2020 Decennial Census from reaching $25 billion, a cost estimate based on 2010 census costs.The 2010 Census cost $13 billion and is the most expensive census on record.
