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Feb. 3, 2010
General Interest
2010 Federal 100 award winners announced
Federal Computer Week and the1105 Government Information Group have announced the winners of the 2010 Federal 100 awards. Among the winners of this year's award is OMB's Vivek Kundra. For a complete list of awardees follow the link below...
Draft Guidance for Agencies to plan and manage investment baselines – scope, schedule, cost and performance.
Scheduled for January release - new guidance from OMB will build on the findings and recommendations from the GAO report on government-wide application of Earned Value Management. The draft guidance contains specific requirements in four areas related to investment baselines: 1) Planning the Baseline, 2) Notifying OMB of the Baseline, 3) Managing and Monitoring the Baseline, and 4) Earned Value Management. And something to note – the “Baseline” for an investment is defined as the usual scope, schedule and cost we’ve come to know from project management circles; but also includes specific reference to performance as part of that baseline.
Jan. 21, 2010
Best Practices
Revisiting the Federal IT Infrastructure Agencies mull cloud computing: What will it mean for improving systems infrastructure and reducing cost?
Even if the notion of moving large portions of your agency’s data or processing to the cloud seems implausible, you should consider at least a pilot project, say several feds.
Revisiting the Federal IT Infrastructure Agencies mull cloud computing
What will it mean for improving systems infrastructure and reducing cost? By Vanessa Jo Roberts Even if the notion of moving large portions of your agency’s data or processing to the cloud seems implausible, you should consider at least a pilot project, say several feds. http://fedtechmagazine.com/article.asp?item_id=676
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