Weekly Roundup: December 7 - 11, 2015

Here to Stay. Federal Computer Week reports that federal CIO Tony Scott “expects the Office of Management and Budget's year-and-a-half old Digital Service team and other expert tech groups will survive the coming presidential election and subsequent transition because the issues they address -- making federal agencies work better in an increasingly technical world -- make them critical.” The GAO Fix List. Federal News Radio reports that the Government Accountability Office “has sent letters to the heads of all 24 CFO Act agencies detailing the total number of un-implemented GAO recommendations in each of their agencies along with a ranked list of what he views as the most critical ones that will demand their personal attention between now and January 2017.” The Volcker Breakdown List. The Volcker Alliance released a report by Dr. Paul Light that “demonstrates that the number of federal government agency breakdowns has steadily increased over the past 30 years.” He catalogs 48 specific breakdowns since 2000 and identifies what caused each breakdown. New OMB Management Deputy Named. Federal News Radio reports: “President Barack Obama plans to nominate Andrew Mayock as the next deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget.” Mayock is currently a senior advisor at OMB. He would replace Beth Cobert, who has been nominated to lead the Office of Personnel Management. Needed: A Digital Revolution. Federal CIO Tony Scott, in an op-ed for Federal Times, writes: “there is now broad, nonpartisan consensus that much of the technology that powers the federal government has become too old and slow, too expensive to change, too hard to fully secure, too inefficient to operate, and too hard to use. In short, it lacks the functionality to meet today’s mission. We now face a challenge that’s bigger than Y2K — the only difference is there is no 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31, 1999, and we are grossly underestimating the potential impact.” Big Data in States. RouteFifty reports: “Over the next 18 months The Pew Charitable Trusts will be reviewing how all 50 states are attempting to use broad sets of data to improve decision-making and performance. Preliminary research shows that all 50 face multiple barriers to sharing agency-based data that could make government more efficient and effective and that some have found workarounds or other solutions to overcoming these obstacles.” * * * * * The Business of Government Radio Show. How do you realize the promise of big data? What does it take to create a balanced portfolio of information technology metrics? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dr. Kevin Desouza, author of the IBM Center reports on big data and IT metrics as part of its Conversations with Authors series. Broadcast Schedule: The show airs Monday at 11 a.m., and Wednesday at noon, on Federal News Radio 1500AM WFED If you can't wait, though, you can listen to (or download) this week's program and all our previous interviews at businessofgovernment.org. Here to Stay. Federal Computer Week reports that federal CIO Tony Scott “expects the Office of Management and Budget's year-and-a-half old Digital Service team and other expert tech groups will survive the coming presidential election and subsequent transition because the issues they address -- making federal agencies work better in an increasingly technical world -- make them critical.” The GAO Fix List. Federal News Radio reports that the Government Accountability Office “has sent letters to the heads of all 24 CFO Act agencies detailing the total number of un-implemented GAO recommendations in each of their agencies along with a ranked list of what he views as the most critical ones that will demand their personal attention between now and January 2017.” The Volcker Breakdown List. The Volcker Alliance released a report by Dr. Paul Light that “demonstrates that the number of federal government agency breakdowns has steadily increased over the past 30 years.” He catalogs 48 specific breakdowns since 2000 and identifies what caused each breakdown. New OMB Management Deputy Named. Federal News Radio reports: “President Barack Obama plans to nominate Andrew Mayock as the next deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget.” Mayock is currently a senior advisor at OMB. He would replace Beth Cobert, who has been nominated to lead the Office of Personnel Management. Needed: A Digital Revolution. Federal CIO Tony Scott, in an op-ed for Federal Times, writes: “there is now broad, nonpartisan consensus that much of the technology that powers the federal government has become too old and slow, too expensive to change, too hard to fully secure, too inefficient to operate, and too hard to use. In short, it lacks the functionality to meet today’s mission. We now face a challenge that’s bigger than Y2K — the only difference is there is no 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31, 1999, and we are grossly underestimating the potential impact.” Big Data in States. RouteFifty reports: “Over the next 18 months The Pew Charitable Trusts will be reviewing how all 50 states are attempting to use broad sets of data to improve decision-making and performance. Preliminary research shows that all 50 face multiple barriers to sharing agency-based data that could make government more efficient and effective and that some have found workarounds or other solutions to overcoming these obstacles.” * * * * * The Business of Government Radio Show. How do you realize the promise of big data? What does it take to create a balanced portfolio of information technology metrics? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dr. Kevin Desouza, author of the IBM Center reports on big data and IT metrics as part of its Conversations with Authors series. Broadcast Schedule: The show airs Monday at 11 a.m., and Wednesday at noon, on Federal News Radio 1500AM WFED If you can't wait, though, you can listen to (or download) this week's program and all our previous interviews at businessofgovernment.org. Here to Stay. Federal Computer Week reports that federal CIO Tony Scott “expects the Office of Management and Budget's year-and-a-half old Digital Service team and other expert tech groups will survive the coming presidential election and subsequent transition because the issues they address -- making federal agencies work better in an increasingly technical world -- make them critical.” The GAO Fix List. Federal News Radio reports that the Government Accountability Office “has sent letters to the heads of all 24 CFO Act agencies detailing the total number of un-implemented GAO recommendations in each of their agencies along with a ranked list of what he views as the most critical ones that will demand their personal attention between now and January 2017.” The Volcker Breakdown List. The Volcker Alliance released a report by Dr. Paul Light that “demonstrates that the number of federal government agency breakdowns has steadily increased over the past 30 years.” He catalogs 48 specific breakdowns since 2000 and identifies what caused each breakdown. New OMB Management Deputy Named. Federal News Radio reports: “President Barack Obama plans to nominate Andrew Mayock as the next deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget.” Mayock is currently a senior advisor at OMB. He would replace Beth Cobert, who has been nominated to lead the Office of Personnel Management. Needed: A Digital Revolution. Federal CIO Tony Scott, in an op-ed for Federal Times, writes: “there is now broad, nonpartisan consensus that much of the technology that powers the federal government has become too old and slow, too expensive to change, too hard to fully secure, too inefficient to operate, and too hard to use. In short, it lacks the functionality to meet today’s mission. We now face a challenge that’s bigger than Y2K — the only difference is there is no 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31, 1999, and we are grossly underestimating the potential impact.” Big Data in States. RouteFifty reports: “Over the next 18 months The Pew Charitable Trusts will be reviewing how all 50 states are attempting to use broad sets of data to improve decision-making and performance. Preliminary research shows that all 50 face multiple barriers to sharing agency-based data that could make government more efficient and effective and that some have found workarounds or other solutions to overcoming these obstacles.” * * * * * The Business of Government Radio Show. How do you realize the promise of big data? What does it take to create a balanced portfolio of information technology metrics? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dr. Kevin Desouza, author of the IBM Center reports on big data and IT metrics as part of its Conversations with Authors series. Broadcast Schedule: The show airs Monday at 11 a.m., and Wednesday at noon, on Federal News Radio 1500AM WFED If you can't wait, though, you can listen to (or download) this week's program and all our previous interviews at businessofgovernment.org.