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Flat IT budget forces new approaches Dec 16, 2011 Budget pressures are forcing agency chief information officers to consider alternative ways of paying for information technology, according to the Obama administration's point man on the issue. Read Comments (3) Recommend OMB outlines expanded roles for federal CIOs The White House budget director, Jack Lew, directed agency leaders to ensure their chief information officers are responsible for "true portfolio management for all IT [information technology]" and not "just policymaking." (4) OMB: VanRoekel to continue White House's IT agenda When the White House tapped former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel to serve as the next federal chief information officer, officials say they weren't looking for someone to set plans for transforming federal information technology. (1) Industry group urges improvements in cloud policies Creating security standards for cloud-computing services and strengthening laws against hackers are among 14 recommendations put forth to accelerate the government's adoption of cloud technologies. Federal CIO Kundra to step down in August Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra announced Thursday he will resign in August, according to a White House blog post.		Federal Times Video Most Popular Federal Stories Today Past Week Past Month OPM speeds up retirement claims processing, but backlog grows (1878) Bill would prohibit step increases for rest of year (1270) Agencies on track to cut or avoid $50 billion in improper payments (774) House passes bill proposing BRAC-like process for excess federal property (750) Trump will develop Old Post Office into luxury hotel (589) Bill would prohibit step increases for rest of year (17813) Senators propose civilian pay freeze through 2014 (14470) CBO: Feds out-earn civilians; report fuels push for extended pay freeze (5793) When can agencies monitor your email? FDA case sparks debate over policy (5394) Pentagon plans for five years of reduced raises for civilian employees (5369) Proposed pay raise draws ire from all sides (34005) Pentagon plans for five years of reduced raises for civilian employees (30995) Panel chair introduces bill to reduce pensions (25742) Bill would prohibit step increases for rest of year (17814) Details coming soon on TSP's planned Roth fund (17410) Tell Us About Labor-management partnerships What changes, good or bad, do you foresee from President Barack Obama’s executive order to re-establish labor-management partnerships? Send your comments to Staff Writer Stephen Losey.
	Chief Information Officers News Flat IT budget forces new approaches Budget pressures are forcing agency chief information officers to consider alternative ways of paying for information technology, according to the Obama administration's point man on the issue. (3) OMB outlines expanded roles for federal CIOs The White House budget director, Jack Lew, directed agency leaders to ensure their chief information officers are responsible for "true portfolio management for all IT [information technology]" and not "just policymaking." (4) OMB: VanRoekel to continue White House's IT agenda When the White House tapped former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel to serve as the next federal chief information officer, officials say they weren't looking for someone to set plans for transforming federal information technology. (1) Industry group urges improvements in cloud policies Creating security standards for cloud-computing services and strengthening laws against hackers are among 14 recommendations put forth to accelerate the government's adoption of cloud technologies. Federal CIO Kundra to step down in August Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra announced Thursday he will resign in August, according to a White House blog post. More Headlines Agencies to close more than 100 data centers this year Cyber attacks on fed networks up 40 percent OMB identifies 26 IT projects for closer scrutiny Agencies advance use of health IT As many as 30 troubled IT projects could be terminated GSA certifies Google for cloud computing White House lays out new cybersecurity approach Cybersecurity scholarship program to grow Cybersecurity law needs an overhaul, officials agree Cybersecurity concerns grow for federal CIOs CIO at VA not shy about scrapping IT projects Treasury, Homeland Security CIOs to lead data center consolidation IT managers look to hydrogen fuel cells Modernizing IT: Solve one problem at a time, learn from failure Search the Chief Information Officers Archives for more News