GCN
GOVERNMENT IT LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Call for
Nominations
Deadline: February 24,
2006
The GCN Government IT Leadership Awards
recognize government career workers whose exemplary record of
performance and leadership has inspired others to high performance and
resulted in extraordinary delivery on mission. Send GCN your nominations
now.
Nominees must be a full-time career civil servant GS-13 or
above (or military, state/local government equivalent) and be directly
involved with information technology in the performance of their duties.
Contractors employees or short-term political appointees are not
eligible. Anyone with direct knowledge of the nominee and his or her
accomplishments is welcome to nominate. Winners will be named in GCN's
May 1 issue and recognized at GCN's May 24 Government IT Leadership
Conference.
For a nomination form and details click here,
or e-mail leadershipawards@postnewsweektech.com.
OMB’S NEXT A-123 DEADLINE LOOMS
Here’s a heads-up for agency financial managers: The Office of
Management and Budget’s next deadline under Circular A-123 is right
around the corner. By the end of March, OMB is expecting agencies to
submit a summary of their test plans to prove they have effective
internal controls for financial reporting.
OMB: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE A TOUGH PUZZLE TO
SOLVE
Federal agencies continue to earn the lowest marks in
their financial performance in spite of calls from the White House and
Congress for fiscal belt-tightening and zero tolerance for fraud and
fiscal mismanagement. The latest executive branch management scorecard
gives the lowest possible rating—unsatisfactory—to the
financial performance of 17 out of 26 federal agencies.
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NPR SET THE STAGE FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED
GOVERNMENT
The President’s Management Agenda has
certainly driven change in how agencies operate and are held
accountable, but it was the National Performance Review that provided
the impetus for the concept of results-based government.
THE REAL PROPERTY RISK TO HOMELAND SECURITY
Could homeland security be compromised by a basic lack of information
about federal buildings and property? Unfortunately, it is quite
possible. There is no accurate inventory of property owned or leased by
the federal government. Even more surprising, there is no call for such
an inventory in either Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 or
the Office of Management and Budget's implementation guidance for
HSPD-12.
PONDERING THE PMA
From his perch as deputy
director of the Office of Management and Budget, Clay Johnson views the
President's Management Agenda scorecard as a way to bring clarity,
candor and transparency to agency operations. “That, then, makes it
possible to hold people accountable,” he said. “And holding
people accountable is then what leads to results.”
FOSE’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OFFERS FORMIDABLE LINEUP
FOR CXOS
The program, aimed at CIOs, chief financial
officers, chief human capital officers and chief acquisition officers,
will kick off March 7 at the Washington Convention Center with an
executive breakfast featuring Defense Information Systems Agency CIO
John Garing, and Kevin Carroll, the Army's program executive officer for
enterprise information systems. The panel will be moderated by Tom
Temin, PostNewsweek Tech Media senior vice president, editorial.
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