Federal Manager's Daily Report Monday, September 13, 2004 Published by FEDweek, the federal government's largest information resource with now over one million weekly readers to its electronic newsletters.
*********************************************************** Federal Manager's Daily Report is a brand new FREE daily electronic report for all federal managers and supervisors featuring the day's top stories on management and workforce issues. Please pass this information on to your fellow colleagues. You can sign up for this free daily report at http://www.fedweek.com/subscribepopup.htm. *********************************************************** In Today's Issue: 1. OMB Issues Additional Guidance for E-Gov Assessment http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy04/m04-24.html. 2. OMB Appoints New E-Gov, IT Administrator 3. Project Management Course at: http://www.leadership.opm.gov/content.cfm?CAT=PMP *********************************************************** 1. OMB Issues Additional Guidance for E-Gov Assessment The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memo for chief information officers containing additional guidance on what it looks for to assess agencies' performance on the e-government portion of the president's management agenda. To get a green rating on OMB's traffic light-style score card, agency performance cannot vary from cost, schedule and performance goals by more than ten percent. To get a yellow rating, overruns and shortfalls on all major IT projects cannot exceed 30 percent of stated goals. OMB said it would be looking for additional evidence for the use of "earned value management" in major IT investments, such as a documented agency policy, established cost, schedule and performance baselines for affected projects, and examples of how the agency uses data analysis to make project management and IT portfolio management decisions. It also said it would look for evidence that earned value data and analysis related to the above meet EVMS guidelines in ANSA/EIA-STD-748, from the electronic industries alliance. That evidence should include "contract language or a project charter -- for in-house projects -- requiring the use of EVMS that meets the ANSI/EIA-STD . . . or independent validation that the EVMS system is ANSI/EIA-STD compliant," according to the memo, which can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy04/m04-24.html. 2. OMB Appoints New E-Gov, IT Administrator The Office of Management and Budget has appointed a new e-government and IT administrator that it says will help it complete its 24 e-government initiatives and overall strategy. As associate administrator for e-gov and IT, Timothy K. Young will be in charge of planning and implementation and responsible for ensuring they are inline with the president's management agenda, said OMB. As its portfolio manager for internal efficiency and effectiveness, Young was charged with leveraging IT to improve supply-chain management, financial management, and knowledge management. Prior to entering the White House, Young was a senior consultant for Bearing Point and conducted research internships with the House as well as the Heritage Foundation, said OMB. 3. Project Management Course The Office of Personnel Management has scheduled a course for Sept. 27 -- Oct. 1 for new or potential project managers with little or no previous training or experience in project management. Given at the Western Management Development Center in Denver, "Project Management Principles, Basic Level," is designed to cover the project management discipline for those wanting to learn the basic principles, tools, and techniques used in managing projects as well as the role of the project manager. Participants practice project management planning in the context of the "project management body of knowledge"- which covers key project management terminology and process descriptions -- and examine ways to communicate project changes and progress to improve project success. The $3,400 fee includes meals, lodging, tuition and course materials. Learn more and register at: http://www.leadership.opm.gov/content.cfm?CAT=PMP Published by FEDweek LLC 11551 Nuckols Rd. Suite L Glen Allen, VA 23059 (804) 288-5321 Website: http://www.fedweek.com A 100% Veteran-Owned Business [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are subscribed to federalmanagersdailyreport as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> <a href=http://English-12948197573.SpamPoison.com>Fight Spam! Click Here!</a> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
