Profile of J. Nicholas Hoover
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Articles by J. Nicholas Hoover
posted in September 2010
9/29/2010
As much as 12 years behind schedule, Pentagon officials blame the military's complexity and say that meeting Congressional audit requirements by 2017 will increase costs even further.
9/20/2010
Changes to Department of Justice and Interior plans show Office of Management and Budget isn't going to be shy about canceling or reforming IT projects.
9/17/2010
In mostly cordial nomination hearings, Jack Lew says that as director of the Office of Management and Budget, he'll focus on, among other things, procurement and performance management.
9/16/2010
Three federal agencies will save an estimated $327 million by scrapping or cutting back planned financial system modernization efforts, White House says.
9/15/2010
The series of changes announced by defense secretary Robert Gates include efforts to cut costs, improve contractor performance and improve project management.
9/14/2010
Agencies should look to cloud computing and virtualization for quick gains, but overall success of data center consolidation will depend on execution, says effort's point man.
9/10/2010
The Office of Justice Programs spent $9 million and 16 months on a new dynamically virtual hosting environment for its key IT systems.
9/10/2010
The new system will combine several existing systems and layer search technology on top to help catch immigration fraud and immigrants who pose security threats.
9/8/2010
If the Department of Labor had to move its financial systems to the cloud all over again, it would plan better, says the agency's CFO.
9/7/2010
New website Challenge.gov will act as a locus for government-sponsored innovation challenges that award winners with prizes ranging from small change to millions.
9/2/2010
Contractors deserve a voice in the series of upcoming TechStat review sessions the Office of Management and Budget has launched to fix high-risk IT projects across the federal government.
9/1/2010
The National Archives and Records Administration is looking to remove hurdles that have held up adoption of Web 2.0 in government by clarifying its policies.
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