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May 30, 2013 at 2:15 PM EDT

Stopping Excessive Payments for Contractor Compensation

Next week, the Administration will be transmitting to Congress a legislative proposal to stop excessive payments to Federal contractors. The proposal builds on previous Administration proposals and language included in the President’s Budget, and marks another important step in our ongoing effort to buy smarter and end wasteful, fiscally imprudent contract spending.
May 23, 2013 at 7:56 AM EDT

Digital Strategy: Delivering Better Results for the Public

It's been one year since the release of the Digital Government Strategy, part of the President’s directive to build a 21st Century Government that delivers better services to the American people.
May 17, 2013 at 10:28 AM EDT

Building a 21st Century Infrastructure: Better Outcomes, Faster Timelines, and Less Red Tape

Cutting red tape and streamlining the process for making permitting decisions will help us meet the President’s goal of cutting in half the timelines for major infrastructure projects, while creating better outcomes for our communities and for the environment.
April 15, 2013 at 11:50 AM EDT

A Plan to Create Jobs and Cut the Deficit

The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget is a concrete plan to create jobs and cut the deficit. We do not need to choose between these two priorities. The President’s balanced, compromise plan proves we can do both.
April 9, 2013 at 11:50 AM EDT

Building a 21st Century Government by Cutting Duplication, Fragmentation, and Waste

The Administration is strongly committed to reducing duplication and fragmentation and has worked hard over the last four years to make that happen.
March 27, 2013 at 3:00 PM EDT

PortfolioStat 2.0: Driving Better Management and Efficiency in Federal IT

OMB's Office of E-Government and Information Technology releases new PortfolioStat guidance to continue drive further management improvements, save billions of dollars across the Federal Government, and improve services to Americans through the use of technology.
March 14, 2013 at 12:56 PM EDT

Freezing the Footprint

The Administration has made it a priority for Federal agencies to dispose of unneeded properties and make more efficient use of the Government’s real estate assets. As the next step in this effort, today, OMB is issuing guidance to direct agencies to implement a “Freeze the Footprint” policy for Federal real estate.
March 12, 2013 at 6:21 PM EDT

Working to Deliver Improved Performance

The Administration provided the first-ever quarterly progress update on the government’s 14 Cross-Agency Priority Goals and 103 Agency Priority Goals.