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Bush rescinds order that created CIO Council
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:11:16 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Glenn Tenney CISSM CISM <gt_IP060107 () think org> Date: May 18, 2006 11:10:01 AM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Bush rescinds order that created CIO Council ( for IP if you wish ... Do remember that it wasn't that long ago that Bush shut down the PITAC too!!! ) http://www.fcw.com/article94533-05-16-06-Web Bush rescinds order that created CIO Council By Michael Hardy <mailto:mhardy () fcw com> Published on May 16, 2006 President Bush has rescinded the 1996 executive order that created the Chief Information Officers Council and laid out federal goals for the streamlining of information technology procurement and implementation. Executive Order 13011, signed by President Clinton, was linked to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996. An Office of Management and Budget spokeswoman said the key provisions of the order had been codified in the Electronic Government Act of 2002. Some observers of the federal procurement community, however, said they suspect more may be at work. "The Bush administration may just be cleaning up an executive order that is overtaken by events," in that all of its provisions are now reflected in other laws or in common practice, said consultant Paul Brubaker. However, he added, "Getting rid of the EO could give the administration some flexibility in the ability to eliminate the CIO Council and the [Government Information Technology Services] Board, or at least come up with another, perhaps more effective, governance structure." The GITS Board in particular is a holdover from the days before the 1996 IT management law. It "is really a function that the law says OMB should perform," Brubaker said. Alan Chvotkin, senior vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, said he was perplexed by Bush's action. "Clearly some of those issues have been overtaken by events, but some of it still has some viability," he said. "It doesn't make a lot of sense." ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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