Bill to reveal IT spending

The US federal government is better known for spending $600 on toilet seats than being frugal, and IT projects are no exception. Cost overruns have plagued federal IT projects in the past, and the Government Accountability Office has written any number of reports detailing IT failures in government, states InformationWeek.

This week, Delaware senator Tom Carper introduced a bill that aims to make more public information available about federal IT spending, "require greater accountability for cost overruns," and improve investment management strategies.

The new legislation comes at a time when the Office of Management and Budget has placed a renewed focus on IT spending under newly minted federal CIO Vivek Kundra, whose office walls are notably adorned by graphs of the federal IT budget.

Vetter Pharma aims to help pharmaceutical and biotech companies better control the quality and costs of their pre-filled injectable product manufacturing processes with a new project management (PM) programme, reports Pharmaceutical Technology Europe.

The programme has been launched for the company's project managers, which should lead to their certification by the International Project Management Association (IPMA).

The IPMA has set up a rigorous process to test project managers and ensure they are prepared for the tasks that lie ahead.

Project Management Training Online has added PMBOK Fourth Edition PM training courses to its catalogue of online PM training courses, according to PR.com.

John Reiling, president of Project Management Training Online, says: ”These new courses provide prospective PM professionals the opportunity to start studying now for the Fourth Edition exam.

“We will be adding the remaining complement of PMBOK Fourth Edition courses between now and June, at which time we will offer the complete Premium PMP Prep Bundle based on the PMBOK Fourth Edition,” he added.