Commerce loses, Education gains in IT spending

Most IT budgets would change little from fiscal 2010 under the Obama administration's budget.

Unisys will continue serving DISA mainframe systems

Unisys Corp. will continue to provide information technology services to the Defense Department under a five-year contract worth an estimated $187 million.

Don't forget who's behind a cyberattack

Federal agencies have long taken the leadership position in cybersecurity on one key point; recognizing that it’s not enough to know how networks were hacked, but also to know by whom.

2010 Federal 100 award winners announced

Federal Computer Week and the 1105 Government Information Group release the complete list of the 2010 winners of the Federal 100 awards.

Simulation technology heads for the cloud

Parabon wins a small business research award to develop a modeling and simulation as a service technology platform.

Lockheed opens next phase of DARPA cybersecurity initiative

Lockheed Martin Corp. will continue to work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help develop a governmentwide cybersecurity initiative under a $30.8 million contract.

McNulty to retire from ISC2

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Leaner defense budget aims for realistic reform

The Defense Department's $708 billion fiscal 2011 budget request closely adheres to priorities set forth in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review.

Agencies try to exploit 'free' data model

Blogger Brian Robinson was wondering how the business models would emerge to justify Data.gov and similar government Web sites. Here's one out of Massachusetts: Get the free market to do government's job for it.

Agencies try to exploit 'free' data model

Blogger Brian Robinson was wondering how the business models would emerge to justify Data.gov and similar government Web sites. Here's one out of Massachusetts: Get the free market to do government's job for it.

Obama proposes expanding acquisition workforce

The administration says the government's spending has doubled, but the size of the workforce has remained generally constant.

Lockheed extends its IT services work at NASA

Lockheed Martin Corp. will continue providing several computer services to NASA under a contract extension that has an estimated value of $230 million.

Lieberman urges confirmation of nominee to lead GSA

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has urged his colleagues to end debate on the nomination of Martha Johnson to be the General Services Administration’s administrator and confirm her as soon as possible.

CSC will expand logistics assistance to Army Materiel Command

CSC has won two contract modifications from the Army worth a combined $261 million to provide additional information technology and logistics services.

Warning: Deal killers ahead

Many merger and acquisition transactions do not close because something goes wrong during the due diligence process.

Budget request highlights push for efficiency

The White House's $79 billion IT budget includes plans for centralizing IT services, consolidating data centers and more cloud computing.

Virtual border fence would lose under budget

The administration wants $43.59 billion for the Homeland Security Department in fiscal 2011 compared with the $42.60 billion that the department got for this year.

USDA posts open gov Web page

The Agriculture Department’s open government Web page centers on discussing and sharing ideas.

National Archives wants input on open government

The National Archives wants to know how to be more transparent and improve the FOIA process.