The General Services Administration made it official yesterday, setting a one-time fee of $2,500 for vendors and the public to receive a direct, continuous feed from the new Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation via Web services.
If it has to, the Federal Aviation Administration will forgo some of its systems modernization to cover salary and training for the 12,500 air traffic controllers it expects to hire during the next 10 years.
The General Services Administration will release this week a nationwide audit that details its review of all Federal Technology Service customer service centers.
Actions the IRS took to shore up its Business Systems Modernization fell short because the tax agency did not create metrics to measure improvements, according to a new inspector general report.
The Chief Financial Officers Council will take responsibility for approving financial software for government use, under a shift by the Office of Management and Budget.
The federal government awarded $155 billion in IT prime contracts in fiscal 2004, a 60 percent increase over IT-related spending in 2003, according to Reston, Va., market research firm Input Inc.
The Office of Management and Budget plans to name Richard Burk of the Housing and Urban Development Department as the government's next chief architect, replacing Bob Haycock, who left in April.
The Government Accountability Office today recommended that the Housing and Urban Affairs Department once again re-open the competiton for the $750 million HITS contract?a contract HUD has twice awarded to EDS Corp.
After more than a year without a procurement chief, David Safavian was confirmed Nov. 21 as administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Patch management is the No. 1 security concern of federal chief information security officers, according to study commissioned systems integrator Intelligent Decisions Inc.
The Homeland Security Department plans to open an information technology acquisitions center next year and is trying to improve its disjointed procurement program, DHS' chief procurement officer said today.
