Agencies wrestle with merging new IT into architecture plans

HERSHEY, Pa. ? With all the expected benefits of agency enterprise architectures, federal IT officials are wondering how, if at all, to incorporate emerging and new technologies into their infrastructures.

Networx RFI hits the street

The much-anticipated request for information for FTS Networx, the next-generation telecommunications contract from the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service, was released today.

OMB hails competitive sourcing progress

A new report contends federal agencies are in a better position than ever to compete federal jobs with the private sector.

Federal computer emergency response team debuts

A new unit in the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division has been launched to improve the department's response to cybersecurity threats.

Industry to OMB: Fill Styles' shoes quickly

Angela Styles' departure next week from the Office of Management and Budget leaves a hole in the administration's competitive sourcing strategy, one that IT industry executives hope is soon filled.

EDS challenges E-Travel awards

A losing bidder protests GSA's $450 million contract award for a new civilian electronic travel system.

Styles steps down as procurement chief

Angela Styles, the federal government's top procurement official, is resigning and will return to private law practice. She has been responsible for the policies and regulations governing $240 billion a year in purchases by the federal government.

Lorentz, CTO at OMB, to join DigitalNet

<font color="CC0000"> UPDATED </font color>Norman Lorentz will leave his post as the Office of Management and Budget's chief technology officer to join DigitalNet, a Northern Virginia IT company.

USDA analyzes IT projects with earned-value methodology

Through a pilot, USDA officials are using the Earned Value Management criteria to better manage their IT portfolio, says Marilyn Holland, left, Agriculture's chief of the CIO office's Program Planning and Management division.

Nader encourages feds to serve citizens better

The federal government's move to become more businesslike is missing its mark, advocate Ralph Nader tells federal IT officials.

DigitalNet nabs FBI IT support services deal

DigitalNet Government Solutions Inc. won a three-year, $22 million contract from the FBI to provide information technology support services, the company announced today.

Thrift board fixes record-keeping system's Web front end

By synchronizing the settings of the mainframe host and telecommunications equipment of its new record-keeping system, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board IT team today said it had resolved a major kink in Web services for the Thrift Savings Plan.

ATS wins $9.1 Federal Housing contract

Advanced Technology Systems Inc., McLean, Va., won a $9.1 million contract to provide managed information technology infrastructure operations and services to the Federal Housing Finance Board, the company announced today.

EDS wins $860M HUD contract

Electronic Data Systems Corp. won a huge Housing and Urban Development contract to provide infrastructure and telecommunications services.

GSA closes FTS office after audit finds misused IT Fund

The General Services Administration closed down its Federal Technology Service field office in Bremerton, Wash., after the agency's inspector general found the office's staff misused the IT Fund to buy construction, architecture and engineering services.

Commerce issues new COMMITS RFP

The Commerce Department this week issued the solicitation for Commerce Information Technology Services Next Generation, a small-business governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology. The multiple-award contract has a ceiling of $8 billion over 10 years.

GSA announces new small-business RFP

Up to $15 billion in task orders will be made over the seven-year life of the 8(a) FAST 2 governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology.

Forman's legacy: better IT management

Reaction in the federal IT community to the resignation of Mark Forman is not of surprise, but of understanding and consideration.

SCO to government Linux users: Pay up

Government agencies must pay up to $699 for each copy of the Linux operating system that they use, the SCO Group Inc., Lindon, Utah, announced Tuesday in a new licensing program.

Passports to get facial biometrics

The State Department, which wants to issue passports with biometric data on embedded computer chips, is seeking vendor input on the plan.