Mills confirmed to head SBA

Karen Mills would help put SBA back on track to carry out its lending, technical assistance and entrepreneurship programs, a senator said.

  • By Mary Mosquera

Coast Guard may need to report officials hired by contractors

The Coast Guard would change some acquisition processes under new legislation.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

House to consider expanding biometrics at sea

The House will vote today on whether to expand a Coast Guard program that screens fingerprints of suspected illegal migrants and terrorists caught at sea.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Towns suggests IT committee to improve transparency of stimulus spending

Federal, state and private sector IT leaders should help track the stimulus package, House committee chairman suggests.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Avineon hires new director of federal business development

Avineon Inc. has hired Mark O’Connell as director of strategic development for its Federal Systems Division.

  • By David Hubler

Microsoft tops U.S. companies on H-1B visas

Microsoft was the top U.S. company to receive H-1B visas in 2008, reports U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

No excuse for frivolous protests

The idea of using protests as part of a government sales strategy is a disturbing concept.

  • By Stan Soloway

Senate bill targets DOD cost overruns

Sens. Carl Levin and John McCain introduced a bill this week aimed at curbing the cost and scheduling overruns on large defense contracts.

GAO publishes Red Book volume

The GAO has finished updating the second edition of its main reference guide to federal appropriations and how they affect budgeting and contracting.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

I3P releases cybersecurity R&D recommendations

A report makes recommendations to improve cybersecurity research efforts.

  • By Ben Bain

Towns warns against "con artist" contractors

Rep. Ed Towns has scheduled a hearing to examine whether more anti-fraud protections are needed in the economic stimulus package to guard against "convicts and con artists."

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Fixed-price contracts required by stimulus law

Congress continues to limit contracts that give companies incentives, such as contracts with award fees.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

The stimulus at a glance: The latest on IT-related proposals

The House and Senate versions of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package contain more than $70 billion in proposed information technology spending.

Contractors call for Trade Adjustment Assistance

IT companies and trade groups are lobbying Congress to include trade adjustment money in the final stimulus bill.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Senate, House stimulus versions differ on E-Verify

The House version of the economic stimulus bill would require E-Verify employment verification for all contracts covered by the stimulus spending; the Senate bill approved yesterday does not.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Grassley submits H-1B amendment

The legislation would ban TARP funds from going to companies that employ H-1B visa holders.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Contractors, IT groups lobby against Buy American provisions

Several dozen companies and industry groups are joining in a lobbying effort to block Buy American provisions in the Senate stimulus package.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Economic recovery bill to stimulate jobs, green IT

Funding and developing energy efficiencies, renewable resources and the technologies to support them would create jobs, members of Congress say.

  • By Mary Mosquera

McCaskill to head new contracting oversight committee

Sen. Joe Lieberman has tapped Sen. Claire McCaskill to chair a new subcommittee that will deal with contracting abuses.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Regime change cuts both ways

The status of the federal civil service and acquisition workforce is likely to be high on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's agenda this year.

  • By Stan Soloway
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