Virginia has awarded a five-year, $329 million contract to Motorola Inc. to provide a statewide radio system to support communications among 20 agencies.
The federal government July 2 published a proposed rule to authorize governmentwide use of share-in-savings contracts for federal IT projects. A final rule likely will take effect in the last quarter of 2004.
Even as the Defense Department builds a massive information grid often referred to as "network-centric warfare," experts say a new generation of software and sensors is needed to fulfill its promise. In a special report, Washington Technology found integrators and defense leaders struggling over how to make tactical use of the emerging network.
After three consecutive quarters of improvement in business performance, commercial IT spending dropped in June. Dozens of commercial software and hardware companies preannounced weak second-quarter results, blaming customer purchase delays and a lack of large sales.
The Small Business Administration still plans to simplify its small-business size standards despite its recent decision to reassess changes it proposed in March, according to <b>Gary Jackson</b>, assistant administrator for size standards. Thousands of public comments raised significant concerns about the planned changes and led SBA to pull back.
<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color>Six companies get blanket purchase agreements worth up to $500 million to help federal agencies develop share-in-savings contracts.
