The federal government expects to hire more than 11,000 information technology experts and 8,000 government contracting experts in the next two years, according to a new survey of personnel officials at 34 federal agencies.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks a vendor to help the agency study the status of commercial equipment for gathering information about solar flares.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency does not have effective procedures to protect information contained on its laptop computers, according the Homeland Security inspector general Richard Skinner.
Research spending could lead to U.S. borders being protected by buried fiber optic tripwires, advanced power sources and high-resolution listening devices.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved reform legislation that would overhaul the Coast Guard's Deepwater acquisition program. It also advanced a Coast Guard authorization bill that provides $917 million for Deepwater in FY 2008.
The government's procurement spending continues to climb, noncompetitive contracts occur more frequently, and waste, fraud and abuse persist throughout the departments, according to a report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
The Homeland Security Department's directorate of Science and Technology suffers from weak internal management controls and high turnover in its staffing, according to a new GAO report.
InfoGuard Labs has been accepted by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to evaluate state voting systems under the commission's accreditation program.
