Congress' willingness to consider gutting a program considered essential for government employees has industry and government officials wondering if lawmakers are targeting civilian IT projects for cuts in order to fund the war on terror.
Nicked by the recent rash of laptop thefts and natural disasters that cripple business operations, the federal government has renewed its push for agencies to beef up their telework plans.
Over the years, the Army Knowledge Online portal has evolved into what military leaders envisioned it would become: a single point where warfighters and their support networks could log in and access applications and services. But it had a serious flaw.
What may appear to be harmless loitering near the entrance of a subway tunnel could escalate quickly into a terrorist attack. Video surveillance helps monitor such vulnerable public areas, but the growing numbers of cameras have put a strain on the people tasked with monitoring them.
Federal officials have incorporated a new rule on how agencies should implement an earned-value management system into the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
IBM Corp. will assist the province of Alberta, Canada, in deploying an electronic health records system under a contract worth $10 million over two years.
Computer Sciences Corp. received two contract extensions worth a total of $82 million for mainframe computer services from Australia's Federal Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and the Australian Electoral Commission.
The White House's approach to private-sector critical infrastructure protection needs to be more authoritative, according to the Century Foundation think tank for homeland security.
State and local government IT executives said that price, service and response time are their most important criteria when making IT purchasing decisions, according to a recent survey.
The Homeland Security Department's controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative would be postponed for 17 months to June 1, 2009, under an amendment adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The federal government and private sector have not developed a coordinated plan for restoring the Internet and maintaining confidence in financial markets following a major breach in functioning, according to the Business Roundtable.
When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans last summer, it shut down government and emergency communications, shuttered businesses and left thousands of city residents homeless and reliant on government assistance for everything from food and drinking water to rooftop rescues and financial support.
When any of the 12 bureaus that make up the Commerce Department need to order PCs or services such as programming, chances are their procurement officers will use the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service's IT Schedule 70.
More than two years after issuing its interim rules implementing liability protections for contractors under the Safety Act, the Homeland Security Department June 8 issued its final rule.
No one questions the value of earned value management as a project management tool for estimating how a project is faring on budget and schedule. But new mandates take EVM application to new levels, and raise questions about the mandates and the general direction of government procurement.
A year ago, an IT critical infrastructure list circulating in Washington included the headquarters of Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. Today, the list is more likely to include virtual assets such as networks that carry data to and from major power plants, government offices and Wall Street.
The rationale supporting acquisitions as a necessary component of business building in the government services market is often debated by executives, investors and owners. Evidence accumulated over the past 10 years confirms that the rewards of a targeted acquisition program outweigh the risks.
The Homeland Security Department has never used the streamlined acquisition authorities granted by Congress when the department was created 2002, according to the Government Accountability Office.
South Carolina CIO Jim Bryant spoke recently with Washington Technology about disaster preparedness, major statewide IT initiatives, and building public-private relationships.
