The Small Business Administration is looking for an off-the-shelf product that complies with federal e-procurement standards and can interface with FedBizOpps.gov.
The General Services Administration wants comments from government and industry on whether sections of the Federal Acquisition and the GSA Acquisition regulations need to be simplified.
The Homeland Security Department cannot yet guarantee that its top-secret intelligence systems are out of reach from hackers, according to a new report from the department's inspector general, Richard Skinner.
Layoffs and executive shifts at GTSI Corp. are emblematic of more than just turmoil at one of the government market's most recognizable companies. GTSI's problems are the latest in a nearly decade-long slide in the classic government reseller business.
The Health and Human Services Department is seeking industry input as it considers hiring a new systems integrator for the Grants.gov portal, one of the original E-Government programs.
The General Services Administration will post a video on the Internet Feb. 21 about its new strategy and timeline for the multibillion-dollar governmentwide Alliant Full and Open and Alliant Small Business procurements.
The Homeland Security Department has been so slow in assessing and testing basic system security and privacy controls for the U.S. Visit system that it may be jeopardizing the success of the program, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Treasury Department's standalone telecommunications vehicle was poorly conceived and disorganized from the start, resulting in missed deadlines and increased costs, according to the agency's inspector general.
Government IT reseller GTSI Corp. is laying off about 80 employees as it attempts to recover from problems with an internal system and move forward with its strategic plan to increase its solutions business.
GTSI Corp. and Silicon Graphics Inc. have signed an agreement that makes GTSI the primary reseller of the SGI's 64-bit Linux solutions to government agencies at all levels.
Small businesses working with the federal government may have a shot at winning more contracts, after the Acquisition Advisory Panel voted to adopt recommendations designed to help small companies procure government contracts.
Although civilian agencies' overall budgets will decrease under the president's budget plan, many technology related programs are scheduled for increases.
Contractors that use online employment applications or resume databases will need to submit the data in their annual EEO-1 reports and during compliance audits.
Under President Bush's fiscal 2007 budget request, submitted to Congress last week, agencies would get an IT budget of $64.2 billion, a 3 percent increase over fiscal 2006.
Many civilian agencies' overall budgets are scheduled to decrease under the president's budget plan, but close scrutiny shows that spending for IT-related programs may actually rise.
Health and Human Services Department IT would rise by 4.8 percent in fiscal 2007 under the White House's budget plan, buoyed in part by bioterrorism spending and IT infrastructure initiatives.
