Industry and government have tremendous need for cleared employees, but there are significant barriers to hiring them. The backlog in the government's clearance process only exacerbates the problem.
In what is believed to be the first-ever False Claims Act settlement between a company allegedly posed as a small business and the U.S. government, Insight Public Sector Inc. has agreed to pay $1 million for misrepresenting itself as a small business.
The General Accountability Office wants information about off-the-shelf budget formulation software to help legislative branch agencies develop and present their yearly budget requests to Congress with consistent methodologies and formats.
The General Accountability Office wants information about off-the-shelf budget formulation software to help legislative branch agencies develop and present their yearly budget requests to Congress with consistent methodologies and formats.
Restoring morale and winning back customers should top the list of priorities for Lurita Doan, President Bush's nominee to be administrator of the General Services Administration, according to government and industry officials.
New forms of intelligence-gathering?including the availability of open-source information on the Internet?are becoming increasingly important for fighting terrorism and may even reduce the need for more traditional collection efforts.
Emerging from several challenging fiscal years, the nation's governors are ready to spend big money on IT projects, according to a white paper released today by market research firm Input Inc.
For businesses that want a chance to help the government shape how it formulates and executes budgets and uses geospatial information in the future, this is your chance.
The adage, "A good offense is the best defense," applies in federal contracting when the government IT channel goes up against Trade Agreements Act prohibitions.
The Homeland Security Department is not expected to adopt its first standard for interoperable, digital, wireless communications for first responders until the end of 2007, according to a report from DHS inspector general Richard Skinner.
If approved by the Senate, Denett would replace David Safavian, who resigned just before he was arrested on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making false statements under oath.
With technology rapidly outpacing policy, major improvements are needed at the state level to better protect sensitive criminal and civil justice information, according to the National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices.
IT shortcomings contributed to the federal government's failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina, according to a new report from Homeland Security Department Inspector General Richard Skinner.
Alaska Native corporations have moved aggressively to take advantage of Small Business Administration regulations that allow them to land no-bid government contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a draft report from the Government Accountability Office.
Other draft items for ITES-2H will be released over the next few days, with the final RFP package coming in about a week, according to an Army official.
North Dakota Republican Gov. John Hoeven has appointed Lisa Feldner to serve as the state's new chief information officer. Feldner starts her new position May 8.
The pace of federal IT and defense mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2006, based on deal announcements, was in line with those of 2005. However, a comparison of the first quarter of 2006 with that of 2005 reflects significant changes in the mix of transactions.
GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy, in conjunction with OMB, said they are looking for information to help the government further refine the opportunities to consolidate geospatial investments.
