Voice over IP, the technology that uses Internet Protocol to transmit telephone calls over data networks instead of over the public switched telephone network, may be ready for enterprisewide deployments.
I wrote in this column recently of the concerns that many in the private sector have about proposals being considered by the congressionally mandated Acquisition Advisory Panel. Industry has made its concerns clear and has engaged in a robust, open dialogue with the panel about them.
Despite twice extending the award dates for its $20 billion Networx procurement, the General Services Administration now wants to significantly beat its current deadlines, as it juggles several other lucrative telecommunications and IT contracts to be awarded over the next two years.
GTSI Corp. Chairman Dendy Young has given up the CEO title as the value-added reseller shakes up its structure, including the lay off of about 10 percent of its workforce.
Despite a proposed fiscal 2007 presidential IT budget that remains relatively flat ? the overall increase is only 2.8 percent over last year's enacted levels ? IT contractors likely will continue to see plenty of business opportunities.
Years ago, the Pentagon turned over huge amounts of raw data on the Vietnam War to the National Archives and Records Administration to be stored in perpetuity. But that wasn't the end of it.
Extracting and sharing data through modernization and infrastructure consolidation, and making better use of data collected through business processes, are priorities for the Homeland Security and Defense departments.
The Homeland Security Department's IT department is capturing 44 percent of all new IT spending proposed by the White House for fiscal 2007, according to a new report from Input Inc.
The Homeland Security Department must set up a new National Operations Center to integrate federal agency response and give a unified view of disasters, the White House recommends in a report issued today.
Aiming to attract vendors of all sizes to participate in its Alliant government IT services procurement , the General Services Administration is seeking industry input on whether specific aspects of the multibillion-dollar solicitation could be tailored for medium-sized businesses.
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.
