GSA looking for cost-effective information-sharing concepts

Got any creative ideas for how the federal government can do a better job of storing, retrieving and sharing its vast amounts of data? If so, the General Services Administration wants to hear from you.

Networx Enterprise proposals get new extension

The General Services Administration has extended to Oct. 24 the due date for contractors to submit proposals for the Enterprise part of the agency's $20 billion Networx procurement.

Buy Lines: A place for small business in strategic outsourcing

Lately, I've been thinking about what role small businesses can play in the growing initiative to implement strategic sourcing across federal agencies. Are there specific activities they can facilitate between the federal agencies and technology manufacturers?

BEA fulfills Chicago EA

Famed for its soaring architectural style, Chicago now is looking to develop a type of architecture that is more about enterprise than aesthetics.

Consolidation answers coming

The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget by the end of the December will have answers to some of the biggest questions surrounding the lines-of-business consolidation initiatives.

Survival Guide: Perspectives from the field

Kathy Dillaman faced a monumental task in February when she took on the job of clearing the Defense Department's backlog of security clearance investigations for federal employees and contractors.

Survival Guide: Perspectives from the field

Kathy Dillaman faced a monumental task in February when she took on the job of clearing the Defense Department's backlog of security clearance investigations for federal employees and contractors.

Homeland watch

The Federal Emergency Management Agency went through major changes while Meryl Justin Chertoff was chief of the disaster response branch at its Office of Legislative Affairs from 2002 to September 2003, when she joined a lobbying firm.

Homeland watch

The Federal Emergency Management Agency went through major changes while Meryl Justin Chertoff was chief of the disaster response branch at its Office of Legislative Affairs from 2002 to September 2003, when she joined a lobbying firm.

Safavian arrest takes down another OFPP head

The resignation and arrest of David Safavian has once again left the federal procurement system a body without a head.

The news in brief

The General Services Administration is forming a national-level staff to oversee its 10-year, multibillion-dollar Alliant IT services contract and shifting the program's management center to Washington.

The news in brief

The General Services Administration is forming a national-level staff to oversee its 10-year, multibillion-dollar Alliant IT services contract and shifting the program's management center to Washington.

Small business: 'We need to play on this field'

Valerie Perlowitz, along with other prospective bidders, was in the audience for the Homeland Security Department's industry day for its $45 billion Eagle IT procurement. It was then that she learned that past performance would be weighed for prime contractors only -- not for subcontracting partners or teams -- when making awards.

GAO report finds agencies' financial systems inadequate

Most federal agencies continue to lack the financial data needed to manage daily operations efficiently and effectively but still obtained clean or unqualified audits, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Lawmaker: SBA disaster management system may not be Katrina-ready

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) believes recent changes at the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance may have left it unable to process the onslaught of loan applications expected from Katrina-affected businesses.

Health IT standards-setting commission members named

Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has named the 16 members of the public-private organization that will set standards for exchanging health care data.

Defense business EA version 3.0 is on the way

The Defense Department will unveil version 3.0 of its business enterprise architecture to Congress by Sept. 30. It will include a transition plan and new process for senior Defense officials to evaluate IT systems for compliance with the overarching architecture.

GSA builds structure to support Alliant project

The General Services Administration is forming a national-level staff to oversee its 10-year, multibillion-dollar Alliant IT services contract and shifting the program's management center to Washington.

Gulf Coast region gets health monitoring system

Federal health officials and a Wisconsin medical IT company have set up a daily syndromic surveillance system for many of the hospitals and public health centers in the Gulf Coast disaster region to monitor for early warnings of disease outbreaks.