The White House is objecting to language in the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations bill that eliminates funding for the use of commercial databases in the department's Secure Flight passenger screening program at airports.
The Homeland Security Department is showing major weaknesses in ensuring information security for its computer systems, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
GSA intends to award a blanket purchase agreement to three or more vendors for delivery, operation and development of search engine services for the federal government's Web site.
Accenture Ltd. has won a contract to operate the state's eligibility and enrollment systems for Medicaid, food stamp services and other assistance programs.
Cybersecurity spending is the fastest-growing category of homeland security spending for 2005 through 2010, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report.
Fox did not give a specific date, but indicated his departure would be "in the near future." He becomes the third top official to leave GSA's Federal Supply Service in the last month.
Two companies claiming the General Services Administration unfairly evaluated their bids for the right to upgrade FedBizOpps.gov could be facing an uphill battle, according to a procurement expert.
The hulking size of the multiple-petabyte Electronic Records Archive, when it becomes operational in 2007, does not seem to faze Project Director Kenneth Thibodeau.
States on the verge of installing voter registration databases likely won't run afoul of federal law if their systems aren't ready by the January deadline.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island are nurturing an effort that might be the catalyst for widespread deployment of open-source software for state and local governments.
As the business of government, like that of the rest of the world, increasingly is done digitally, managing official records becomes more important. It isn't only the volume of information that's changing; oversight required to manage electronic records also is also increasing.
The U.S. government is a unique customer in many ways. Among the many oddities that accompany dealings with the government, the terms and conditions are, in many respects, totally non-negotiable. The Federal Acquisition Regulation and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement lay out a wide range of provisions that typically are presented as a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.
Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are co-sponsoring legislation to authorize $3.9 billion to create a national architecture enabling first-responder agencies to communicate wirelessly.
In a letter to U.S. senators, a coalition of industry associations and companies asks lawmakers to review the treaty and focus on the importance of global cooperation in fighting Internet-based crime.
