HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the formation of a national collaboration and four requests for proposals as the next steps to advance adoption of health IT.
CGI-AMS Inc. has won a $2.7 million contract from the Internal Revenue Service to assist the agency with the first phase of its Filing and Payment Compliance initiative.
San Diego County has qualified eight systems integrators to compete for the renewal of its seven-year, $875 million enterprisewide IT outsourcing project scheduled for award later this year.
The head of a new anti-fraud task force is promising to crack down hard on illegal contracting practices and procurement fraud in government contracting.
The Homeland Security Department will consolidate more than 20 portals and 150 Web sites into one enterprise portal serving the entire agency ? just as soon as commercial software catches up with its needs.
Like every other federal agency, the Food and Drug Administration has been directed to improve its enterprise architecture and break down walls that isolate agency databases.
The sales channel is not a new concept. Makers of hardware and software products have long used multiple channels -- distributors, resellers and systems integrators -- to sell their products to government. But many of them are shifting even more of their sales to channel partners as a way to drive corporate growth.
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), ranking Democrat on the House Small Business Committee, announced her support for a lawsuit filed by women business owners to force the government to meet its goal of spending 5 percent of its contracting dollars with women-owned firms.
The Defense Department is trying to use its latest round of recommended base closures and realignments to consolidate operations and support Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's transformation goals.
About 18 months ago, officials at Network Appliance Inc. didn't worry whether its products were sold to the federal government directly or through reseller partners.
President Bush's decision to place Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte in charge of the Information Sharing Environment will reduce the powers of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, one critic says.
The top two executives for the Federal Supply Service announced yesterday they are retiring, as the consolidation of the Federal Supply Service with the Federal Technology Service looms.
The General Services Administration's plan calls for combining the Federal Technology and Federal Supply services, as well as merging the IT and General Supply funds. But one congressman expressed concern about the new framework.
The House of Representatives authorized $10.6 million to speed up corporate applications under the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act.
States and counties waiting for additional guidelines from the federal government will be hard-pressed to get new voting systems deployed before next year's elections.
Treasury notified the Government Accountability Office in a letter May 20 that it intended to terminate the Treasury Communications Enterprise contract with AT&T.
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has called on technology vendors to develop products that would assist both safety and productivity.
