The House has approved $34.2 billion for the Homeland Security Department and its programs, paving the way for fuller congressional oversight of the department.
The Armed Services Committee stuck to the recommendations of a subcommittee and approved the reduction in the Defense Department's $30 billion fiscal 2006 IT budget request.
The House of Representatives has approved a $31.9 billion budget for the Homeland Security Department in fiscal 2006, and is preparing to pass the first legislation to authorize the department since it was created in 2002.
Most homeland security IT initiatives may be near completion for federal agencies governmentwide, according to the new 2005 Federal IT Marketing Report.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is in the market for enterprise tools to sift through the hundreds of terabytes of security-related data it collects.
San Diego County has qualified eight major systems integrators to compete as prime contractors for the renewal of its enterprisewide IT outsourcing project.
The Health and Human Services Department has released presolicitation notices for the development of a nationwide health information network architecture.
The vast majority of the nation's 361 seaports will not be eligible for funding from the Port Security Grant program from the Homeland Security Department under new risk-based eligibility rules.
The Defense Department will release a request for proposals to obtain technologies that would add bandwidth to the Defense Information Systems Network.
Qwest Communications International Inc. has won a subcontract to provide enhanced networking capability to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Department.
The Homeland Security Department's $337 million network for sharing top-secret data was developed in a rush, and as a result is inadequate and does not meet the needs of its users.
Like any Web portal, the Army's gateway, called Army Knowledge Online, was intended to be a place that consolidated hundreds of applications and services, such as e-mail and people search.
When Stephen O'Keeffe introduced members of the newly formed advisory board of the Chief Information Security Officers Exchange at an April 5 press conference, the initiative seemed to have all the elements for success.
With the rapid growth in IT spending over the past four years, the competitive landscape in the federal government market has intensified. As I have done for previous Top 100 issues, here are some of my observations about the federal IT market.
Cities from around the world are knocking on Philadelphia's door, wanting to know how the City of Brotherly Love launched a wireless network for businesses and citizens.
