Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) said this week that the Treasury Department's insistence on going forward with its own contract instead of using a General Services Administration governmentwide vehicle "makes no sense."
Federal IT spending through the General Services Administration's multiple award schedule contracts for products and services declined in 2005 for the first time in 10 years, according to a new report issued by Input Inc.
The $439.3 billion Defense budget, released to Congress yesterday along with the Quadrennial Defense Review, proposes a 7 percent increase over the fiscal 2006 budget.
The White House is seeking a 21.2 percent increase in the IT budget for the Homeland Security Department in fiscal 2007, bringing the total to $4.41 billion, according to budget documents released by the Office of Management and Budget.
Information security is so vital, according to the latest Quadrennial Defense Review, that cyberattacks from abroad could result in an unspecified "overwhelming response."
Under President Bush's fiscal 2007 budget request submitted to Congress today, agencies would receive an IT budget of $64.2 billion?a 3 percent increase over fiscal 2006.
The newly formed federal information-sharing environment is at risk of losing steam because its director, John Russack, has resigned after only six months on the job, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said at a hearing yesterday.
In his sixth State of the Union address, President Bush last night said health IT advancements will help the country reduce healthcare costs and improve patient care.
Here are a few of the buying trends that are having a big impact on the world of federal IT procurement, according to Howard Nevin, vice president for corporate development and technology at Highland Technology Services Inc.
The Homeland Security Department's flagship program for tracking travelers at ports of entry could get an early funding boost from the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Female entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a business now have a new planning tool?MY BIZ for Women, an online resource from the Small Business Administration that provides business information and assistance just for women.
Ever hear the nautical adage, "Red sky by morning, sailor take warning?" By that measure, it is morning in the procurement arena, and the red sky is deepening. It could portend a series of challenges to the procurement progress that's been made over the last decade.
The Homeland Security Department's forlorn IT security came in for another pasting this month from the department's inspector general and from Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
Contractors soon may need to change the cost and pricing data they supply on government contracts as a result of several recent proposed and interim rules that would increase certain procurement thresholds.
