The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services' Bureau of Revenue Services wants to replace or re-engineer the state's automated tax system. An RFP is expected in April.
Despite investors' concerns over slower defense and IT spending, President Bush's fiscal 2006 IT budget request to Congress asks for a 7 percent increase, better than the 0.9 percent request in 2005 ? subsequently revised to 3.9 percent by the Office of Management and Budget ? and better than the increase I was expecting.
Later this month, the General Services Administration inspector general is expected to release the first of two reviews of the GSA Client Support Centers as required by the 2005 defense authorization bill. They follow the December 2004 report on the centers, done by the GSA IG, on the recommendation of GSA Administrator Stephen Perry.
A recent decision by the Government Accountability Office reflects the federal government's scrutiny and continued oversight of purchases from General Services Administration Schedule contracts.
The elimination of the House subcommittee that focuses solely on IT does not mean that federal agencies and contractors should expect oversight by lawmakers to relax.
President Bush wants to increase IT spending at the Homeland Security Department by a whopping 25 percent in fiscal 2006 to $6.0 billion from $4.8 billion.
Utah over the years developed separate and distinct IT systems to manage its social services such as Medicaid and Food Stamps. One problem with such a broad palette of systems, however, was that it forced families to separately navigate each program when applying for benefits.
After years of touting its Virtual Case File system as the pinnacle of case management software, the FBI this month told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary that the project probably has failed, and the bureau has wasted $104 million.
John Thomas Flynn, a former first chief information officer in California and Massachusetts, has thrown his hat into the ring for the special election in California's Fifth District congressional seat.
John Thomas Flynn, a former first chief information officer in California and Massachusetts, has thrown his hat into the ring for the special election in California's Fifth District congressional seat.
Unisys Corp. has hired former Missouri Chief Information Officer Gerry Wethington as vice president for homeland security and justice and public safety programs.
Unisys Corp. has hired former Missouri Chief Information Officer Gerry Wethington as vice president for homeland security and justice and public safety programs.
The General Services Administration's strategy for its $65 billion Alliant acquisition will include two contracts: Alliant, open to all bidders, and Alliant Small Business, reserved for small-business bidders.
The General Services Administration's strategy for its $65 billion Alliant acquisition will include two contracts: Alliant, open to all bidders, and Alliant Small Business, reserved for small-business bidders.
Jody Brown, chief spokeswoman for CACI International Inc., vividly recalls the phone call she received on the afternoon of April 26, 2004:"This is Seymour Hersh. I have a classified government document that implicates your employees in the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib. What do you have to say about that?"
Don't be fooled by the 7 percent increase in IT spending proposed in President Bush's fiscal 2006 budget request. Although the IT budget request of $65.1 billion boosts spending by more than 20 percent each at the departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Veterans Affairs, most agencies received only modest increases, and six had their IT budgets cut.
Comments on Networx, the General Services Administration's huge telecommunications contract, reflect industry concerns with low minimum revenue guarantees, price management mechanism and other issues.
The nation's top cybersecurity official does not have to have an office in the White House to be effective, said Jamie Gorelick, former Justice Department official and member of the 9-11 Commission.
Despite the Office of Management and Budget's emphasis on cybersecurity over the past four years, the federal government is barely secure ? and Congress is frustrated.
