The Office of Management and Budget is requiring agencies to use one of three approved shared-service providers for public-key infrastructure and electronic-signature services.
If it has to, the Federal Aviation Administration will forgo some of its systems modernization to cover salary and training for the 12,500 air traffic controllers it expects to hire during the next 10 years.
General Dynamics won a $5.8 million contract from the National Security Agency's Central Security Service to develop a wide area network procurement system.
James Loy, deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department and administrator of TSA, joins DHS Secretary Tom Ridge in leaving the agency, creating what some fear will be a leadership vacuum.
The Small Business Association is now requiring businesses to self-certify that they are still a small business when they acquire companies with set aside contracts.
When IBM spins off its PC teams to Lenovo Group next year for about $1.75 billion, "there will be a large number of collaborative elements," IBM's PC chief says.
In the coming year, the Office of Management and Budget wants to see major improvements in systems security and the quality of the business cases agencies submit.
MIL Corp. won a multiyear contract to help the Department of Housing and Urban Development develop requirements for its integrated financial management improvement project.
The General Services Administration will re-establish a governmentwide working group to evaluate telecommunications security and draft standards. The effort is part of GSA's Multitier Security Profile Program to package security services for agencies.
The Education Department is seeking information from industry on how to exchange data between state systems that handle information about migrant students.
Fear of possible reductions in funding for Medicaid information systems is prompting states to move quickly to upgrade existing technology before Congress changes funding levels.
Before signing to use the General Services Administration's procurement services, agencies will need to answer a simple question: Why can't this buy be performance-based?
In November, Congress finished two tasks many thought it wouldn't: work on all appropriations bills, thus avoiding a long-term continuing resolution, and the confirmation of David Savafian as the new administrator for Federal Procurement Policy. Both are welcome turns of events.
