States will continue to make most of their large purchases through the competitive purchasing process rather than the GSA Schedule 70, according to a new report.
Don't forget about the 33 percent of American adults who aren't using the Internet, or the novice users who don't know their way around a Web page, Dave Girouard, general manager of enterprise for Google Inc., warned government and industry information technology executives today in Philadelphia.
Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James today disputed an assertion by Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) that neither OPM nor the Defense Security Service has begun to process fiscal 2004 security clearance applications. "The information you were provided ? is incorrect," James wrote to Davis.
Consortium of software vendors, researchers and consultants hopes to address issues such as what role ? if any ? the government should play in vulnerability reporting.
The Homeland Security Department office set up to shield information about private sector vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure has been underwhelmed since opening.
Federal officials are hoping to bolster support among states for an anti-terrorism information-sharing network with a new approach that would let each state keep greater control over its information.
The General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service created the Center for Acquisition Excellence, which will provide free online training on several GSA purchasing programs.
The Small Business Administration has proposed revising its size standards mainly by moving to a system that determines a company's small-business status based solely on the number of employees.
Information Systems Support Inc. has been added to the Washington Technology 2004 Top 100 at No. 48, with prime IT contracting revenue of $138.7 million for the 12 months from July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.
The good news for government information technology contractors is that the annual $60 billion federal budget isn't likely to decline any time soon. The bad news is that the budget isn't likely to increase much, either, according to government and industry experts. "There aren't huge dollars available to increase the IT budget, but the IT pie is going to be divided differently," said <b>Debra Stouffer</b>, former chief information officer at the Environmental Protection Agency and now an executive at DigitalNet Holdings Inc.
The Defense Department has made extremely limited progress in modernizing its business systems and implementing an enterprise architecture, GAO reported.
Advanced Technology Systems Inc. has implemented an application that allows electronic payments and account reconciliation at the Housing and Urban Development Department.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> The three federal E-Travel vendors now have until Dec. 31 to sell the 24 largest federal agencies on their travel management systems.
