Federal government spending on telecommunications products and services will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 7 percent, according to a new market research report.
A Senate amendment to an FAA reauthorization act that would prohibit conversion of FAA facilities or functions from federal to private-sector performance is under fire.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's aviation management unit needs a computerized maintenance management system. The department wants a commercial solution with little or no customization needed. The system is expected to handle inventory, purchasing and maintenance data. The project is worth about $100,000. An RFP is expected in the second or third quarter.
The Iowa Department of Human Services seeks a contractor to provide solutions for operating a Medicaid management information system that complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act. An RFP is expected in the third quarter of 2003.
The Washington Transportation Department's state ferry system wants a revenue collection system. It must include infrastructure, hardware, software, documentation, training, implementation and maintenance to support controlled migration. The new system must be designed in an integrated fashion, facilitating sharing of corporate data between users and other applications. The RFP is expected in late June.
Two House members have asked the Office of Personnel Management to explain or create provisions the agency has to guard against federal employees embellishing their resumes with degrees from diploma mills.
Over the past 18 months, there has been growing sentiment among public-sector organizations to curb the use of information technology development by non-U.S. citizens or work performed overseas.
More than a half dozen states are poised to start online purchasing projects in the new state fiscal year that begins July 1, according to analysts and industry officials.
The Alameda County, Calif., purchasing department is seeking cellular phone products and services, including wireless service and equipment maintenance. The procurement office estimates the value of the contract to be about $1 million. A request for proposals is expected in July.
It's Lucy Caldwell's job to communicate clearly and calmly, especially in a crisis. From 1989 to 2002, she was a Virginia State Police spokeswoman, serving as a liaison with the public on a variety of incidents, ranging from automobile accidents and small plane crashes to drug busts and homicides. During a major incident, she might have fielded 100 calls a day.
Every year, federal agencies spend billions of dollars on commercially available IT products and services through the Federal Supply Schedule program. Now state and local governments have the same opportunity under a law that took effect May 7.
Deloitte Consulting has operated quietly in the federal marketplace for three years, while amassing the bulk of its government work in the state and local arena. A high-profile e-government job with the Transportation Security Administration, however, could put a spotlight on its federal business.
New procedures for conducting public-private competitions of federal work have shortened the time allowed for such competition, previously as long as four years, to just one year.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee, is pushing the Homeland Security Department to investigate allegations that a high-ranking department official received academic degrees from a diploma mill.
Open-source software should be held to the same levels of security and licensing accountability as commercial software, according to a May 28 memo from John Stenbit, Defense Department chief information officer, to defense agencies.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, has asked the Federal Communications Commission for a rule that would allow an additional 10 MHz of broadband spectrum for advanced wireless applications that first responders need.
Lou Ray, president and chief executive officer of MATCOM International Corp. in Alexandria, Va., said he's paying a lot more attention to partnering with large contractors than he used to.
When the Army last month awarded a $14.9 billion contract to Boeing Co. and Science Applications International Corp. for its Future Combat Systems program, the service stipulated that these cutting-edge systems be built using a cutting-edge methodology known as spiral development.
A new report from the IBM Endowment for the Business of Government refutes six common arguments against putting government work up for competition with the private sector.
