In October, the Agriculture Department issued a report on its competitive sourcing program, from which one could infer that competition at DoA is, indeed, DOA.
Systems integrators and their government customers are finding that fulfilling Section 508 requirements isn't as troublesome ? or as costly ? as they once feared. In fact, executives say it's becoming a routine part of doing business.
Two years ago, few agencies required contractors to describe in their bids how people with disabilities would access the technology in the bid. But accessibility features now are part of the federal landscape with the enactment of regulations broadly referred to as "Section 508." Washington Technology explores the new business terrain created by the expanded requirements.
State and local governments will spend heavily on e-procurement over the next five years as the approach continues to gain in popularity, according to a new study. Spending on these systems will grow to $1.1 billion by 2008.
While federal employee unions and industry associations argue about new job-competition language in the Transportation-Treasury Appropriations bill, agency officials are taking little notice.
A lack of money and coordination at the state and local levels is delaying implementation of Enhanced 911 emergency service for cellular phones, according to a new report.
Enterprisewide solutions can optimize results and leverage available funding for federal agencies. But sometimes they also create potential for organizational conflicts of interest or related appearance issues.
President Bush yesterday announced his intentions to nominate David Safavian to become the next administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
The Information Technology Association of America wants the General Services Administration to act swiftly to implement a rule enabling greater use of share-in-savings contracting.
Education Department secretary Roderick Paige wants to convene a meeting for state and federal officials to discuss the best ways of dealing with government employees who obtain bogus credentials from diploma mills.
The federal government should move quickly to set interoperability standards so that emergency communications and public safety agencies can coordinate effective responses to terrorist attacks and disasters, according to research released this week.
As recent headlines have shown, building a foolproof electronic voting system is difficult. A successful system must protect the voter's privacy while ensuring strict accountability of each vote cast.
