Aneesh Chopra offers glimpse of his priorities as federal CTO

Aneesh Chopra said he would look to support the president’s priorities through so-called innovation platforms, such as crowd sourcing.

  • By Wyatt Kash

Kundra promotes Web 2.0 tech as cost efficient

Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra says the government must tap Web 2.0 technology to capture the potential savings from available low-cost software applications and processing capabilities, and to reap a wealth of knowledge from citizens and organizations.

  • By Wyatt Kash

Senate confirms Aneesh Chopra

The Senate has confirmed Aneesh Chopra as the nation’s first federal chief technology officer.

  • By Doug Beizer

Aneesh Chopra moves a step closer to CTO position

Aneesh Chopra is one step closer to becoming the first federal chief technology officer after winning unanimous support from the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

  • By Doug Beizer

Commerce readies contract for broadband grant support

The Commerce Department released a schedule showing that it is preparing to hire a contractor in June to help manage its huge broadband grant program.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

The race for technology reform

In his first 100 days in office, President Barack Obama brought a fresh approach to new technologies and an ambitious IT reform agenda. However, a lack of specific details has frustrated the contracting community.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

EMentum helps Justice simplify case load management

EMentum will provide technical and project management support to the Justice Department under a three-year, $7.5 million contract.

  • By David Hubler

White House official stresses collaborative approach

White House official Beth Noveck says the collaborative model used for open-source software should be adopted by the federal government.

  • By Doug Beizer

Recovery board solicits IT vendor ideas online

The panel overseeing the economic stimulus law debuted a new Web site today to invite ideas from IT vendors, experts and consumers.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Kundra calls for context-driven government

Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra wants the government to make its data more available and services more accessible.

  • By Ben Bain

Cities track stimulus money on new Web sites

Several cities have established Web sites to track the $50 billion in economic stimulus spending cities will get.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Omnitec to upgrade DOD Web sites

Omnitec Solutions will provide software solutions and other support for DOD Web sites under a four-year, $37 million contract.

  • By David Hubler

California to lead states in stimulus jobs

California will get the most jobs from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a private company tracking the stimulus spending.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

IBM's Prow keeps focus on customers and delivery

Charles Prow takes on responsibility for IBM's public-sector services business.

  • By Nick Wakeman

POGO: Penalized contractors kept winning contracts

A government watchdog group says some contractors kept winning federal work despite being banned from getting that work.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

TechAmerica: State and locals must revise procurement regs

State and local governments are hurting themselves by imposing too many onerous terms on information technology contractors, according to a trade association.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Towns suggests IT committee to improve transparency of stimulus spending

Federal, state and private sector IT leaders should help track the stimulus package, House committee chairman suggests.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

IDC: Stimulus to pump billions into federal IT

The new stimulus law will pump approximately $2.5 billion into federal agencies for technology funding, according to IDC.

  • By David Hubler

Unisys starts global forum for government, IT executives

Unisys Corp. has created a global forum to bring together leaders from government and the information technology industry.

  • By David Hubler

Transcript of Kundra's FOSE address

Here is the transcript of the remarks delivered March 12 by federal CIO Vivek Kundra to attendees at the FOSE 2009 IT expo in Washington.

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