The State of Michigan's efforts to consolidate its IT resources into a single department has set the stage for other initiatives, such as public-private partnerships, said Michigan CIO Teresa Takai.
Jim Williams, a veteran of some of the government's toughest programs, will be leaving the Homeland Security Department to join the General Services Administration as commissioner of the new Federal Acquisition Service.
The American Council for Technology presented Navy CIO David Wennergren with the 2006 John J. Franke Award for excellence in government service last night.
Satellite service provider Inmarsat PLC is touting its Broadband Global Area Network, which offers speeds of up to 492 Kbps for data and switched-voice channels, for military and first-responder use.
Sun Microsystems Inc. will eliminate 4,000 to 5,000 jobs over the next six months, company officials said this week, as the enterprise computing business struggles to remain competitive and regain its profitability.
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has released a brief on public-private partnerships with specific suggestions for companies working on IT initiatives with states.
Ericsson Inc. is the fourth major contractor to submit a proposal this week to build the anticipated $2 billion Secure Border Initiative Network for the Homeland Security Department.
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> Computer Sciences Corp. will develop a system for sharing case-related information among agencies, partners and others under a task with the Justice Department.
L-3 Communications Corp. of New York City today named Craig P. Coy as president of its new Homeland Security Group overseeing solutions for port, border and airport security and related areas.
The greatest challenge facing an organization intent on major changes is convincing people that such change is possible and getting them to buy into it, former IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti said today at the National Association of State CIOs midyear conference.
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems will team with DRS Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, Kollsman Inc., L-3 Government Services Inc., Perot Systems Corp. and Unisys Global Public Sector.
Two of the nation's largest federal contractors announced today that they have submitted separate proposals to build the Secure Border Initiative Network for the Homeland Security Department.
The Senate has confirmed former congressman Robert Portman as the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Lurita Alexis Doan as the next administrator of the General Services Administration.
The Defense Department has issued a slew of policy pronouncements and rule changes to ensure that its employees use GSA schedule contracts in prudent, cost-effective, legally sound ways, both contractually and fiscally speaking.
Tessco Technologies Inc. won a contract with the Maryland Department of Budget and Management to provide state and local government agencies with wireless communication hardware equipment.
Logistics Applications Inc. finally won a facilities management services contract with the Energy Department, after the company's initial 2005 win of the deal was protested by the National Treasury Employees Union.
Kevin Parker is blowing the cover on his "very well-kept secret inside the Beltway." The president and CEO of Deltek Systems Inc. is taking the Washington-area software company global as one of several efforts to maintain its double-digit growth
