The Consumer Project on Technology, led by Ralph Nader, wants OMB to consider purchasing an office productivity suite outright to replace its Microsoft products.
Emerson Network Power has received orders totaling $33 million for power technology to upgrade and protect the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. The orders are part of the $6.9 billion NMCI program being managed by Electronic Data Systems Corp.
As more agencies consider policies that would prevent contractors from using foreign nationals on some government projects, an industry group is complaining that companies are not being consulted on the impact of restrictions. Even Richard Clarke, cybersecurity adviser to President Bush, has said restricting the use of IT professionals who are non-U.S. citizens is an ineffective approach.
A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. has been selected by the Navy to improve tactical systems interoperability, an essential element in the communications networks of military weapon systems.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a one-year, $12.1 million contract with the Air Force Electronic Systems Center for information technology services.
Signal Corp. has won a $100 million contract to provide a wide range of information technology services to Senate offices on Capitol Hill and in 450 field offices across the country.
Now and then, long-standing legal principles are overtaken ? for good reason ? by competing principles that better match our evolving standards of justice. In contract law, for example, no one today would seriously dispute the idea that a duty of good faith and fair dealing is implicit in all contracts. Yet the concept was foreign to many contracting parties just 40 years ago.
Efforts to bolster information security are gaining momentum on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are considering a host of bills aimed at improving security in the public and private sectors.
The National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act of 2002, S. 2452, was recently approved by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. The House's bill, H.R. 4660, has been referred to the Committee on Government Reform.
As more agencies consider policies that would prevent contractors from using foreign nationals on some government projects, an industry group is complaining that companies are not being consulted on the impact of restrictions.
The Marine Corps is looking for a small, lightweight, rugged computer and is requesting product information from companies. The computer will be used as a bridge between imagery acquisition and imagery transmission. It must weigh less than 3 pounds, including the battery. Performance and component specifications are in the solicitation at <a href="http://fedbizopps.gov">fedbizopps.gov</a>, solicitation no. M67854. Contract specialist Robert Celeste can be reached at (703) 784-5822, ext. 244 or <a href="mailto:celesterm@mcsc.usmc.mil">celesterm@mcsc.usmc.mil</a>.
Signal Corp. has won a $100 million contract to provide a wide range of information technology services to Senate offices on Capitol Hill and in 450 field offices across the country. The company's president and chief executive officer, Roger Mody, resolved Signal would be prepared to win the work.
What it does: HUD, created as part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, is responsible for national policy and programs regarding housing. It addresses community housing needs and enforces fair housing laws. It provides rental and housing assistance for those in need, and underwrites mortgage insurance programs for people of lower and moderate income to help them become homeowners.
In my Aug. 13, 2001, article on the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule, I discussed the standards that the General Accounting Office and the GSA itself have established for conducting procurements based on FSS contracts, formally known as the Multiple Award Schedule.
The General Services Administration has been advised in a new study to streamline some operations run separately within the Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service. However, questions remain whether making the changes will happen, or if the study missed an opportunity to recommend more fundamental restructuring.
