Programs now on the books for federal agencies to improve their weather forecasting capabilities may prove to be among the best investments the government is making in light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
Amid the death and destruction of the terrorist attacks Sept. 11 in New York and Washington, the United States received a brutal wake-up call about the vulnerability of the nation's critical infrastructures ? both physical and electronic.
Analytic software provider Informatica Corp., Palo Alto, Calif., is providing the U.S. Geological Survey with a data integration platform to extract and integrate data on water resources analysis.
Nondisclosure agreements are almost as commonplace in the technology sector as Web addresses. However, few companies understand how to best use this legal instrument to their advantage.
The aircraft division of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, Md., wants to hire a contractor for engineering and technical services to support its test and evaluation department.
A broad swath of representatives from the aviation industry ? pilots, airlines, aircraft manufacturers and others ? are asking the federal government to take immediate steps to provide financial relief and security measures in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Hensel Phelps Construction Co. has won a contract, initially worth $145 million, to rebuild portions of the Pentagon damaged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which is investigating allegations of improper contracting practices by the Federal Aviation Administration, has concluded the agency did nothing wrong but may hold hearings on the agency's unique acquisition system. In a July 27 letter to FAA Administrator Jane Garvey, committee Chairman Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, said that while the FAA is exempt from a number of procurement laws generally applicable to other agencies, the goal of competition still applies.
A House committee investigating allegations of improper contracting practices by the Federal Aviation Administration has concluded the agency did nothing wrong, but the committee may hold hearings on the agency's unique acquisition system.
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency this month is expected to sign a controversial 15-year, $2 billion outsourcing deal designed to help Alaskan Native companies.
Radio ads are touting trade-in deals for government legacy systems ... Busy federal contracting officers receive "survival kits" filled with snacks and supplies ... Airplanes pull advertising banners across the hazy Washington sky.
The pay system should be revamped for federal IT workers, according to a study commissioned by the CIO Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
SGI Federal Inc. and Linux NetworX Inc. won a $2 million contract to provide a Linux supercomputing cluster to the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Legislation is in the works on Capitol Hill that would provide states with more flexibility in how they spend federal funds earmarked for information technology projects.
PeopleSoft Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., has licensed its PeopleSoft 8 human resources management system to the Defense Department to serve about 3.1 million military personnel worldwide.
Chances are government acquisition personnel will ask you how compliant are your products to Section 508 before placing their next Federal Supply Schedule order or conducting their next procurement competition.
A bill introduced this month by Rep. Amo Houghton, R-N.Y., would exclude the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of stock offered through incentive stock options or employee stock purchase plans from employment withholding taxes.
The Justice Department has banned contractors from using foreign nationals on projects involving the department's information technology systems unless the workers are granted waivers by the agency.
