The General Services Administration's FTS2001 telecommunications contract is facing increasingly strong attacks from Capitol Hill and industry critics who want the contract opened up to more competition.
IT industry and government representatives meeting May 3 on Capitol Hill agreed the U.S. government needs a federal chief information officer to lead electronic government efforts, but some seemed to soften on the idea that a new government office is necessary to house an e-gov czar.
DynCorp has been awarded a task order under the GSA Seat Management contract to standardize and consolidate the Federal Highway Administration's distributed computing environment.
An electronic government bill introduced this week by Sens. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., and Conrad Burns, R-Mont., would establish a $200 million annual fund for fiscal years 2002 through 2004 to be used to support interagency information technology projects.
The final rule intended to make information technology accessible to federal workers with disabilities will likely delay the government procurement process, according to the Information Technology Association of America.
It's easier to retain workers these days, according to David Langstaff, president and chief executive of Veridian Corp., a 5,000-employee information technology company in Arlington, Va.
Companies that serve the federal telecommunications market are eyeing opportunities to provide new outsourcing services to agencies, now that the transition to FTS2001 vendors is almost complete.
New York can salvage its troubled statewide automated child welfare program, but it needs a new technical approach and more money to complete the project, according to the firm hired to assess the program.
Hyperwave Information Management Inc., a maker of knowledge management applications, and Beyond.com, an online reseller, have signed an agreement for Beyond.com to resell Hyperwave products to the federal government.
Despite legislation passed last year directing federal agencies to beef up security plans for their computer systems, they are falling short as cyberattacks continue to rise, representatives from the General Accounting Office and other organizations told Congress.
Sooner or later, nearly every business will find itself acquiring information technology products or services. This is true whether you are a government contractor or provide purely commercial services, or both.
The Forest Service's Meaningful Measures Coordination Center is looking for technical support for system implementation and related issues. The Meaningful Measures program measures asset management and accomplishments in national forest recreation areas.
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., is trying to rally support to extend the moratorium on new Internet taxes, but acknowledges that passage likely will happen only as part of a compromise that includes broadening the states' authority to collect existing sales taxes on Internet transactions.
The Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Undersea Systems unit a five-year, $72 million deal.
President George W. Bush's fiscal year 2002 budget, released yesterday, makes the research and development tax credit permanent, a move that drew praise from industry representatives.
The Navy has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for technical and software engineering services to Science Applications International Corp. and Titan Corp. to support satellite communications systems improvements.
EGL Inc.has been awarded a $33 million contract to operate a logistics pilot program for the Military Traffic Management Command in three southeastern states.
