The Army has radically restructured the $5.2 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program by expanding its scope to emphasize next-generation communications technologies.
A House lawmaker wants to improve the government's management of its computer systems and networks by splitting the Office of Management and Budget into two separate departments, one for management and another for budgeting.
The federal government's efforts at acquisition streamlining and reform may be providing agencies with more efficient ways to purchase needed goods and services, but the changes appear to be hurting the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program for disadvantaged businesses.
Raytheon Co. is crying foul over the Federal Aviation Administration's stated intent to award a sole-source contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. without first conducting an open competition.
Although President Bush proposed a $100 million electronic government fund, getting that money will mean clearing a high hurdle, according to Jasmeet Seehra, senior policy analyst in the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
The price tag for Raytheon Co.'s troubled STARS air traffic control system could reach $2 billion ? more than double the original contract of about $950 million.
Qwest Communications International Inc. lost its protest of a General Services Administration decision to give AT&T Corp. and Sprint Corp. extensions on their FTS2000 contracts to provide long-distance telecommunications services to federal agencies.
The dogfight between Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. for the government's air traffic control business moves to Capitol Hill, where executives from both companies are slated to testify March 14 before a House panel examining the Federal Aviation Administration's modernization efforts.
Litton Industries Inc. today announced that its TASC Inc. subsidiary won a five-year, $57 million contract with a U.S. intelligence agency to provide systems engineering and technical assistance support for Trailblazer, a major foreign signals intelligence modernization initiative.
President Bush may have proposed a $100 million electronic government fund, but don't hold your breath waiting for the money to flow to your favorite Web project. That's the message delivered by Jasmeet Seehra, senior policy analyst in the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
A battle is looming among lawmakers over whether the federal government should outsource more of its tasks and responsibilities to the private sector. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the House Government Reform subcommittee on technology and procurement policy, intends to hold hearings on the 1998 act mandating private sector outsourcing.
Senate leaders are grappling with how to balance the competing interests of free trade and national security as they shape new legislation to reform export controls on U.S. high-tech equipment and other technologies.
Many federal agencies are looking to get their telecommunications and systems integration services from the same company, a rapid and growing trend that could dramatically change the telecommunications market.
Former Sen. Connie Mack, R-Fla., joined the Washington law firm Shaw Pittman as senior policy adviser in its government practice, the firm announced Feb. 26.
Ingram Micro Inc. of Santa Ana, Calif., will provide product procurement and logistics services to Nacscorp, a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores.
A group of 19 high-tech companies have formed a new Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC) to cooperate on cybersecurity issues.
Several major federal agencies are delaying the so-called blacklisting rules that give contracting officers broad power to decide whether contractors are qualified to bid on government contracts.
