One day after the information technology industry and numerous members of Congress shot down a recommendation from the Federal Trade Commission calling for creation of online privacy legislation, a group of senators introduced a new bill to do just that.
SRA, Kana Form Alliance: SRA International Inc. of Fairfax, Va., and Kana Communications Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., formed a partnership for SRA to resell Kana's electronic business solutions to federal government customers. Together, SRA and Kana will offer integrated Web solutions for managing interactions with agency customers and Web-based solutions for internal operations.
Ingram Micro Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., has promoted Bob Laclede to vice president and general manager of its government and education division. He will set strategic direction for the division and oversee new programs for federal, state and local government, as well as education resellers.
Five years from now, rankings among the Top 100 federal contractors will turn, in part, on how fully contractors embrace the evolving concept of e-acquisition. Information technology is rapidly transforming the ways in which businesses, governments and consumers interact with one another, and this transformation will reach the federal acquisition process in the near future.
The House, by a 352-75 vote, May 10 passed the Internet Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 3709) that extends an existing moratorium on new Internet taxes. But it could be some time before the Senate goes along with the idea.
Pressed by industry concerns over the dearth of qualified information technology employees to fulfill government contracts, the Senate is expected soon to take up a House-passed bill that would ease education requirements for individuals contracting with the federal government for IT services.
While the U.S. federal information technology market is showing steady growth, a large portion of that growth is devoted to maintaining existing contracts rather than new initiatives, states a new study by the market research firm Federal Sources Inc.
Air Force Base Ponders Outsourcing: Eilson Air Force Base in Alaska is conducting an A-76 analysis to determine if it should outsource much of its communications operations. A-76 is the Office of Management and Budget document that requires government agencies to determine if a non-mission function is best carried out internally or outsourced to the private sector.
A revamped government unit that coordinates sales, marketing and services efforts will help Computer Associates International Inc. boost its government business and win new customers, according to company officials.
The acquisition by Micron Electronics Inc. of the government unit of Inacom Corp. enhances the services capabilities of the Nampa, Idaho-based PC maker and positions it to pursue more contracts that demand skills in seat management, leasing and professional services.
Command Systems has signed an agreement with IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., under which IBM will provide the Farmington, Conn.-based company with hardware, software and programs.
Command Systems has signed an agreement with IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., under which IBM will provide the Farmington, Conn.-based company with hardware, software and programs.
Extending the current moratorium on electronic commerce taxation has broad support on Capitol Hill, but there is little consensus on how to move beyond a quick fix or make permanent policy any time soon.
A revamped Web page is the latest weapon Government Technology Services Inc. is using to win over customers, reduce costs and build market share as it strives to bounce back from a string of unprofitable years in the mid-1990s.
Silicon Graphics Inc. has revamped its government unit to bring a better focus and more services to its customers and systems integrator partners and hopefully take advantage of growing opportunities in the public sector market.
With each announced merger or initial public offering involving technology firms, praise is heaped upon the entrepreneurs who, in less than a decade, turned the Washington region into a world-class technology center. But what the celebrants tend to overlook is the debt this transformation owes to historically close bonds between the region's private sector and its silent partner, Uncle Sam.
