The Government Accountability Office warned this month that in some situations, managed public key infrastructure services could be more trouble than they're worth to government agencies.
When the Defense Logistics Agency awarded Accenture Ltd. a performance-based contract two years ago to modernize its supply chain management system, agency officials soon realized the "performance-based" aspect of the contract required as much work from them as it did from the contractor.
Federal officials are asking for comments on how time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts are used to buy commercial products and how the contract types could be used to buy commercial services.
States need to make fundamental changes to their budget processes if they expect to cope with the demands of federal mandates, author and consultant David Osborne told a gathering of state CIOs today.
The Air National Guard needs a tactical transportable communications training system that can provide a highly mobile, rugged, compact and easily accessible IT network. The system will support several guard staffs and directorates in the event of a national or local emergency that significantly disrupts normal operations.
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency wants technical assistance for PLN, Indonesia's national electric power utility, to develop a comprehensive IT solution. The contractor must provide a strategy and an overall evaluation of the company's requirements, including the use of commercial software and hardware. The contractor also must prepare a detailed IT implementation plan model for one generation company, one transmission company and one distribution company.
The Air Force's Electronic Systems Center is looking for information on air surveillance and control systems that use off-the-shelf operating system software and computer hardware.
State and local government spending on emerging technologies for intelligent transportation systems will jump from $1.8 billion in 2004 to $2.5 billion in 2009, according to an August report by Input Inc.
A new security specification for wireless networking incorporates the Advanced Encryption Standard, opening the door for certification under the Federal Information Processing Standard.
A federal watchdog agency has concluded that companies incorporated in overseas tax havens likely have an edge over domestic competitors in pursuing federal contracts.
Beginning Oct. 1, the General Services Administration will provide the public with free access to some federal contract information through the Federal Procurement Data SystemNext Generation.
Federal agencies beginning next month will be required to use performance-based contracting on 40 percent of eligible jobs worth more than $25,000, according to a Sept. 7 memo from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Two new amendments attached to Senate spending bills threaten to curtail the Bush administration's effort to compete government jobs with the private sector.
Report says companies incorporated in overseas tax havens are likely to hold a competitive advantage over domestic competitors in pursuing federal contracts.
When Anne Altman started looking for a full-time position at IBM Corp. some 20 years ago, she was turned down for a sales representative job because a male executive who interviewed her said she was not tenacious enough and would make a better systems engineer.
The Defense Department has issued guidance on choosing subcontractors for subsystems and components of major programs, seeking to ensure that systems integrators are not biased when deciding whether to work with a sister division or an unaffiliated company.
The IRS' Integrated Financial System staff should improve transition planning and testing so that an enterprise financial management system is deployed successfully, according to a new report by the Treasury Department inspector general for tax administration.
