State governments usually aren't aware they are sending IT work offshore because it is done through subcontracts or foreign firms with U.S. addresses, a new study finds.
GSA won't restrict CACI International Inc. from doing business with the federal government following probe of Iraq prisoner case; California fund considers limiting investments.
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EDS Corp.'s embattled Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project is undergoing significant changes to improve its management and operation. But despite the criticism leveled at EDS by Congress and its customers on the $8.8 billion program, Navy brass remain committed to it.
Much of the buzz in the government acquisition community is about sections 803 and 815 of the Senate's version of the fiscal 2005 Defense Authorization Act. These sections would restrict the Defense Department's access to a wide range of nondefense multiple-award contracts.
The administration's competitive sourcing initiative will have a few more dings in it after this year's legislative session is done, industry and union observers said.
Lockheed Martin Corp.'s IT division is aiming for double-digit growth, and the unit's president said that business process outsourcing is a big part of that strategy.
An organization convicted of a criminal offense is sentenced according to Federal Sentencing Guidelines drafted by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and a key mitigating factor in sentencing is whether the organization has an effective compliance and ethics program.
The four companies that have received limited legal liability protection from the Homeland Security Department for an anti-terrorism product or service have an advantage that their competitors don't: assurance that they won't be sued for unlimited damages if a terrorist attack causes their technologies to fail.
The General Services Administration has proposed a rule requiring it to give show-cause notice to contractors that are being considered for suspension or debarment from federal contracting.
Nearly three years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, federal, state and local agencies are still deciding how best to collaborate and share vital information. The good news: emerging cooperative efforts such as the one engineered by this team from Science Applications International Corp., which negotiated the sharing of health data.
Federal agencies aren't adequately measuring the effects of contract bundling on small businesses, according to a General Accounting Office report published today.
