Federal government spending on information technology security products and services will increase in fiscal 2005 just 2 percent over fiscal 2004 spending.
The federal government plans to aggressively market cooperative purchasing to state and local governments until it receives widespread adoption, a congressman says.
The Small Business Administration has launched a new Web site, www.Business.gov, a federal government information and services repository for small-business owners. 		The site provides information on:
Two and a half years ago, Ken Buck was glad to leave his job promoting share-in-savings contracting for the General Services Administration. He was frustrated that few agencies and contractors had tried the method, despite its authorization by law in 1996.
Contractors sometimes need to add supplies or services to their Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts to respond to an agency's request for quote. But when must these additions be done: By the time quotes are submitted or by the time the blanket purchase agreement or FSS order is issued?
The Army's Surface Deployment and Distribution Command is looking for vendors to provide a standard, mobile, lightweight, rapidly deployable, self-contained command, control, communications and computers system called a flyaway communications kit.
The Air Force is looking for a tactical, remote-controlled air vehicle for security and counterterrorism efforts at its Air Mobility Command at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey.
IRS wants financial data sharing and searching systems based on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Edgar system for a no-cost, 120-day evaluation period. The systems should include SEC filings, foreign government filings, press releases, analysts' reports, company organization charts, ratio analysis and charts.
For years, the market for business systems tailored to government contractors has favored large companies that could afford elaborate and pricey systems to help them pursue, win and maintain federal contracts. And choices have been limited to one or two sellers dominating the market.
States will continue to make most of their large purchases through the competitive purchasing process rather than the GSA Schedule 70, according to a new report.
Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James today disputed an assertion by Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) that neither OPM nor the Defense Security Service has begun to process fiscal 2004 security clearance applications. "The information you were provided ? is incorrect," James wrote to Davis.
Consortium of software vendors, researchers and consultants hopes to address issues such as what role ? if any ? the government should play in vulnerability reporting.
The Homeland Security Department office set up to shield information about private sector vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure has been underwhelmed since opening.
