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Mark Forman, administrator of e-government and information technology in the Office of Management and Budget, recently spoke with Staff Writer Gail Repsher Emery about e-gov.
Using sound-bite rhetoric and deliberate misinformation, opponents of competitive sourcing are simultaneously assaulting the Office of Management and Budget's May 29 revisions to Circular A-76 and engaging in guerrilla campaign tactics to ban competition, agency by agency, through legislation.
Homeland security contracting has emerged over the past 18 months as an area of intense interest in the contracting community. Many large systems integrators have shuffled priorities and resources to go after this growing market, and hosts of smaller companies, many of them new to the government market, have set their sights on entry into this field.
	The Naval Air Systems Command has issued a broad agency announcement for research and development concepts in sensor integration and communication technologies. Proposals are sought in three areas: new operational concepts for integration of sensors with manned and unmanned aircraft and weapons; technologies that advance the state of the art in performance and suitability of theaterwide or tactical sensor networks; and systems integration and demonstration testing. More information can be found on fedbizopps.gov, solicitation no. N00421-03-R-0125. Responses are due by July 1, 2004.
	The Marine Corps Systems Command is seeking information on nondevelopmental battlefield management systems that could be integrated into an M1A1 Common Main Battle Tank and Amphibious Assault Vehicle Communications system. The Marines want to enhance the combat and situational awareness capabilities of the fleets through a common battlespace picture.
	The Air Force Air Combat Command is seeking a Web-based training and document control management system that is externally hosted, supporting access via a Langley Air Force Base portal.
During the recent technology boom, when many companies offered employees bonuses for finding new hires, Robert Lang actively recruited for his employer, Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Logicon unit in Stafford, Va. He would spend his evenings at commuter parking lots or Virginia Rail Express stations, handing out his business card and suggesting that people call him if they would prefer not to commute into Washington.
Commerce secretary asks Congress to combine his department's Technology Administration, National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the e-commerce policy functions of the International Trade Administration.
The Homeland Security Department has started advertising for a person to fill Laura Callahan's position, but an agency spokeswoman said that Callahan remains on administrative leave.
Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Tom Davis today said they have asked the General Accounting Office to investigate the use of diploma mill degrees by federal employees.
Nine agencies improved their ratings on the President's Management Agenda scorecard released today ? the greatest improvement so far in implementing the 2-year-old agenda.
A senator wants answers from the Labor Department about measures they can or might take regarding Laura Callahan's questionable academic degrees and the department's policies.
The federal personnel office wants agencies to do a better job of screening employees to ensure that they are not claiming credentials from unaccredited colleges or universities.
Cybersecurity regulation that will affect the private sector is on the way this year, a congressman said today. And the Business Software Alliance opposes mandates.
Proposed changes to federal rules for buying software could make it difficult for agencies to adopt commercial software licenses, a Boston-based law firm says.
