Analytic software provider Informatica Corp., Palo Alto, Calif., is providing the U.S. Geological Survey with a data integration platform to extract and integrate data on water resources analysis.
Nondisclosure agreements are almost as commonplace in the technology sector as Web addresses. However, few companies understand how to best use this legal instrument to their advantage.
The aircraft division of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, Md., wants to hire a contractor for engineering and technical services to support its test and evaluation department.
A House committee investigating allegations of improper contracting practices by the Federal Aviation Administration has concluded the agency did nothing wrong, but the committee may hold hearings on the agency's unique acquisition system.
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency this month is expected to sign a controversial 15-year, $2 billion outsourcing deal designed to help Alaskan Native companies.
Radio ads are touting trade-in deals for government legacy systems ... Busy federal contracting officers receive "survival kits" filled with snacks and supplies ... Airplanes pull advertising banners across the hazy Washington sky.
Legislation is in the works on Capitol Hill that would provide states with more flexibility in how they spend federal funds earmarked for information technology projects.
PeopleSoft Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., has licensed its PeopleSoft 8 human resources management system to the Defense Department to serve about 3.1 million military personnel worldwide.
Chances are government acquisition personnel will ask you how compliant are your products to Section 508 before placing their next Federal Supply Schedule order or conducting their next procurement competition.
A bill introduced this month by Rep. Amo Houghton, R-N.Y., would exclude the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of stock offered through incentive stock options or employee stock purchase plans from employment withholding taxes.
The Justice Department has banned contractors from using foreign nationals on projects involving the department's information technology systems unless the workers are granted waivers by the agency.
Interior Looks for Interactive Database, Support: The U.S. Air Force Academy's 34th Operations Group needs a new interactive database. The Interior Department's GovWorks site is helping with the procurement.
Canada's ambitious plan to be the world's most-connected government is expected to generate billions of dollars of work for systems integrators and other information technology contractors.
Just about every major government technology issue crosses the desk of Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va. As the chairman of the Government Reform subcommittee on technology and procurement policy, Davis this year has examined legislation and held hearings related to federal technology policy, outsourcing, government procurement, work-force development, federal telecom services and electronic government.
Compaq Computer Corp.'s subcontracting role on the recently announced $2 billion National Security Agency Project Groundbreaker ? won by Computer Sciences Corp. ? is more than just sweet success for the Houston company. It represents the federal unit's new emphasis on being the sole provider of both hardware and support services for integrators.
The Federal Aviation Administration is in the homestretch on its multibillion-dollar telecommunications infrastructure contract, and now the challenge may be how to evaluate bids from contractors with significantly different areas of expertise.
The $350 million lawsuit filed July 17 against American Management Systems Inc. by a federal agency for alleged failure to perform is the latest in a string of legal conflicts, which are casting a pall on the company's operations.
SAP Public Services Inc., a subsidiary of SAP America Inc. of Newtown Square, Pa., is providing the Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command armament research, development and engineering center with portal software that provides users with a single point of access to critical information.
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. has spawned the expected flurry of coverage, comment and spin, but little light has been shed in the popular or trade press on the significance of the decision to other businesses in the personal computer industry.
