The Army has radically restructured the $5.2 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program by expanding its scope to emphasize next-generation communications technologies.
A House lawmaker wants to improve the government's management of its computer systems and networks by splitting the Office of Management and Budget into two separate departments, one for management and another for budgeting.
The federal government's efforts at acquisition streamlining and reform may be providing agencies with more efficient ways to purchase needed goods and services, but the changes appear to be hurting the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program for disadvantaged businesses.
Raytheon Co. is crying foul over the Federal Aviation Administration's stated intent to award a sole-source contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. without first conducting an open competition.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council March 9 suspended until May 11 so-called blacklisting rules that required federal agencies to consider a host of new criteria in awarding government contracts.
A battle is looming among lawmakers over whether the federal government should outsource more of its tasks and responsibilities to the private sector. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the House Government Reform subcommittee on technology and procurement policy, intends to hold hearings on the 1998 act mandating private sector outsourcing.
Senate leaders are grappling with how to balance the competing interests of free trade and national security as they shape new legislation to reform export controls on U.S. high-tech equipment and other technologies.
Many federal agencies are looking to get their telecommunications and systems integration services from the same company, a rapid and growing trend that could dramatically change the telecommunications market.
Ingram Micro Inc. of Santa Ana, Calif., will provide product procurement and logistics services to Nacscorp, a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores.
A group of 19 high-tech companies have formed a new Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC) to cooperate on cybersecurity issues.
Several major federal agencies are delaying the so-called blacklisting rules that give contracting officers broad power to decide whether contractors are qualified to bid on government contracts.
Officials at startup company Virtual Compliance Inc. say that unlike many Internet-based businesses, theirs solves a real problem: how to comply with federal regulations.
Several of the country's largest telecommunications companies are quietly waging a legal battle with the General Services Administration to prevent the agency from disclosing their rates on government contracts.
The nonprofit organization that oversees the assigning of Internet domain names and addresses is coming under fire from House critics, who question the fairness of the naming process.
President George W. Bush is on track to fulfill a campaign pledge to create a federal chief information officer, but has yet to indicate how much authority the governmentwide CIO will be given.
The U.S. military is moving rapidly to purchase hardware and systems for its new multibillion-dollar training and simulation program, thanks to its fresh approach to acquisition.
President George W. Bush's new 10-year, $1.6 trillion tax plan and myriad tax cut and tax credit proposals arrived on Capitol Hill last month, bringing with it a long year of jockeying and compromise before the information technology industry sees any potential benefits.
New rules that require contracting officers to review bidders' business ethics and integrity before awarding federal contracts went into effect Jan. 19, despite a legal challenge from business groups and complaints from some lawmakers and federal agencies.
