DOD has increased its reliance on contractors to maintain operations in the past decade because its personnel are away on military duty, a new report said.
OPM has reduced the time it takes to fulfill most recently initiated security clearances, Clay Johnson, OMB deputy director for management, told lawmakers May 17.
DHS is initiating a Cyber Security Research Development Center program that entails soliciting input from industry, government labs and academia on how to protect data against threats.
Two groups interested in reforming federal contracting ? both with ties to the former Clinton administration ? are at odds regarding how to clean up procurement.
Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate's Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, is asking for a clear statement on DOD's commitment to meeting the governmentwide goal, instituted in 1999.
To prepare for the upcoming hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is beefing up its emergency communications capabilities and logistics systems.
The General Services Administration has decided to implement the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 managed service office contract with EDS Corp. despite protests by two losing bidders.
Despite an $893 million outlay on information-sharing networks in the past two years, the Homeland Security and Justice departments do not have effective networks in place, a GAO report states.
Government contracting attorney Karen Manos has experienced the cycles of federal contracting firsthand, from booming defense spending in the 1980s to another upswing since the terrorist attacks of 2001.
