Public capital markets have been receptive to federal IT companies since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Since then, more than $4 billion of equity has been raised for federal companies via initial or follow-on public offerings.
With a burgeoning backlog of patent applications for review, the Patent and Trademark Office recently proposed hiring 1,000 new examiners each year for the next five years.
Internet Protocol version 6 will be worth the pain. Change without warrant is for naught. But in technology, change is not only better, it's inevitable.
Homeland Security Department Secretary Michael Chertoff answered one big border surveillance question last month by naming the Boeing Co. as the prime contractor for the Secure Border Initiative Network. But in answering that question, he raised a raft of new ones.
The Homeland Security Department has installed radio frequency identification device readers capable of receiving data from electronic passports at San Francisco International Airport.
The House is scheduled today to begin considering a final agreement on the fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Department spending bill, which increases the department's budget to $34.8 billion ? a $2.3 billion increase.
General Services Administration administrator Lurita Doan is working toward having all commodity IT buys facilitated through her agency, in order to achieve volume discounts in federal procurements.
Democrats on the House Small Business Committee today said Congress has failed in its efforts to help small businesses, specifically sighting its lack of action over the last two years.
The deadline for implementing the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative appears to be reinstated following last-minute activity from Congress this week.
The House voted Tuesday to extend the Small Business Administration's programs until Feb. 2, 2007, giving Congress more time to complete a review and reauthorization of the agency.
House and Senate conferees recently cleared a fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Department spending bill that would increase discretionary spending to $34.8 billion, an increase of $2.7 billion over the administration's request.
In an effort to make health care quality and prices more transparent, HHS is seeking the help of physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, employers and consumers for a new health IT initiative.