In his first 100 days in office, President Barack Obama brought a fresh approach to new technologies and an ambitious IT reform agenda. However, a lack of specific details has frustrated the contracting community.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates' proposed plan to replace thousands of contractor employees with new full-time government employees raises a number of important questions.
An expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said the job of securing government networks is too big for one person to be its operational leader.
The Institute of Electrical and El0ectronics Engineers is launching an effort to develop common and interoperable standards for smart electricity grid technologies.
The Homeland Security Department has met only three of the 12 conditions set by Congress for its Secure Border Initiative spending plan, according to the GAO.
The president's request for $1.5 billion to deal with the swine flu outbreak includes money to help states respond to the disease, an HHS official said.
Starting April 27, OMB and the stimulus oversight board will ask the IT community how to best achieve transparency for reporting spending under the economic stimulus law.
Mapping and surveying contractors will be hit with a 13 percent withholding of income tax from their federal contracts, a trade association official says.
The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting to discuss its new risk-based rule for using Transportation Worker Identification Credential readers at port facilities.
