Despite increased spending on security and health IT, the mounting impact of consolidation, budget pressures and the Lines of Business initiatives are dampening growth rates projected for federal IT spending over the next five years.
Democrats on the House Small Business Committee, concerned over President Bush's proposed fiscal 2007 budget, released a report detailing the effect of the proposed cuts on small-business development programs.
Achieving interoperability by making first-responder radio systems compatible is a top priority for the Homeland Security Department, said George Foresman, undersecretary for preparedness.
Predictably, the debacle over the Dubai ports deal is having some disquieting ripple effects. Proponents and detractors went nose to nose around the role that was ? or should have been ? played by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States or other government reviews, and now we're seeing the fallout from the conflict.
Organizational conflict of interest is a charge often bandied about but infrequently pinned down. Teaming partners frequently are asked to avow that they'll have no OCI if a contract is awarded, and subcontractors must warrant that their previous work for an agency won't create an OCI.
Every month, the IT group for BAE Systems North America Inc. invites about three dozen small-business partners to a Homeland Security Department trusted forum. They discuss issues and trends, and identify emerging opportunities as well as share best practices.
The General Services Administration's reorganization won some much-needed support when a key member of the Senate Appropriations Committee said he was satisfied with the agency's plan.
The recent extension of radio frequency identification testing at border crossings appears to have boosted the technology. But difficult decisions still lay ahead for the Homeland Security Department in integrating RFID applications and standards into a single document.
The General Services Administration plans to release requests for information and hold industry days for the three news lines of business?IT infrastructure, geospatial and budget formulation?in mid-April.
The federal government as a whole continues to struggle with securing its computer networks, according to the latest round of FISMA grades released by the House Government Reform Committee.
For the third year in a row, the Homeland Security Department is expected to receive an "F" grade in protecting its computers and IT networks from security breaches.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the final standard for securing agency computer systems under the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Version 3.1 addresses architecture gaps between intragovernmental transactions and within environmental safety and occupational health from the earlier 3.0 version.
The Defense Intelligence Agency feels that true interoperability must occur at the data level, instead of the system level. To this end, the agency is building a SOA with a set of common data standards that will use Web services, XML, meta-data tagging and other tools to ease collaboration.
The project manager for the FBI's upcoming Sentinel case management system needs to hire an additional 24 employees as soon as possible to handle the demands of the procurement, according to the Justice Department inspector general's office.
The nation's L-1 visa program for temporary IT workers from foreign countries is vulnerable to fraud and potential abuse, according to a new report from Homeland Security Department inspector general Richard Skinner.
The Justice Department has requested more information from General Dynamics Corp. and Anteon International Corp. for its review of the defense giant's proposed acquisition of Anteon.
Even amid the continued doubts of experts, and with only one approved technology vendor, the State Department is pressing forward with its electronic passport program.
Five vendors have been tapped by the General Services Administration to support the Office of Management and Budget's lines of business consolidation initiatives.
