A final rule mandates that contractors must affix the devices on tags or pallets to improve "visibility of DOD assets in the supply chain, increase accuracy of shipments and receipts and reduce the number of logistic 'touch points' in order to decrease the amount of time it takes to deliver material to the warfighter."
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) insists that the Real ID Act, which outlines standards for issuing new driver's licenses, does not amount to an unfunded mandate, despite what state governments may say.
With more than 100 managers creating and running project teams, Anteon International Corp. has more people involved in finding teammates than some of its partners have employees.
Companies specializing in driver's licensing and biometrics see rich opportunities in helping states comply with the Real ID Act passed earlier this year. But new opportunities may be slow to come, as states crunch cost estimates and wait for the federal government to offer guidance on how they should comply.
From the Section 1423 panel on services acquisition to the Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Project, from the Quadrennial Defense Review to the deputy secretary of defense's "Acquisition Roadmap," there are an unusually large number of reviews of acquisition policy and practices. So many hearings -- but how much has been heard?
The Treasury Department's recent about-face on its $1 billion network communications contract has left some federal officials and industry-watchers unable to explain it -- and Treasury officials unwilling to.
One of the priorities for newly installed National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander likely will be to bring under control the huge cost overruns and long delays in the agency's Trailblazer IT modernization initiative.
Recent developments in financial software for government are closely tracking directives that emphasize lines of business, strategic plans and project portfolios.
The Justice Department has released its first Fusion Center Guidelines making recommendations about the centers' governance, connectivity standards, databases and security.
Systems integrators should gear up for a busy 2006 as the federal government makes plans for major contracts from the Defense, Homeland Security, Justice and Veteran Affairs departments as well as the General Services Administration.
A little-noticed provision in Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's reorganization plan for the agency creates a higher profile for telecommunications security, yet also raises questions about how that mission will be defined.
Several insiders say the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Management unit, in charge of developing XML applications for information-sharing among emergency managers, is moving into the department's Office of Interoperability and Compatibility in the Science & Technology Directorate.
