The Homeland Security Department is not adequately prepared to recover its IT systems following a disaster, according to DHS acting Inspector General Richard Skinner.
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission hinted that the agency might have to reorganize to better address the rapidly evolving technological landscape.
Secretary Mike Leavitt said an Rx drug adverse-event reporting system could be one of the first projects that a federal advisory group might take on as part of an initiative to build a national health information exchange.
The request for proposal for the 10-year, $65 billion Alliant contracts for governmentwide information technology services will be issued in August, according the General Services Administration's assistant commissioner for commercial acquisitions at the agency's Federal Supply Service.
The Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office has outlined new subfunctions for the health and human resources business lines, and clarified definitions for two subfunctions and three new lines of business.
Major homeland security IT contracts awarded to Northrop Grumman, Accenture and Unisys are among IT programs coming under scrutiny by Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General.
The head of a new anti-fraud task force is promising to crack down hard on illegal contracting practices and procurement fraud in government contracting.
The Homeland Security Department will consolidate more than 20 portals and 150 Web sites into one enterprise portal serving the entire agency ? just as soon as commercial software catches up with its needs.
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), ranking Democrat on the House Small Business Committee, announced her support for a lawsuit filed by women business owners to force the government to meet its goal of spending 5 percent of its contracting dollars with women-owned firms.
The Defense Department is trying to use its latest round of recommended base closures and realignments to consolidate operations and support Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's transformation goals.
President Bush's decision to place Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte in charge of the Information Sharing Environment will reduce the powers of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, one critic says.
The top two executives for the Federal Supply Service announced yesterday they are retiring, as the consolidation of the Federal Supply Service with the Federal Technology Service looms.
The General Services Administration's plan calls for combining the Federal Technology and Federal Supply services, as well as merging the IT and General Supply funds. But one congressman expressed concern about the new framework.
The House of Representatives authorized $10.6 million to speed up corporate applications under the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act.
States and counties waiting for additional guidelines from the federal government will be hard-pressed to get new voting systems deployed before next year's elections.
Treasury notified the Government Accountability Office in a letter May 20 that it intended to terminate the Treasury Communications Enterprise contract with AT&T.
