The General Services Administration today issued the second set of draft requests for proposals for its 10-year, $65 billion Alliant procurement program to let federal agencies buy a wide range of IT services.
Raytheon Information Solutions has won a task order from the General Services Administration to provide new hosting and professional services solutions to a handful of government Web portals.
The two offices responsible for overseeing the modernization of the country's air traffic control system still face challenges in a number of key areas, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The FBI paid at least $10.1 million in questionable contractor costs related to its controversial Trilogy IT modernization program, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
The Defense Department late last week officially extended its enterprise software agreement with Telos Corp. for two of its titles to the rest of the federal government, offering discounts between 5 percent and 40 percent off of the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service schedule.
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) said today that the federal government should spend more money on training procurement officials, and suggested an exchange program where industry officials help train government-sector employees.
JDA Software Group Inc. will retain Manugistics Group Inc.'s clients in the federal government, aerospace and defense sectors after it completes its $211 million cash purchase of the supply-chain management company.
The General Services Administration earlier this week announced they are close to an enterprisewide software deal with Telos Corp. of Ashburn, Va., for their information assurance and automated message handling system titles.
After a woeful 2005, capped by a $16 million net loss, GTSI Corp. is fiercely fighting its way back to stability and profitability with a turnaround strategy led by its new president and CEO, James Leto, who wants to make GTSI profitable by the end of 2006 and move it way from its profile as a reseller toward that of a solutions provider.
Emerging from several challenging fiscal years, the nation's governors are ready to spend big money on IT projects, according to a white paper released today by market research firm Input Inc.
The adage, "A good offense is the best defense," applies in federal contracting when the government IT channel goes up against Trade Agreements Act prohibitions.
If approved by the Senate, Denett would replace David Safavian, who resigned just before he was arrested on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making false statements under oath.
Other draft items for ITES-2H will be released over the next few days, with the final RFP package coming in about a week, according to an Army official.
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> Justice is relying on the "Mega 2" contracts for automated litigation support systems, but seeks to to shift to the "Mega 3" series of multiple award contracts for the litigation case management technology.
The General Services Administration has extended through the end of the month the deadline for comments on how the agency can define and attract medium-sized businesses to its long-awaited Alliant IT services procurement vehicle.
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.
