California has established a new Department of Technology Services (DTS) from three existing technology offices to consolidate IT and telecommunications management in the state.
The company cites flaws in the procurement, including improper evaluations of the vendor's offers and Agriculture's failure to justify its choice of a substantially higher proposal from ReserveAmerica.
In identical letters to key lawmakers, Clay Johnson, OMB deputy director for management, asked lawmakers to limit or remove any language that hampers agencies' abilities to spend money on cross-departmental projects.
The Homeland Security Department is showing major weaknesses in ensuring information security for its computer systems, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
GSA intends to award a blanket purchase agreement to three or more vendors for delivery, operation and development of search engine services for the federal government's Web site.
Accenture Ltd. has won a contract to operate the state's eligibility and enrollment systems for Medicaid, food stamp services and other assistance programs.
Fox did not give a specific date, but indicated his departure would be "in the near future." He becomes the third top official to leave GSA's Federal Supply Service in the last month.
The hulking size of the multiple-petabyte Electronic Records Archive, when it becomes operational in 2007, does not seem to faze Project Director Kenneth Thibodeau.
States on the verge of installing voter registration databases likely won't run afoul of federal law if their systems aren't ready by the January deadline.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island are nurturing an effort that might be the catalyst for widespread deployment of open-source software for state and local governments.
As the business of government, like that of the rest of the world, increasingly is done digitally, managing official records becomes more important. It isn't only the volume of information that's changing; oversight required to manage electronic records also is also increasing.
Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are co-sponsoring legislation to authorize $3.9 billion to create a national architecture enabling first-responder agencies to communicate wirelessly.
Most agencies' enterprise architectures scored at least a three out of a five rating on OMB's maturity model, according to chief architect Richard Burk.
Several senators are co-sponsoring legislation to authorize $3.9 billion for a national architecture to enable wireless communication among first-responder agencies.
SRA International Inc. won a task order from the Justice Department to provide information technology systems and services to the Office of Justice Programs.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a $24 million contract from the New Jersey Department of Human Services for electronic benefits transfer services.
