The General Services Administration has decided to reopen the solicitation for its E-Travel initiative rather than defend its actions to the General Accounting Office.
Although agencies are deploying geospatial information systems to help battle wildlife fires, more interagency communications are needed to get their full value, according to a new federal report.
Virginia's e-procurement system has passed $1 billion in sales and 155,000 orders in the two years since the eVA system launched, according to Gov. Mark Warner's office. The system is a partnership between the state and American Management Systems Inc., Fairfax, Va.
Customers give federal Web sites better performance scores than offline government functions, but slightly worse scores than the national average of a general-purpose customer satisfaction index
The McLean, Va., Hilton was the site Aug. 28 for a Federal Sources Inc. breakfast, featuring Daniel Chenok, branch chief for information policy and technology at the Office of Management and Budget.
<b>Washington Technology presents its Top 25 8(a) companies and Fast 50 rankings</b><br>In 1998, Preferred Systems Solutions Inc., President Robert Hisel Jr. sold all his commercial work to another firm and used the proceeds to focus on the government market. Colleagues questioned his wisdom. Today, he says, "They are asking me, 'How the hell do you get into this government stuff?' "
State chief information officers and industry officials need to translate their technology concepts and ideas into practical policy terms, a former Canadian prime minister tells CIOs.
Angela Styles, the federal government's top procurement official, is resigning and will return to private law practice. She has been responsible for the policies and regulations governing $240 billion a year in purchases by the federal government.
<font color="CC0000"> UPDATED </font color>Norman Lorentz will leave his post as the Office of Management and Budget's chief technology officer to join DigitalNet, a Northern Virginia IT company.
It's no secret that the homeland security market hasn't created a deluge of business for many government contractors. Spending on new initiatives has not matched expectations, and the Homeland Security Department has been slow in taking shape.But the new department, guided by former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge and barely six months old, is now gearing up for two massive procurements that could start the ball rolling on what many still regard as a lucrative market.
