Towns suggests IT committee to improve transparency of stimulus spending

Federal, state and private sector IT leaders should help track the stimulus package, House committee chairman suggests.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

TechAmerica: Education needed on the role of contractors

Association says it needs to explain to White House the important role contractors play in government operations.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Kundra named federal CIO, vows to make more data public

Vivek Kundra says he wants to improve transparency and engage people.

  • By Mary Mosquera

Obama’s memorandum opens a new era of procurement reform

The ideas behind President Barack Obama’s memorandum on government contracting are ones that need to be addressed.

  • By Nick Wakeman

White House struggles to bring new tech on board

The White House faces bumps in the road to bring Web 2.0 technologies to the new administration.

Recovery.gov keeps its eyes on the money

The White House's Recovery.gov Web site for tracking stimulus spending is posting links to federal and state sites.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Budget gives boost to IT, health care

The Health and Human Services Department would get money to increase techology, research and program integrity under the HHS $76.8 billion request.

  • By Mary Mosquera

Treasury grapples with devising systems for TARP

The department plans to release soon requests for proposals for the modernization of two programs -- its foreign intelligence network and enterprise content management system.

  • By Mary Mosquera

Senate, House stimulus versions differ on E-Verify

The House version of the economic stimulus bill would require E-Verify employment verification for all contracts covered by the stimulus spending; the Senate bill approved yesterday does not.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

New rules for importers take effect

A last-minute Bush administration rule requiring importers to file more data on shipments went into effect Jan 25.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Tech CEOs offer Obama views on stimulus

President Barack Obama holds a meeting with high-level technology executives to discus the economic stimulus package.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Feds again push back E-Verify deadline

Federal officials have agreed to postpone enforcement of E-Verify for federal contractors to May 2009.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Small-biz advocacy group concerned about venture capital influence

A small-business advocacy group is cautioning that SBA pick Karen Mills may favor venture capitalists.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

McConnell to rejoin Booz Allen

J. Michael McConnell, outgoing director of National Intelligence in the Bush administration, will rejoin Booz Allen Hamilton as senior vice president.

  • By David Hubler

Group calls for digital infrastructure stimulus

A $30 billion investment in information technology in a government-led economic stimulus package would create about 949,000 U.S. jobs, according to a new study.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Obama: Technology key to stimulating economy

Technology will be an important aspect of creating jobs and transforming health care, the president said in his inaugural address.

  • By Mary Mosquera

Alliance: Feds need long-range IT plan

The Business Software Alliance has published its 2009 technology policy agenda.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Report calls for increased contractor scrutiny

Congress has moved in the right direction in contractor oversight, but the Obama administration and incoming Congress need to do more, the new report said.

  • By Matthew Weigelt
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