The Institute of Electrical and El0ectronics Engineers is launching an effort to develop common and interoperable standards for smart electricity grid technologies.
The Homeland Security Department has met only three of the 12 conditions set by Congress for its Secure Border Initiative spending plan, according to the GAO.
The president's request for $1.5 billion to deal with the swine flu outbreak includes money to help states respond to the disease, an HHS official said.
Starting April 27, OMB and the stimulus oversight board will ask the IT community how to best achieve transparency for reporting spending under the economic stimulus law.
The largest 100 federal contractors have paid $26 billion in penalties related to admitted and alleged misconduct since 1995, according to a watchdog group.
Mapping and surveying contractors will be hit with a 13 percent withholding of income tax from their federal contracts, a trade association official says.
The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting to discuss its new risk-based rule for using Transportation Worker Identification Credential readers at port facilities.
