<FONT SIZE=2>	Information technology vendors are fuming over a Bush administration proposal to restrict the types of contracts available on the General Services Administration schedules.</FONT>
The General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service Aug. 8 officially launched its revamped request-for-quotes tool, called e-Buy. Officials said the tool will increase competition by ensuring larger numbers of vendors have access to requests for quotes published by government buyers.
PwC Consulting won't be going public after all. The company announced July 30 that instead of spinning off from its parent company, New York accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, PwC Consulting would instead be bought by information technology giant IBM Corp. of Armonk, N.Y., for $3.5 billion in cash and stock.
For the second time in two weeks, the Bush administration has asked federal agencies targeted for the Department of Homeland Security to halt IT spending with an eye toward consolidating duplicative investments as the new department is set up.
Science Applications International Corp. has entered into a strategic relationship with OnStream Media of Boca Raton, Fla., to provide customers with Web-based audio and video management services.
Tim Sheahan is president of the new Enforcement, Security and Intelligence Division, and Pat Ways is president of business development for the Federal Sector business unit.
Government officials are optimistic Congress will approve the president's request for a $45 million e-government fund in the fiscal 2003 budget this fall.
The administration's e-government strategy got a strong endorsement from the Senate last month, when the chamber approved a comprehensive e-government bill.
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Industry and government officials are responding with mixed feelings to the July 19 freeze on selected information technology infrastructure and modernization projects imposed by Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels Jr.
Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels Jr. July 19 told agencies of the proposed Department of Homeland Security to halt information technology infrastructure and modernization plans with life-cycle costs greater than $500,000, pending an expedited review by a new Homeland Security IT Investment Review Group.
Information technology vendors are fuming over a Bush administration proposal to restrict the types of contracts available on the General Services Administration schedules.
The Business Software Alliance and the Information Technology Association of America are pushing for the creation of a cybersecurity agency as part of the proposed Department of Homeland Security.
Nearly $30 million in suspected fraud, abuse and waste in the Texas Medicaid program has been uncovered since an EDS Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Detection System was installed.
Two White House working groups are slated to make recommendations this fall for helping small businesses compete more effectively for federal contracts. Angela Styles, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Management and Budget, said the two interagency working groups are expected to offer recommendations this fall for making the procurement process more open to small businesses.
