The U.S. federal government will increase its spending on customer relationship management systems and services at a compound annual growth rate of 17.5 percent between 2001 and 2006, according to a market research report.
Bush administration officials called on Congress to pass trade promotion authority legislation and an economic stimulus package that would cut taxes, actions they said would help bring the economy out of recession.
Computer Sciences Corp. won a $59 million, 14-month extension with the Missile Defense Agency to continue providing scientific, engineering and technical assistance to the agency's headquarters in Arlington, Va.
Armed with $3.4 million in federal funds, the 3-month-old nonprofit Telework Consortium in Herndon, Va., will demonstrate the benefits of teleworking, or working outside the office.
Attempts to limit government outsourcing will again be a flash point for the information technology industry when Congress comes back to Washington Jan. 23.
MapInfo Corp. was picked by the New York City Police Department to provide its MapInfo MapXtreme mapping technology for its agencywide, intranet-based crime analysis system.
Peter Teets, former president and chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., was sworn in Dec. 13 as undersecretary of the Air Force.
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., introduced emergency procurement reform legislation that would simplify procurement procedures for items used in humanitarian, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism efforts. The Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility Act of 2001, H.R. 3426, is co-sponsored by Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa.
Fifty-one percent of American workers expect to receive year-end holiday rewards from their companies, according to a report by Xylo Inc., "How Year-End Holiday Rewards Impact Workplace Loyalty."
In Rudy Umbs' office at the Federal Highway Administration, nine of the 12 staff members ? national and international experts in highway traffic and safety ? could retire today if they chose.
