The White House will be issuing executive orders in the coming weeks that should bring more insight into information technology's role in the emerging policy of homeland security, according to a high-ranking agency official.
The federal Chief Information Officers Council and the National Association of State CIOs are sponsoring a project to develop a proof of concept for a small business registration portal.
Concerned with a lack of competition on governmentwide contracts, the Senate has added amendments to the Defense authorization bill that would restrict the Defense Department's use of contracts let by other agencies. The amendments are a sign there is growing concern in Congress that procurement reforms have gone too far and may need to be scaled back, said a staffer of Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.
With government spending expected to increase following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association is predicting federal spending on IT will jump 15 percent in fiscal 2002, growing to $49 billion from $42.7 billion in 2001. Federal government IT spending is expected to reach $65 billion in fiscal 2007, an average annual growth of 5.6 percent.
Secretary of the Army Thomas White will be the Defense Department's representative on the new Homeland Security Council. White was named to the post Oct. 3 by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, named director of the new Office of Homeland Security, is recognized as an advocate of information technology and the important role it plays in government.
Amid the death and destruction of the terrorist attacks Sept. 11 in New York and Washington, the United States received a brutal wake-up call about the vulnerability of the nation's critical infrastructures ? both physical and electronic.
Amid the death and destruction of the terrorist attacks Sept. 11 in New York and Washington, the United States received a brutal wake-up call about the vulnerability of the nation's critical infrastructures ? both physical and electronic.
The government Web site, Firstgov.gov, has launched a Web page that compiles links and telephone numbers to a variety of resources related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
A controversial $2 billion outsourcing contract being let by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency has been postponed in the aftermath of the terrrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.
Companies making this year's <i>Washington Technology</i> Top 25 8(a) companies are raking in annual revenue in the tens of millions of dollars, but the competition for government information technology contracts is becoming increasingly fierce
The bilingual Canadian military has faced a unique challenge for most of its history: How do you make sure training manuals, documents and other written material say the same thing in French as they do in English?
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. plans to buy Lockheed Martin IMS, the state and local unit of Lockheed Martin Corp., for $825 million in cash, ACS announced this morning. The acquisition of IMS "further solidifies our place in this very exciting, fast-growing market and allows us to accelerate the achievement of our long-term objectives," Jeff Rich, ACS' president and chief executive officer.
Spending under the General Services Administration's information technology schedule nearly doubled in the first half of fiscal 2001, according to GSA officials.
IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., has added four companies to its government e-business program. With the addition of Image-X/E-Filing.com, Infocorp Computer Solutions Ltd., Sysinct and TekInsight Inc., IBM now has 11 companies participating in the program.
