OMB cites lack of funding, as agency E-gov scores slip
The latest quarterly President's Management Agenda scorecard suggests the administration still has its work cut out for it as it tries to convince a skeptical Congress of the benefits of its E-government initative.
GAO preaches on software development model
The Government Accountability Office believes a structured, replicable approach to software development that emphasizes requirements planning upfront could save agencies such as the Defense Department billions of dollars in software rework costs.
Expose those prying eyes
Steps and tools that can help you uncover spyware
Services, support dominate federal IT awards
Nearly one-half of the $11 billion in federal IT contract awards in the second quarter of fiscal 2006 were made for professional services or maintenance support services, according to a new report.
UPDATED: White hats don Red Hat
U.S. Marshals' move to Linux OS saves money, adds security
GSA issues draft RFP for WITS 3 contract
The General Services Administration earlier this week released the draft request for proposals for the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 3 contract.
FEMA CIO West returns to Commerce
Federal Emergency Management Agency CIO Barry West will return to the Commerce Department and fill its top IT job.
Customs agents are seizing record amounts of pirated IT hardware
But counterfeit technology is finding its way into government agencies.
OPM awards $290 million RSM contract to Hewitt Associates
The Office of Personnel Management awarded Hewitt Associates of Lincolnshire, Ill., with its long-awaited Retirement Systems Modernization contract, a program OPM hopes will revolutionize how it computes and releases federal retirement benefits.
Data analysis to let GSA make real-property decisions
The General Services Administration will be able to make informed decisions starting next year about whether to maintain or sell federal real property as a result of standardizing the collection of certain data and acquiring the technical capability to analyze that data
Ask the GCN Lab
The GCN Lab tests hundreds of products each year. The staff has scoured more help files, user manuals and FAQs than many users will read in a lifetime. And they're happy to answer almost any technical question that's thrown their way. A recent look at their in-box provided these samples.
Tech brief: HP's dual-core Xeons
Hewlett-Packard Co. has started selling a pair of desktop workstations based on the dual-core version of Intel's Xeon processor.
GCN Insider | The Sun rises on thin clients
Walking up to a Sun Microsystems Inc. Sun Ray thin client and popping in a smart card is actually pretty cool.
Victor Powers | In RFQs, keep all vendors in play
In a GCN interview, program manager Victor Powers explains the advantages of buying from ECS III and what is being done to streamline ordering while meeting increasingly stringent strict performance requirements of OMB.
Cart blanche
The National Institute of Health's Electronic Commodities Store, run by the agency's IT Acquisition and Assessment Center, backs its hardware products with customer service that has gained a reputation for quality.
Acquisition training could go commercial
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) wants the federal government to spend more money on training procurement officials, and suggests the creation of an exchange program in which industry officials help train government employees.
Congress plans to boost port security
Port security legislation approved by the House Homeland Security Committee last month authorizes the award of $2.4 billion in grants to high-risk ports over six years. The grant money can pay for purchasing and upgrading security equipment, including IT products, to enhance terrorism preparedness.
Budget cuts could slow IRS modernization
The IRS may take longer and have to pay more over the long term to modernize its business systems because the administration dramatically reduced funding for the program in its proposed fiscal 2007 budget. The Government Accountability Office and the IRS Oversight Board told lawmakers that IRS Business Systems Modernization should receive more funding to accelerate its progress.
Rule banning brand-name specs gets teeth
A year ago, the administration warned agencies against using brand names in contract solicitations. The Office of Management and Budget recently released a memorandum that adds some muscle to the regulation. While the existing guidance has the force of law, OMB also has started a rule-making process for the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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