Acquisition
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Federal Times Editor Steve Watkins, Senior Writer Sean Reilly,and NARFE Legislative Director Julie Tagen will discuss how government employees will be affected by proposed cuts to the federal budget. February 15, 2012
February 15, 2012 -
The University of Maryland has published a report, in collaboration with NIST, on how the government and industry are addressing the cyber supply chain challenge.
February 15, 2012 -
The bill does not include Senate-confirmed White House cyber coordinator position. It does include new requirements under the Clinger-Cohen Act around acquisition. The comprehensive legislation complements several of the administration\'s 2013 budget proposals.
February 14, 2012 -
Ronald Kurjanowicz, director of strategy for defense research and engineering in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, talked with Federal News Radio\'s Jared Serbu and Jason Miller about how DoD hopes the rules will help DoD do a better job of leveraging industry\'s capabilities.
February 13, 2012 -
The Veterans Affairs Department\'s process for verifying eligibility in the service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses program could become standard procedure for all agencies. VA is the only department that checks to make sure contractors are eligible.
February 10, 2012 -
Steve Charles, the co-founder and executive vice president of technology contractor ImmixGroup, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the issues contractors are facing.
February 10, 2012 -
Small businesses in 34 industries can earn more money and still be considered small by the government.
February 10, 2012 -
Fort Bliss announced the contract award after President Obama called on agencies to save $2 billion using the tool.
February 10, 2012 -
Cathy Flickinger said her biggest challenge is keeping the IT operations going while her bureau\'s building is upgraded. She has moved mission critical apps and websites to the cloud. February 9, 2012
February 09, 2012 -
The General Service\'s Administration\'s Office of Governmentwide Policy is developing a new tool to make information sharing more efficient. Kathleen Turco, OGP\'s associate administrator, said the project is about half way to completion.
February 09, 2012 -
Larry Clinton, the president of the Internet Security Alliance, testified before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on the role of the private sector in responding to cyber threats.
February 09, 2012 -
Gunnar Hellekson, the chief technolgoy strategist for Red Hat\'s U.S. public sector group, joined Industry Chatter with Francis Rose to discuss virtualization and the subscription model for agency IT.
February 09, 2012 -
The Defense Logistics Agency has completed a pilot program with industry on using botanical molecules in the supply authentication process.
February 09, 2012 -
Government agencies could win a free assessment of their website by entering the General Services Administration\'s First Fridays usability contest.
February 09, 2012 -
Under the new concept of operations, the interagency board now is letting vendors submit their cloud services for approval without first having to have a contract. The document details three major areas of how the FedRAMP process will work. The program management office will release two other major documents in the coming months to further detail the cloud security process.
February 09, 2012