Contracting
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From “Wartime commission plans for a first hand view” by Suzanne Kubota on FederalNewsRadio.com: “When it comes to security in war zones, what is considered ‘inherently governmental?’ What can be contracted to private businesses? And…
June 23, 2010 -
More and more cases of fraud and corruption by troops and contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan are being investigated. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, brings us up to speed.
June 23, 2010 -
White House to give identity management a push
June 23, 2010 -
Cyber coordinator Schmidt says the administration will issue a draft national strategy for secure online transactions by Friday. The goal is to make identity management easy to use, secure and interoperable to conduct business with the government and the private sector. Schmidt says transactions are key to everything the White House wants to do.
June 23, 2010 -
The proper role and oversight of more than 40,000 private security contractors supporting U.S. operations were examined and debated in two days of hearings by the federal Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael Thibault, commission co-chair, explains the debate and tells us what\'s next.
June 22, 2010 -
The Department of Health and Human Services has made it possible for vendors to certify that their electronic health records hardware and software meet the definition of meaningful use for health information technology. Dr. John Loonsk, former director of interoperability and standards in the Office of the National Coordinator, explains what this means.
June 21, 2010 -
I had the pleasure of moderating a panel last week… ostensibly on green IT, but it ended up being about the larger issue of green government. The program was sponsored by the Java Team of…
June 21, 2010 -
Amtower interviews Kevin Plexico, Senior VP for Research and Analysis Services at INPUT. June 21, 2010
June 18, 2010 -
The FBI\'s new cyber-intelligence still needs a home.
June 18, 2010 -
Telework\'s beginning as an emergency response has a happy ending.
June 17, 2010 -
GovExec reports that the \"justification and approval\" documents must be made available on an as-yet-undetermined governmentwide website.
June 17, 2010 -
GSA\'s Chief Greening Officer will be responsible for \'aggressively pursuing innovative sustainable practices within GSA\'s large portfolio of government-owned and leased buildings.\' Eleni Reed, CGO, explains.
June 17, 2010 -
Antennas intended for US e-Passports were being manufactured in Thailand. Were. GPO\'s Steve LeBlanc explains.
June 17, 2010 -
Administration will list agencies\' progress in meeting their high-priority goals detailed in the 2011 budget request. OMB wants quarterly updates to ensure agencies are on track to meet their plans of actions and milestones. Meanwhile, the House passes a bill to mandate a new type of performance management.
June 17, 2010 -
The General Services Administration and Homeland Security Department have approved the first government-wide provider of cybersecurity services under the Networx telecommunications contract. AT&T has received authority to operate its Managed Trusted IP Services (or MTIPS) program, a move that took almost a year to approve. Qwest, Sprint and Verizon also received awards to be MTIPS providers, but have not received the authority to operate on a governmentwide basis.
June 15, 2010