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Agency will do market research to see how the cloud market has changed. This decision prompted Onix and Google to drop their lawsuit.
September 29, 2011 -
The $1.8 million dollar deal is the first under GSA\'s governmentwide infrastructure-as-a-service contract.
September 29, 2011 -
The two protestors said in court documents Interior has agreed to take steps to fix potential contracting issues. But the Justice Department disputed Google and Onix\'s claims saying no agreement has been reached. Interior hired Softchoice to provide Microsoft software for email and collaboration in the cloud almost a year ago.
September 27, 2011 -
George Schindler, currently president of CGI Federal, will be president of U.S. operations, effective Oct. 1, and Donna Ryan will replace Schindler as president, subject to the approval of the Defense Security Service (DSS).
September 26, 2011 -
Agency CIO Casey Coleman said the move to Google\'s gmail went smoothly and is 99 percent complete. GSA recently hired another cloud service provider to host collaboration tools. Coleman said the agency now is looking at legacy business systems. September 22, 2011
September 22, 2011 -
The United States is concerned about recent cyber attacks on defense contractors in Japan, according to Reuters. Some of the targeted contractors also build U.S.-designed missiles, warships and military aircraft.
September 21, 2011 -
The Federal Drive spoke with Sudhir Verma, a senior director at Force 3, which runs a program to train its IT workforce, along with Marlena Clark, a graduate of the program.
September 19, 2011 -
Alan Boykin, chief learning officer at the National Contract Management Association, told Federal News Radio that government and industry should keep the lines of communication open, especially as uncertainty abounds about how the failure to raise the debt ceiling would impact federal spending.
July 20, 2011 -
Despite pushback on some issues by industry, Dan Gordon listens to input from all sides as the Office of Federal Procurement Policy continues to follow its own path to reform the acquisition process. The OFPP administrator said his office is close to issuing new guidance around business cases for multiple award contracts and a final rule redefining inherently governmental jobs.
July 20, 2011 -
Even though a short era of ever-increasing military budgets has come to a close, Pentagon leaders said Monday their quest to find savings in defense spending is not aimed at reducing the profitability of contractors.
July 19, 2011 -
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says contractors must balance collaboration with security
July 18, 2011 -
The Defense Department will focus its energies on trying to make its IT systems so hard to penetrate that adversaries won\'t bother trying. The Pentagon barely mentions offensive capabilities in its new cyber strategy.
July 15, 2011 -
Blue Ridge Networks\' Jerry Edgerton talks cybersecurity trends and what measures agencies should take to protect themselves on Industry Chatter with Francis Rose.
July 14, 2011 -
The Professional Services Council details likes and dislikes of procurement language in the 2012 DoD Authorization bill.
July 14, 2011 -
Andrew McLauchlin, vice president at CGI Federal, spoke with Federal News Radio about ACT-IAC\'s four recommendations.
July 06, 2011