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  • The company will provide engineering, security and operations and maintenance services under the Vanguard program. The 10-year contract is one piece of a larger IT consolidation effort State is in the middle of completing.

    December 23, 2010
  • In a meeting with members of Congress and industry association leaders this week, DoD officials said proposed cuts to Defense contracting will only impact a small subset of the department\'s service contracting budget. DoD officials said they are looking at contracts that support staff augmentation and other similar support service contracts.

    December 23, 2010
  • The changes under way at the Pentagon under the direction of Defense Secretary Robert Gates are in part bourne out of the fiscal reality the country is facing today. But there is an underlying element…

    December 21, 2010
  • What\'s behind the creation of Acquisition University and how far can acquisition changes be expected to drive improved government management? Host Larry Allen discusses these issues with General William Tuttle, Chairman of the Procurement Round Table. December 21, 2010

    December 21, 2010
  • After meetings between agencies, the CIO Council\'s panel is concerned that even if agencies meet OMB\'s 2012 deadline to make the switch, their Internet service providers may not. The task force is hoping to meet with GSA and Networx vendors to make sure everyone is ready for IPv6.

    December 17, 2010
  • The agency is deciding whether or not to move forward with the contract option for operations and maintenance with Lockheed Martin. GAO and OMB say the project has multiple problems, including more than a $200 million increase in the total cost for ERA and a lack of usage by agencies. After going through a TechStat sessions, NARA and OMB decided to stop enhancing the system and focus on use.

    December 17, 2010
  • The Agriculture Department would be the second major agency to announce it\'s taking critical functions to the commercial cloud.

    December 08, 2010
  • This week, host Larry Allen speaks with Carrie Coogan, vice president of consulting for FedSources, about challenges confronting those entering the federal market. December 7, 2010 (Encore Presentation)

    December 07, 2010
  • The agencies sign a MOU to work more closely on research and development on new technologies to protect the financial services sector\'s critical infrastructure. This agreement follows a pilot DHS and DoD have been working on to share threat information.

    December 07, 2010
  • Host Mark Amtower talks to Scott Lewis, CEO of PS Partnerships, about finding and making new partnerships.December 6, 2010 (Encore Presentation December 13, 2010)

    December 06, 2010
  • The agency will implement e-mail in the cloud using Google Apps for Government under an almost $7 million deal with Unisys. Many agencies are paying attention to how GSA implements this technology. GSA\'s CIO or Unisys could not confirm whether the datacenter is located in the U.S.

    December 06, 2010
  • Global Computer Enterprise submits a complaint to GAO after DHS awards the deal to CACI last month.

    December 02, 2010
  • The contract could be worth $6 million over four years. GSA said it wants Unisys to replace several different versions of IBM\'s Lotus Notes and Domino software.

    December 01, 2010
  • In one of the biggest moves in government IT in years, Teresa Carlson, who has led Microsoft Federal for the past several years, is leaving the software giant to lead Amazon.com’s burgeoning cloud computing business. Amazon officials were not available to confirm, but Carlson has told told friends that she will start on Dec. 13. [...]

    December 01, 2010