There’s still hope for IT modernization funding
Office of Management and Budget analysts anticipated the fund would support up to $15 billion in IT investments across government. Continue reading →
View ArticleOMB director announces new digital privacy office
"If we don't invest in privacy today, the issues will only be more challenging tomorrow," he wrote. "The new office and career official will be dedicated to strengthening the government's privacy...
View ArticleTony Scott welcomes unsolicited IT proposals from industry
Tony Scott is fed up with the overly prescriptive federal IT procurement process. Continue reading →
View ArticleOMB tries again to define a major cyber incident
It first defined a cyber incident in a 2007 memo, defining a category 1 event where a hacker gets access to systems, data or a breach of physical security controls. Continue reading →
View ArticleAccelerated Small Business Subcontractor Payments Extended
The government’s policy encouraging prompt payment to small business subcontractors has been extended to December 31, 2017. Continue reading →
View ArticleTrump tweets take IT contracting into uncertain territory
President Donald Trump’s tweets -- especially some pointed challenges of big defense contracts just before he took office -- have some federal contractors a bit skittish going into the new year,...
View ArticleWhite House prepping government reorg executive order
The White House is preparing a new executive order to require agencies to plan and suggest ways to reorganize the government. Continue reading →
View ArticleExperts say Congress, OMB must be involved to improve IT acquisition
When it comes to federal IT acquisition, the workforce is too small, the hurdles are numerous, and modernization is slow — yet there is something government knows how to do well. Continue reading →
View Article‘Data + Use = Value’ is the motto for new USASpending.gov
If there is one thing the USASpending.gov portal always had was data. Continue reading →
View ArticleGSA, OMB detail legislative fixes needed to implement e-commerce portals
The implementation plan GSA and the Office of Management and Budget delivered to Congress on March 15 called for the commercial e-commerce “portals” to be up and running by the end of fiscal 2019....
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