Digital Government
DynCorp to offer feds satellite access to Net
Government customers are clamoring for bandwidth just the same as nearly every commercial organization, and DynCorp hopes its new alliance with a satellite Internet service provider will result in solutions that meet federal customers' needs. DynCorp, a Reston, Va.based information technology serv
Digital Government
Anteon expands Air Force mentor-protege program
Anteon Corp. has broadened its participation in the Defense Department's mentorprot?#233;g?#233; program by picking up two more small, disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) that will work with the Fairfax, Va.based integrator on Air Force technology contracts. Anteon will play the role of mentor for Fiore Indust
Digital Government
Feds await final guidance for listing IT functions
The Office of Management and Budget is close to releasing its final guidance for complying with a law that requires agencies to list job functions that are not inherently governmental and opens a path to more outsourcing of government work. Deidre Lee, administrator of the Office of Federal Procure
Digital Government
Senate, Customs debate funding import system
A request by the Customs Service to fund a new computer system by increasing user fees met stiff opposition in the Senate Finance Committee late last week, but members agreed that the system still must be funded. Customs wants $1.4 billion to build the Automated Commercial Environment, which would
Digital Government
Customs wants funds for import system
The Clinton administration's proposal to fund a new computer system for the Customs Service through a user fee met stiff opposition yesterday in the Senate, but members agreed that the system still must be funded.
Digital Government
Dutch firm launches bid for Wang Global
A $2 billion bid by Dutch computer services company Getronics NV for Wang Global presents an opportunity to bring together two complementary companies with similar direction, the president of Wang Government Services Inc. said last week. Getronics, which does threequarters of its business in the N
Digital Government
House bill pumps extra $71.9M into Defense IT
Included in the emergency supplemental spending bill the House passed last week for military and humanitarian efforts in the Balkans is $71.9 million for military communications and command and control facilities in Europe and the Middle East. The Navy would receive $37.8 million for improvements t
Digital Government
Wang agrees to purchase by Dutch firm
The Air Force last week awarded three contracts for highpowered, rugged portable computers to Cytec Corp,. Government Technology Services Inc. and Inacom Government Systems.
Digital Government
British firm to acquire Fore
Britain's General Electric Co. has announced plans to buy Fore Systems Inc., a company that supplies network switching equipment to several federal organizations, large corporations and Internet service providers. GEC said last week it would pay $4.5 billion in cash for Fore Systems, a price that r
Digital Government
OMB Web site shakes bureaucratic design
The Office of Management and Budget has redesigned its World Wide Web site, giving a fresh look to the home page and easier paths to important documents that affect operations governmentwide. The site's new design (www.whitehouse.gov/OMB), which went live last month, did away with a look that was n
Digital Government
GAO blasts design of HUD grant system
A 3yearold system used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to distribute billions of dollars in grants and to collect information on the use of those funds is plagued with design flaws and could be a candidate for replacement, according to a General Accounting Office report release
Digital Government
Senate considers Spotila for OIRA
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee today questioned the Clinton administration's nominee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on how much he would push agencies to comply with management and information technology reform laws.
Digital Government
GAO criticizes HUD's largest computer system
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's largest computer system has major design flaws, and the agency should consider replacing it, a General Accounting Office official told Congress today.
Digital Government
CTA looks beyond Y2K
It is no secret that there is a looming business problem for federal systems integrators, whose business grew considerably thanks to Year 2000 remediation projects. The question they face is what to do for an encore, assuming they have done a good enough job to seek repeat business. Officials at Co
Digital Government
White House defends fiscal 2000 R& D request
A Clinton administration technology adviser today urged senators to support the president's fiscal 2000 budget for research and development, which for the first time recommends more money for civilian R?#038; D than Defense.
Digital Government
CA plans Platinum purchase
Computer Associates International Inc. last week announced plans to purchase fellow management tools vendor Platinum Technology International Inc. for $3.5 billion in cash. Officials of CA, which last year tried unsuccessfully to take over Computer Sciences Corp., said they approached Platinum, whi
Digital Government
OMB issues draft electronic guidelines
The Office of Management and Budget set the stage for moving the federal government further into the Digital Age when it released this month proposed procedures for how agencies should interact with the public electronically. OMB issued the guidelines March 5 to help agencies comply with the Govern
Digital Government
OMB tags ITOP contract for special treatment
The Office of Management and Budget has singled out the Transportation Department's $10 billion Information Technology Omnibus Procurement program for the way the contract handles competition, task orders and other sometimes controversial principles of governmentwide acquisition contracts. In Janua
Digital Government
Logicon's IT services portfolio has Northrop flying high
Not long ago, Northrop Grumman Corp.'s business was so focused on building military aircraft that you almost could say if it did not have wings, the company was not interested. Now the mighty aerospace contractor, with its subsidiary Logicon Inc. at the core of its information technology services a
Digital Government
BMC to add New Dimension to product offerings
BMC Software Inc. has announced plans to buy New Dimension Software Ltd. in a $650 million cash transaction that will bring workload scheduling and security software to BMC's portfolio of enterprise management solutions, the companies announced last week. Both BMC Software and New Dimension Softwar
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