Department of Homeland Security IT projects escaped the budget freezes affecting most federal agencies, which had their budgets capped at 2010 levels in a long-term continuing resolution passed by the House of
Following Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra’s announcement of sweeping new changes to federal IT management, how will the Office of Management and Budget make these efforts stick? One thing is
For the first time, USAspending.gov will also track federal agenciesâ payment to sub-contractors in addition to those made to direct recipients or prime contractors. âYou will be able to track payments made
Bid protests — disputed federal contract awards — reached a 15-year high in 2010, according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week. Contractors filed 2,299 protests, a 16 percent increase
The Defense Departmentâs top acquisition chief says itâs time for DoD to change the way it does business â at least concerning business systems worth more than $1 million, according to a
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said the House and Senate Budget Committees would be on frontlines of the expected deficit battles and that the defense budget would not be shielded from budget cuts.
Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, detailed the Defense Departmentâs new acquisition strategies and cost-saving measures for an audience at the Center for American Progress on Nov. 16.
Federal agencies must review their service contractors by June 2011 to determine if federal workers and contractors are âeffectively balanced.â Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Daniel I. Gordon released
The first effects of the Defense Departmentâs efficiencies will likely be seen by next summer, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said Oct. 14. “There’s great work going on in the