The U.S. House voted 228-199 Wednesday to pass a fiscal 2016 budget plan that includes an extra $20 billion for overseas contingency operations spending, the New York Times reported Thursday. Jonathan Weisman
MoreThe U.S. Navy plans to consolidate commercial technologies into the serviceâs networks while retaining existing federal acquisition rules in a move to accelerate the information technology acquisition process, Federal News Radio reported
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The General Services Administration has started to adopt a category management business model in an effort to change the way GSA manages federal acquisitions. Tiffany Hixson, a regional commissioner at GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service,
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Federal CIO Tony Scott has outlined his strategy to drive government information technology programs toward completion as initiatives on digital services, cybersecurity and cloud adoption are underway, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jason Miller writes
MoreTerry Halvorsen, chief information officer at the U.S. Defense Department, spoke to the press about the status of the agency’s efforts to implement a common enterprise information technology infrastructure, DoD News reported
MoreThe House Intelligence Committee was scheduled Tuesday to introduce a cybersecurity bill that would offer liability safeguards for companies that participate in government-industry threat exchange efforts, National Journal reported Tuesday. Dustin Volz
MoreThe House of Representatives is set to vote this week on two versions of a spending plan for the next fiscal year, Politico reported Tuesday. Jake Sherman writes House Speaker John Boehner
MoreA new study by IDC Government Insights forecasts IT spending among civilian agencies to exceed initial fiscal year 2015 projections by $4.5 billion by September and exceed spending of civilian agencies by 15.4 percent. IDC said Friday the
MoreTony Bardo of Hughes Network Systems has recommended that federal agencies use the General Services Administration‘s schedule program to acquire emerging information technology or telecommunication services as they wait for GSA to
MoreA law that authorizes the National Security Agency to collect bulk phone-call data in the U.S. is set to expire June 1, Reuters reported Monday. Mark Hosenball writes Ned Price, a National
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