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Homeland Security 10 years, 1 month ago
GAO upholds TASC protests
The Government Accountability Office upheld March 9 two protests against the Homeland Security Department’s award of a $450 million contract to CACI to implement a controversial enterprise resource planning system.
DHS announced it had awarded Arlington, Va.-based CACI the contract to implement the ERP–known as…[Read more] -
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Department of Veterans’ Affairs 10 years, 1 month ago
VA dismisses SAM contractors, suspends project
The Veterans Affairs Department is suspending immediately development of a strategic asset management information technology effort and dismissing the contractors, said VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker.
In a Feb. 28 interview with FierceGovernmentIT, Baker said that the SAM program, the only…[Read more] -
David Perera started the topic Will this result in the AF actually contracting for more technical rights in data? in the forum Defense Acquisition University 10 years, 2 months ago
Air Force wants competition strategies for major acquisitions
Air Force program offices must develop a stand-alone competition strategy for all major acquisition category efforts, Air Force Acquisition Executive David Van Buren announced in a Jan. 14 memo (.pdf).
Among the matters the strategy should address are barriers to competition, and what…[Read more] -
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Government Transparency 10 years, 3 months ago
Obama orders agencies to make regulatory process more open and transparent
An Obama administration memorandum issued Jan. 18 requires agencies to make their regulatory process more transparent.
Among the new guiding principles for drafting regulations, is a requirement for agencies to clearly and publically outline the process.
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Government Accountants 10 years, 3 months ago
Q&A: Rep. Platts on his new financial management oversight subcommittee
Among the new House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee chairs announced Jan. 18 by its chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is Rep. Todd Platts (R-Pa.), a familiar name for those who track congressional oversight on federal financial management and systems.…[Read more] -
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Department of Defense 10 years, 3 months ago
DoD service contracting reports inconsistent, says GAO
Data limitations mean that an apparent increase in the dollar value of Defense Department service contracts in fiscal 2009 compared to the year before could just be due to better reporting, says the Government Accountability Office.
In a report dated Jan. 14, the GAO reviews military…[Read more] -
David Perera replied to the topic Semantic search demonstration underway at DoD in the forum Government 2.0 Club 10 years, 3 months ago
Hello Ellen,
sorry for my delayed response — especially for the disapointing answer I’m about to give, which is I actually don’t know who in DoD would be able to address the HR management side of this. Wish I could be of more help! Dave
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David Perera started the topic DHS cancels SBInet in the forum Homeland Security 10 years, 3 months ago
The SBInet program is no more, the Homeland Security Department announced January 14. Instead, the department will launch a new border security technology approach, “which will utilize existing, proven technology tailored to the distinct terrain and population density of each border region,” DHS says in a fact sheet (.pdf).
“SBInet cannot meet its…[Read more] -
David Perera started the topic Semantic search demonstration underway at DoD in the forum Government 2.0 Club 10 years, 3 months ago
The Defense Department has underway a semantic technology demonstration that should by the end of this fiscal year demonstrate the enterprisewide viability of the approach, at least when it comes to personnel visibility, says a newly released plan on DoD business systems.
The fiscal 2011 Enterprise Transition Plan, an annual report on business…[Read more] -
David Perera started the topic Semantic search demonstration underway at DoD in the forum Web 3.0 – the non-empirical ‘linked-data meme’ 10 years, 3 months ago
The Defense Department has underway a semantic technology demonstration that should by the end of this fiscal year demonstrate the enterprisewide viability of the approach, at least when it comes to personnel visibility, says a newly released plan on DoD business systems.
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David Perera started the topic GSA signs sole source extension of FTS 2001 Bridge in the forum Networx Transition 10 years, 3 months ago
Federal agencies, laggardly in their transition to the General Services Administration’s Networx telecommunication vehicle now have until the summer of 2012 to get off their existing FTS 2001 Bridge contracts.
That’s because the General Services Administration approved Dec. 8 a second sole-source contract extension of FTS 2001 services with…[Read more] -
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Open Source CMS Club 10 years, 3 months ago
The House of Representatives is the latest governmental organization to choose Drupal as its web content management system.
The open source platform already famously powers the back-end of Whitehouse.gov and has made inroads in other federal agencies, too.
In a source sought notice (.pdf) posted on House.gov, the House of Representatives chief…[Read more] -
David Perera started the topic NARA: OSD ‘likely’ not properly managing email and shared files records in the forum Records Management Community of Interest 10 years, 3 months ago
The office of secretary of defense is likely not undertaking proper records disposition of emails and shared files, says a National Archives and Records Administration inspection report (.pdf) obtained by FierceGovernmentIT. The report, dated December 2010, is not classified nor otherwise restricted from public distribution.
The report examines,…[Read more] -
David Perera started the topic Collaborative federal system could provide alternatives for gov 2.0 archiving – FierceGovernmentIT in the forum Records Management Community of Interest 10 years, 4 months ago
Agencies are still struggling to identify the best model for records archiving social media. Even as the National Archives and Records Administration continues to provide guidance, some in the gov 2.0 space suggest a collaborative, federal strategy would be more effective than agency-by-agency compliance.
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David Perera started the topic IT acquisition reform at the DoD in the forum Department of Defense 10 years, 4 months ago
DoD to change how it funds, buys and manages IT – FierceGovernmentIT
Calling its current budget process “mismatched” to the fast pace of the information technology marketplace, the Defense Department says it wants major changes to the way it funds, buys and manages IT projects.
In a report from the office of the secretary of defense sent to…[Read more] -
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