Global spending on information technology will reach $3.658 trillion in 2018, according to a new report from Gartner, up 4.3 percent over this year’s projected $3.508 trillion.
Source: IT Spending to Top $3.65 Trillion in 2018 — THE Journal
If you want to understand the potential for technology to change the way government works, state IT leaders are a go-to source of information. They make decisions every day that impact citizen engagement, data management, cybersecurity and budgets.
Source: NASCIO 2017: 5 State IT Leaders Talk Top Priorities | StateTech Magazine
Next week’s Industry Day on the Health and Human Services Department is shaping up with a few more speakers.
HHS is a hot bed of IT activity these days and will continue to be an important part of the market for several reasons. And we’ll all be talking all about it on Oct. 11.
Source: WT Industry Day: HHS presence too big to ignore — Washington Technology
The SBA has proposed rules for SDVOSB and VOSB CVE Protests and CVE Appeals, which will be evaluated by the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals.
Source: SBA Proposes Rules For SDVOSB/VOSB CVE Protests & Appeals – SmallGovCon
For the past 10 years, the U.S. Army has been upgrading Camp Humphreys to be its new flagship installation in South Korea. The bulk of U.S. forces and civilians stationed in South Korea, including those stationed at the current Eighth U.S. Army Headquarters in Yongson (Seoul) will be relocated to Camp Humphreys once the upgrades are completed. This will allow U.S. Forces to consolidate its footprint from more than 100 installations throughout South Korea to less than 50. Camp Humphreys has the added benefit of being located beyond the range of most of North Korea’s 14,000 artillery pieces.
The government has a problem with closure. Closure of its contracts that is. Without closure, the government cannot be sure it received what it paid for at the right price. The Defense Department’s contracts get hung up at the Defense Contract Audit Agency, where it takes more than two years on average to close a contract. Tim DiNapoli, director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at the Government Accountability Office, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Source: Tim DiNapoli: DoD has trouble closing contracts – FederalNewsRadio.com
SeaPort-e is a Multiple Award Contract (MAC) that contractors either love or hate. For most of the 3,196 award holders, the Navy’s flagship vehicle has generated little if any revenues. For the select few, such as Booz Allen Hamilton, SAIC, CSRA, BAE, and General Dynamics, the $51 billon engineering professional services vehicle has been a reliable revenue generator. Less than 20% of prime contractors have received any awards (this is true for both the large and small business tracks).
Source: SeaPort-NxG: Major changes ahead require a revamped win strategy | Lohfeld
State CIOs gather in Texas to share ideas and create new relationships.
Agencies can still make moves to improve their December grades if they take these steps.
Source: How the FITARA Scorecard Could Impact the Future of Software Licensing – Nextgov.com
A Bill that would authorize the head of a federal agency to pay a cash award to federal employees who identify unnecessary expenses (i.e. waste, fraud, and abuse) resulting in cost savings for the agency has been introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The maximum amount of the bonus would be $20,000 and certain Government employees would not be eligible including (i) an officer serving in a position at Level I of the Executive Schedule, (ii) the head of an agency, (iii) anyone employed by the Office of the Inspector General, and (iv) a commissioner, board member, or other voting member of an independent establishment.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: The Bonus for Cost Cutters Act of 2017
