OMB’s Scott optimistic $3.1B IT modernization fund will gain traction in Congress | Nicole Ogrysko | FederalNewsRadio.com
For too long, the budget and appropriations process hampered agencies’ ability to buy, modernize legacy IT systems, OMB’s Federal CIO Tony Scott said.
CIO Scott surprised by crisp pace of FITARA implementation | Mark Rockwell | FCW
With the majority of agency FITARA implementation plans approved and posted, the federal CIO said the process of reimagining federal IT management has gone more smoothly than expected.
Source: CIO Scott surprised by crisp pace of FITARA implementation | Mark Rockwell | FCW
Vendors are moving briskly in GSA’s FASt Lane trial | Mark Rockwell | FCW
More than 40 companies have used GSA’s new fast-track process to get a spot on the agency’s massive multiple-award IT contract.
Source: Vendors are moving briskly in GSA’s FASt Lane trial | Mark Rockwell | FCW
Hurd warns against rigid IT budgeting | Sean Lyngaas | FCW
Rep. Will Hurd told FCW that the notion that “if you don’t spend it, you lose it [is] the wrong kind of incentive to have in purchasing IT goods and services.”
Source: Hurd warns against rigid IT budgeting | Sean Lyngaas | FCW
$3.1B IT modernization effort gets some legs to go with its buzz | Jason Miller | FederalNewsRadio.com
The White House sent its legislative proposal to Capitol Hill and Rep. Steny Hoyer plans on introducing legislation based on that proposal this week.
Meet the most hated man in the Pentagon | Ellen Mitchell | Politico
Executives accuse Shay Assad of pursuing a “personal vendetta.”
Source: Meet the most hated man in the Pentagon | Ellen Mitchell | Politico
White House Proposes $3 Billion Fund to Modernize Federal IT | Eric Chabrow | Gov Info Security
The Obama administration proposes to spend $3.1 billion next year to seed a fund designed to improve cybersecurity by modernizing federal IT.
Source: White House Proposes $3 Billion Fund to Modernize Federal IT | Eric Chabrow | Gov Info Security
Promys Adds Government Contract Quoting and Reporting to PSA Software | Aldrin Brown | MSP Mentor content from MSPmentor
The upgrade eliminates the need for manual tracking of individual pricing discounts for federal, state, and local government contracts.
White House offers details on $3.1B IT modernization plan | Sean Lyngaas | FCW
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) will introduce legislation supporting an Obama administration plan to appropriate $3.1 billion for a capital fund to modernize outdated federal IT systems.
SourceWhite House offers details on $3.1B IT modernization plan | Sean Lyngaas | FCW
DoD is better defining what lowest price means in contracts | Scott Maucione | FederalNewsRadio.com
The DoD is trying to be more transparent in the way it prices contracts, defining what “lowest price technically acceptable” actually means.
Source: DoD is better defining what lowest price means in contracts | Scott Maucione | FederalNewsRadio.com