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In the past few years, a rising tide in government spending has afforded solution providers and a wealth of opportunities and initiatives on which to team or to pursue individually. […]

The Pentagon fires were still burning when Tom Buonforte and his team at General Dynamics Network Systems began sifting through the rubble, trying to figure out how they would rebuild […]

The French development agency, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has decided to provide two billion euros in coming three years for Indian smart cities mission. 'It is our priority to [...]

Government spending on information technology will grow nearly 4 percent, as agencies invest in software applications and services to enable transparency, accountability and modernize old computer systems, according to a [...]

More than half of tech workers at a recent government IT conference said they expect changes to technology directives from the new administration, and 47% predicted that their budgets would […]

Mixed Feelings Texas' regulator for state-chartered mortgage firms says he supports the idea of a nationwide originator database and a uniform license application, but he shows a trace of reluctance [...]

Private information technology companies stand to gain hefty profits through a Department of Homeland Security project. DHS announced last week that it would hold a conference on its Eagle Project, […]

Despite being the Golden Child on President George Bush's IT agenda, e-government alone doesn't provide the level of services that satisfy citizens, according to a recent global survey by Accenture. […]

Jane Dudman While stories of government IT project failures abound, the public sector should not be overlooked -- it is a changing and growing area which can provide valuable opportunities […]

Blame it on the media and politicians. State and local government saw a tiny uptick in money spent on IT outsourcing this year, reaching $11.3 billion, according to the government […]

The government is not obliged to act on the report's recommendations. But Kirkwood said the committee would return to the issues raised by the report if the government and the […]

U.S. state and local government spending on information technology products and services will recover at a compound annual growth rate of 8 percent, from $46 billion in fiscal year 2004 [...]

Government performance initiatives, including such measures as the President's Management Agenda, in recent years have focused on IT both as a means to an end and as a cost center […]

The Bush administration's dramatic boost in IT spending at the Homeland Security department may be a signal that the sprawling, two-year-old department is ready to consolidate some of its major […]

Congressional support for e-government initiatives has been shaky from the start, but a recent move sharply undercuts a handful of the projects, even as they near completion. House lawmakers this […]

The article discusses the critical and vital role that private equity firms are playing in the development of defense and government technology services (GTS) companies that they acquire. Some of the factors that have attracted private equity firms to the defense industry are highlighted.

State and local government spending on IT supporting health care is on the rise, according to Input, a government IT market consulting firm. One possible catalyst is the Bush Administration's […]

Speaking to the Industry Advisory Council, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) vowed to work to cut funding for the Treasury Department's controversial Treasury Communications Enterprise solicitation and to strengthen the Federal […]

The state of Texas is seeking proposals from outsourcers to consolidate 31 data centers that run 16 mainframes and 7, 000 servers and employ more than 500 people. The move […]

Look for wireless and mobile technologies to continue to make substantial inroads into government computing infrastructures in 2005. In a GCN e-mail survey of 378 government managers, 65 percent expected […]

On the 50th anniversary of OMB Circular A-76, the administration plans to report that the program is stronger than ever. For fiscal 2004, agencies saved about $1.35 billion on 12,000 […]

Aug. 7, 1997 The Justice Department is bolstering the nation's 5,000 independent law enforcement authorities with $400 million in federal information technology grants, creating a civil liberties headache and a […]

House and Senate appropriators differ in the amount of money they would approve for the administration's e-government fund, which has been used on some of the Office of Management and […]