IDC: Stimulus to pump billions into federal IT
The new stimulus law will pump approximately $2.5 billion into federal agencies for technology funding, according to IDC.
Omnibus bill would halt competitive sourcing
Both houses of Congress have approved a major spending bill for fiscal 2009 that includes a moratorium on new competitive sourcing projects.
Budget priorities play to services companies’ strengths
Federal information technology and professional services companies are generally reporting good financial results and raising their future guidance.
Airports to get stimulus funds
The Homeland Security Department will be distributing $1 billion in stimulus funding to airports.
VCs wait for a new dawn
With the national economy in a deep recession and the Obama administration putting billions of dollars into recovery and bailout programs, venture capital firms are simultaneously cautious about new investments and guardedly optimistic about the future.
Recovery.gov keeps its eyes on the money
The White House's Recovery.gov Web site for tracking stimulus spending is posting links to federal and state sites.
GAO finds 25 contractors got work after debarrment
More than two dozen federal contractors guilty of fraud and illegal activity still managed to win millions of dollars in contracts, according to a new GAO report.
Budget gives boost to IT, health care
The Health and Human Services Department would get money to increase techology, research and program integrity under the HHS $76.8 billion request.
GAO publishes Red Book volume
The GAO has finished updating the second edition of its main reference guide to federal appropriations and how they affect budgeting and contracting.
The stimulus at a glance: The latest on IT-related proposals
The House and Senate versions of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package contain more than $70 billion in proposed information technology spending.
The latest on the federal stimulus package
Check out updates on our chart outlining information technology spending that is part of the federal stimulus package.
Study: Fed contracts increase but average value declines
A new CSIS study that examined federal contracting between 1995 and 2007, assessed federal contracting in 2007 as a $233 billion market.
Stimulus to generate $4.5B state and local tech spending
Contractors doing business with state and local governments should expect to see $4.5 billion worth of new information technology opportunities from the proposed economic stimulus package, according to Input Inc.
Analysis: Stimulus package ripe with IT opportunities
Stimulus package favors IT opportunities in health care, energy, broadband and cybersecurity.
States stagger under the weight of budget gaps
The budget shortfall situation presents an opportunity for information technology contractors to step in and sell innovative concepts and approaches to states that will generate revenue and drive efficiencies that result in substantial savings, they said.
Group calls for digital infrastructure stimulus
A $30 billion investment in information technology in a government-led economic stimulus package would create about 949,000 U.S. jobs, according to a new study.
Obama: Technology key to stimulating economy
Technology will be an important aspect of creating jobs and transforming health care, the president said in his inaugural address.
Stan Soloway | Forging progress on key initiatives
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction issued a massive report in December, which concluded that the U.S. engagement in Iraq was marked, and to an extent doomed, from the beginning by an under-resourced and undermanned infrastructure.
House Democrats map out spending for new programs
Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee have released an itemized list of new federal programs that might receive a portion of the $825 billion proposed stimulus plan.
State and local governments scale back IT spending
State and local governments might slash as much as $30 billion from their cumulative spending on information technology services over the next five years, according to Input Inc.
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