New A-76 rules draw skepticism
A few months ago, Lou Ray wouldn't touch an A-76 competition with a 10-foot pole. Industry just didn't have a fair shot at winning, he said.
Florida to ink outsourcing deal
Florida plans to award a groundbreaking outsourcing project for information technology services to two firms later this summer, said Kim Bahrami, Florida's chief information officer.
Senate anti-outsourcing provision raises ire
A Senate amendment to an FAA reauthorization act that would prohibit conversion of FAA facilities or functions from federal to private-sector performance is under fire.
Florida to ink IT outsourcing deal in two months
Florida plans to award a groundbreaking outsourcing project for information technology services to two firms this summer.
Aviation management
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's aviation management unit needs a computerized maintenance management system. The department wants a commercial solution with little or no customization needed. The system is expected to handle inventory, purchasing and maintenance data. The project is worth about $100,000. An RFP is expected in the second or third quarter.
Medicaid information system
The Iowa Department of Human Services seeks a contractor to provide solutions for operating a Medicaid management information system that complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act. An RFP is expected in the third quarter of 2003.
Case Management
The Nevada Department of Information Technology has a requirement for the design, implementation, and support of a new case management and integrated document management solution. The state program office said it expects funding in the third quarter of 2003.
Revenue collection system
The Washington Transportation Department's state ferry system wants a revenue collection system. It must include infrastructure, hardware, software, documentation, training, implementation and maintenance to support controlled migration. The new system must be designed in an integrated fashion, facilitating sharing of corporate data between users and other applications. The RFP is expected in late June.
Florida to negotiate outsourcing with Accenture, BearingPoint
Florida intends to award a contract for technology outsourcing services to Accenture Ltd. and BearingPoint Inc.
Across the Digital Nation: Offshore outsourcing draws fire among local governments
Over the past 18 months, there has been growing sentiment among public-sector organizations to curb the use of information technology development by non-U.S. citizens or work performed overseas.
E-procurement gets new look
More than a half dozen states are poised to start online purchasing projects in the new state fiscal year that begins July 1, according to analysts and industry officials.
Cell phone service
The Alameda County, Calif., purchasing department is seeking cellular phone products and services, including wireless service and equipment maintenance. The procurement office estimates the value of the contract to be about $1 million. A request for proposals is expected in July.
Accounting for government
Find a need and fill it. That business truism has served Deltek Systems Inc. well during the past two decades as the company has made itself the dominant provider of government cost accounting software.
Infotech and the law: Federal IT schedule opens to state, local governments
Every year, federal agencies spend billions of dollars on commercially available IT products and services through the Federal Supply Schedule program. Now state and local governments have the same opportunity under a law that took effect May 7.
New rules streamline A-76
New procedures for conducting public-private competitions of federal work have shortened the time allowed for such competition, previously as long as four years, to just one year.
GSA's McDonough joins Guerra
Frank McDonough, longtime systems policy-maker with the General Services Administration, has taken a job with the consulting firm Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik and Associates of Oak Hill, Va.
Report refutes arguments against public-private competition
A new report from the IBM Endowment for the Business of Government refutes six common arguments against putting government work up for competition with the private sector.
OMB touts A-76 circular revisions
Senior administration officials today touted the new A-76 jobs guidance as bold, appropriately decisive and reflective in a careful way.
OMB to release new A-76 Circular
When the Office of Management and Budget releases the new version of Circular A-76 Thursday, agency officials and industry experts can expect a number of similarities to November's draft revision.
Karen Evans Q&A: 'Manage from a corporate perspective'
Karen Evans, a federal employee of more than 20 years, became chief information officer of the Energy Department in January 2002. In December 2002, she became vice chair of the federal Chief Information Officers Council. The council is the principal forum for agency CIOs to develop recommendations for federal information technology management policy, procedures and standards. As vice chairman, Evans has called for federal CIOs to continue developing a governance process for IT architecture and to develop standards for common transactions between government agencies.
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