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Alice Lipowicz
Coast Guard seeks new IT directorate
To fully carry out its modernization plans — including a new command structure for IT — the Coast Guard must obtain additional authorization from Congress, GAO says.
- By Alice Lipowicz
Industry, government don't see eye to eye on Networx
Survey says the two sides have polar opposite views of the huge Networx telecommunications contracts. Which side might be guilty of wishful thinking?
- By Alice Lipowicz
DHS plans $8B spending spree by Sept. 30
The Homeland Security Department has more than half of its IT budget yet to obligate in fiscal 2012.
- By Alice Lipowicz
GSA's leader steps down over wasteful spending report
Martha Johnson, two other top GSA officials, out as IG details extravagant spending and rules violations connected to Western Regions conference.
- By Alice Lipowicz, Michael Hardy and Camille Tuutti
GSA holds March Madness contest--for federal buildings
Everyone is familiar with the 16-bracket March Madness competition format for basketball, but what about putting federal buildings into those brackets and up for a vote?
- By Alice Lipowicz
GAO upholds NikSoft's protest of ID management contract
The Justice Department did not properly evaluate pricing, past performance and organizational conflict of interest allegations in its award of a recent $844K contract, an audit concludes.
- By Alice Lipowicz
VA CIO sheds light on search for Microsoft alternatives
The Veterans Affairs Department is one of several federal agencies looking for alternatives to MS Office, says CIO Roger Baker.
- By Alice Lipowicz
VA looks for Microsoft alternatives
Microsoft Office is the government's dominant productivity suite, but the Veterans Affairs department would like to find a less expensive alternative.
- By Alice Lipowicz
Google names new top lobbyist in DC
Internet giant names former House lawmaker to head up its Washington lobbying operation.
- By Alice Lipowicz
DHS demands turnkey-ready border system
The Homeland Security Department is giving a strong warning to vendors about its needs for the next phase of border surveillance technology strategy.
- By Alice Lipowicz
Agencies stuck with tab for federal contractor pensions, taxpayer group says
The Citizens Against Government Waste taxpayer group is investigating the extent to which federal agencies are on the hook for expensive contractor pension benefits.
- By Alice Lipowicz
Finding NASA's new multi-player game on Facebook takes one giant leap
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we make NASA's new space history trivia game easy to find on Facebook?
- By Alice Lipowicz
White House aide Tom Gavin to join IT trade group
Tom Gavin, special assistant to the president, is heading to the Information Technology Industry Council.
- By Alice Lipowicz
White House schedules Tweetup during SOTU
Followers of the @WhiteHouse Twitter account are being invited to the White House to live-tweet during the State of the Union speech.
- By Alice Lipowicz
OMB's Lew to take over as White House chief of staff
OMB head to become Obama's right hand.
- By Alice Lipowicz
$27B later, Deepwater project killed
The Coast Guard officials didn't mince words in declaring the decade-old acquisition program over. What lessons do they say they learned?
- By Alice Lipowicz
Federal spending data not yet machine readable
The federal government would make a breakthrough in transparency if it structured its spending and budget data to be machine-readable, according to a Cato Institute report.
- By Alice Lipowicz
High-tech projects hit the most wasteful list
Sen. Tom Coburn's annual list of wasteful government spending does not spare new technologies.
- By Alice Lipowicz
Lucrative VA projects get 2012 funding OK
2012 omnibus budget brings millions to VA projects. Where's the money going?
- By Alice Lipowicz
Earl Devaney to resign from Recovery board
Earl Devaney, who chairs the board overseeing economic stimulus law spending, is retiring after 41 years of federal service, according to a news report.
- By Alice Lipowicz