Bailey to manage Verizon Wireless federal sales

Marc Bailey, associate director of national federal sales, has more than 20 years of experience in government account management and sales and experience in the wireless industry.

Got tech smarts? Not everyone does, Google exec reminds

Don't forget about the 33 percent of American adults who aren't using the Internet, or the novice users who don't know their way around a Web page, Dave Girouard, general manager of enterprise for Google Inc., warned government and industry information technology executives today in Philadelphia.

OPM chief defends security clearance process

Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James today disputed an assertion by Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) that neither OPM nor the Defense Security Service has begun to process fiscal 2004 security clearance applications. "The information you were provided ? is incorrect," James wrote to Davis.

Survey: Web doesn't replace personal contact

The availability of electronic services hasn't reduced the need for phone and in-person contacts with federal employees, researchers say.

Interest grows in share-in-savings contracts

"Aggressive interest" noted by GSA in the contracting method; official calls for expanded use in federal government.

Pressure kept on security clearance backlog

Congressman asks Pentagon, OPM to immediately begin processing 2004 security clearance applications and asked that Defense Security Service investigators use their Case Control Management System.

GTSI president leaves company

John Spotila, president and chief operating officer of GTSI Corp., will leave the IT reseller May 25.

Congress urges speedy security clearances

Congress this year may force the Defense Department to speed its process for granting security clearances to private contractors and government personnel who need access to classified information on the job.

Special Report on Contractors: Flat budgets ahead

The good news for government information technology contractors is that the annual $60 billion federal budget isn't likely to decline any time soon. The bad news is that the budget isn't likely to increase much, either, according to government and industry experts. "There aren't huge dollars available to increase the IT budget, but the IT pie is going to be divided differently," said <b>Debra Stouffer</b>, former chief information officer at the Environmental Protection Agency and now an executive at DigitalNet Holdings Inc.

GSA proposes new FedBizOpps

The General Services Administration issues a request for proposals for a new Federal Business Opportunities system.

Pay.gov project opens at HUD

Advanced Technology Systems Inc. has implemented an application that allows electronic payments and account reconciliation at the Housing and Urban Development Department.

GSA issues final rule on state and local governments buying from schedule

The final procurement rule that allows state and local governments to buy information technology products and services off the General Services Administration schedules went into effect today.

E-Travel vendors' poised to sell systems

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> The three federal E-Travel vendors now have until Dec. 31 to sell the 24 largest federal agencies on their travel management systems.

Avue inks $30M deal with Capitol architect

Avue Technologies Corp. will provide an online service supporting all of the architect's workforce management initiatives.

SBA extends comment time on small-biz standards

Proposed changes to the way the federal government defines small businesses draw 1,300 comments.

SI International wins defense next-gen Internet deal

SI International Inc. has won a contract to support the Defense Information Systems Agency in the transition to Internet protocol version 6.

DHS creates data visualization center

National Visual Analytics Center will research and develop tools and methods to manage, visually represent, and analyze enormous amounts of information.

Northrop Grumman gets $220M defense contract

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a Defense Department contract to continue providing on-site analytical support to the Joint Staff and Combatant Commands.

Northrop Grumman wins AF modeling, simulation work

Northrop Grumman Corp. won the $21 million follow-on Professional Control Force contract from the Air Force.

SAIC to support NATO experimentation campaign

Science Applications International Corp. won a contract to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Headquarters' Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Experimentation Campaign.