In 2007, GAO found deficiencies in CMS’ internal control over administrative services contracts to implement the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), which required CMS to start applying the FAR to its Medicare claims processing contracts, a process that MMA requires to be finished by fiscal ’11. GAO made nine recommendations [...]
Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra say that the Open Government initiative is heading in the right direction, but that much more work is left to assure an implementation that works for all agencies. The pair highlighted three points in a blog post on whitehouse.gov: “Finding #1: All on [...]
John O’Neill is the Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of Attain. We had the opportunity to discuss with O’Neill some of the top priorities for Attain and how they are planning on bringing their new company to key industry player status. We also learned how workforce development is a high priority for O’Neill at [...]
Larry Prior and Kevin Philips discussed ManTech’s recent financial figures Amy Alving of SAIC was appointed director of the board at Pall Corporation A House Committee approved a bill to restructure NIST Researchers released a report studying the psychological and social sides of the Estonian cyber attacks in 2007 Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn discussed [...]
On Monday, OFPP Administrator Dan Gordon told a group of government contracting executives and lawyers that he considers the March 31 draft policy letter on “inherently governmental” functions to be a “work in progress,” according to NextGov. The letter said that OFPP planned to adopt the definition of inherently functions found in Federal Activities Inventory Reform [...]
ExecutiveBiz recently had a chance to speak with Don Morrison, VP of Contracts at Lockheed Martin, Information Systems & Government Services. He told us about why fixed-price contracting isn’t always the best solution, and spoke about the current push for in-sourcing and why the federal government and government contracting are equally affected by the shortage [...]
CGI’s Donna Morea was named ‘Woman of the Year’ by Learning for Life and the National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America. San Fransisco’s systems administrator was found guilty of tampering with government computers. Orbital Sciences and L-3 won Navy deals. This cyber criminal got jail time and a $2.5 million fine at his [...]
