President Obama recently signed two appropriations bills that fund agencies throughout the entire 2012 fiscal year. This is a stark contrast from the last several months when federal agencies operated under a series of short-term continuing resolutions. Despite operating without set budgets, agencies awarded more than $45 million in contracts in the first quarter of [...]
Intel Corp. has formed a partnership to launch a veteran’s employment training program, or Intel VET, to help veterans transition to civilian careers. Intel also announced it will expand its Computer Clubhouse network to open up computer and technology training to veterans. The new program will offer services including: behavioral interview training mock interviews mentor matching one-on-one coaching [...]
Citizant has recently adopted a new Distracted Driving Policy that supports new federal acquisition regulations and guidelines as promoted by the Transportation Department on the distraction.gov Web site. The firm created this policy to support Federal Acquisition Regulation, first authorized in an executive order by President Obama in 2009 and finalized in the FAR [...]
Oracle has today announced its solution for health insurance exchanges that provides state governments with the functionality and services required to help ensure health insurance exchange success. The solution consists of multiple Oracle applications and technology solutions. As part of President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, states are required to create American [...]
Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Energy Department to increase energy efficiency through data center consolidation and information technology enhancements for the DOE complex. Last year in an announcement, President Obama spoke of an initiative that involved closing more than 800 government data centers by 2015 which would save taxpayers $3 billion. This Federal Energy [...]
President Barack Obama has announced his intent to appoint Jaime Dos Santos, current president and chief executive officer of Terremark Federal Group, to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Joining Dos Santos in the committee are Scott Charney of Microsoft, Dick Costolo of Twitter, David G. DeWalt of McAfee, Lisa Hook of Neustar and John [...]
The Obama administration’s design to cut down “wasteful” spending is lurching toward reality. In a bid to curb wasteful spending, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Ashton Carter is making good on Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ call to tighten the defense spending budget, while President Barack Obama’s budget and technology braintrust has put at least [...]
