New U.S. Office of Management and Budget guidelines on government information technology cybersecurity would raise the cost of compliance to reporting and auditing rules for contractors, John Slye, an advisory research analyst at Deltek, wrote in a blog post published Friday. Slye said OMB developed the guide to help federal agencies bolster the security of […] More

Deltek‘s John Slye has urged the Office of Personnel Management to work on the consistency of its information technology budget reporting as it moves to modernize its cybersecurity measures in the aftermath of data breaches at the agency. Slye, an advisory research analyst at Deltek, wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that OPM seeks an additional […] More

Federal agencies have consistently purchased engineering and technical services, IT and telecom services and automatic data processing software the most during the fourth quarters of the past five fiscal years, reports Deltek‘s John Slye. Slye writes Tuesday that this trend is based on contract records in the Federal Procurement Data System, which show that agencies have allotted their remaining budgets […] More

John Slye, an advisory research analyst at Deltek, projects USAID and the State Department to respectively spend 38 percent and 35 percent of their IT contracting budgets in September as the fiscal year closes. Slye writes Thursday that the above two agencies lead the 25 federal organizations that are likely to spend a total of $17.3 billion on IT […] More

A new Deltek analysis shows that the U.S. Air Force’s spending on other transaction agreements for cybersecurity platforms dropped by 15 percent from $134 million in fiscal year 2021 to $113 million in FY 2022. FY 2022 spending level remains 30 percent above the service branch’s FY 2020 level, which stands at $86 million, John […] More

A new Deltek report predicts that federal spending on information security will reach $12.0 billion in fiscal 2021, up from $9.3 billion during fiscal 2016, as cybersecurity continues to be a priority for many agencies. The federal information security spend projection represents a 5.3 percent compound annual growth rate over the next five years, Deltek said Thursday. […] More

A new Deltek report says that President Barack Obama’s proposed fiscal 2016 budget reflects the administration’s efforts to increase spending on priority programs across the government. The company has estimated that overall contractor-addressable spending will grow 2 percent to $660 billion in FY 2016 if Congress approves the budget plan, Deltek said Wednesday. Federal spending […] More

A Deltek report predicts a 5.2 percent compound annual growth in the federal information security products and services market from fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2019. John Slye, a Deltek advisory research analyst, wrote in a blog post published Thursday government spending on data protection tools is driven by the complex threat landscape and increased use […] More

DLT Solutions will host an online event May 7 to discuss cybersecurity-related risks and problems that the government is facing. Representatives from companies such as BMC Software, Dell, ForeScout, Oracle, Red Hat, SolarWinds and Symantec are scheduled to attend, DLT announced Thursday. Those companies will focus on continuous monitoring and identity and access management issues in […] More