Category: Government Technology
October 4, 2005
Small Business Report leaves questions
An article at FCW.com points out that the Small Business Administration may have overstated the percentage of federal contracts going to small businesses in a recently released report.
An Aug. 25 SBA report states that the government awarded small businesses $69.2…
October 3, 2005
What not to say in proposals — a quick list
What Not To Say In Proposals is a good resource for review prior to submitting a proposal. Since proposals are the final chapter in closing professional services and development projects, it never hurts to get advice and reminders of what might make…
September 30, 2005
Small businesses struggle to win business after Hurricane Katrina
With the need for emergency efforts and immediate response, small businesses fall short of providing their services in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, even though they want to be able to offer assistance and be part of the recovery. Why? …
Amendment could hurt small businesses
(Via VAR Business) There is currently a proposed DOD pricing amendment that will require prime contractors engaged in time and materials contracts with federal agencies to pass through subcontractor rates for firms added to a program after contract award. Unfortunately this will…
August 18, 2005
Oregon govt uses Asterisk and other open source
Slashdot has a posting today. about the Oregon government’s use of open source technologies, including Asterisk (an open source PBX system).…
August 10, 2005
HHS multi-agency systems
Charles Havekost, HHS CIO, was a speaker at an IAC-sponsored lunch yesterday, which I attended, and he spoke a little about a HHS system that services multiple agencies for their ata-collection approval process. This isn’t the only example of such a multi-agency system at HHS:…
August 8, 2005
Federal IT Managers Leaning Toward Open Source
(Via Potomac Tech Wire) “An increasing number of government agencies are choosing open source architecture when upgrading their information technology systems, according to a new report from Potomac-based Larstan Business Reports. According to a survey of IT managers in the civilian and…
July 27, 2005
VoIP and telework
The government’s been trying to get more people to work remotely for many years now, with legislation that mandates agencies to enable more staff to adopt this mode of working and prevents government contractors being penalized for the use of…
July 25, 2005
IBM acquiring PureEdge
Woah! Government Technology reports that IBM is buying PureEdge, the producer of the e‑forms software that’s used by Grants.gov,
among many others. I think this has been in the works for a while now,
given that PureEdge seems to have obtained quite…
July 22, 2005
IT governance and efficiency
Somehow or other, I ended up reading this article on Nicholas Car’s blog about governance of IT purchasing in organizations. It highlights an important point: the governance structure should be focused on the objectives of the business, not as a means to…