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Fears of government shutdown revived

Fears over a government shutdown have resurfaced following an apparent breakdown in talks between House Republicans and Senate and White House Democrats over a spending bill to fund the remainder of

Do strategic IT plans matter?

Do strategic plans matter? Consider the office of the chief information officer at the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, which during a time studied by auditors in late 2009, worked without a

Input: $180 billion in federal IT contracts in 2010

The budget will be increasing significantly next year for information technology spending at civilian agencies, according to market research firm Input. The 20 largest federal IT projects in 2010 are

IT dashboard delivers results

It has been only a few weeks since Federal CIO Vivek Kundra launched the spending dashboard to enhance transparency and keep track of IT projects government-wide, and already there are some promising

How Kundra plans to do his job

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has a laundry list for what he's planning to do to fine tune the government's information technology systems. At the top of the list is cloud computing. He outlined what he

Input: Where to find the money

The ink is not yet dry on President Obama's 2010 budget, and Congress has not approved it. But a preliminary analysis by Input, the IT think tank, finds there are plenty of winners. The chief winner

DHS needs more money for cybersecurity role

The ink is barely dry on the president's 2010 budget released earlier this week, but the cry for more money is already being heard. DHS needs help--money and staff--to augment a planned increase in

Check this database for contract abuses

Every federal IT executive probably has at least one nightmare, and it usually involves an outside contractor with a problem doing business with a federal agency. What good is it to go outside

Justice Department computer: Late and over budget

It's no surprise to anyone who works at the Justice Department that its computer system is outdated and over expensive. But to the public, it's just another example of a government tech program that