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FierceGovernmentIT FOIAs GSA TechStat documents

Our latest TechStat FOIA request was to the General Services Administration, for meeting materials and follow-up memos related to all TechStat meetings about its IT systems. 

CBP releases integrated fixed tower solicitation

An internal document obtained by  FierceHomelandSecurity  shows that officials at one point considered utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles as a substitute for integrated fixed towers.

Prepositioned Equipment Program needs revision, says internal FEMA review

A Federal Emergency Management Agency program to preposition equipment for first responders in 11 locations across the United States should be significantly revised, says a bottom up review of the program commissioned by the agency. T he  review  (.pdf) is dated Feb. 3 and was obtained by  FierceHomelandSecurity  through a Freedom of Information Act request.

FEMA first DHS component to undergo post-TASC financial modernization

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be the first Homeland Security Department component to undertake a less-ambitious financial system modernization effort following the collapse of a

Revamped SBA financial system modernization running over budget

Despite taking the advice of the Office of Management and Budget and breaking up a large financial system modernization effort into smaller increments, the Small Business Administration continues to

DHS: Stennis data center required $77 million in facility upgrades

In consolidating its data centers down to just two, the Homeland Security has had to spend $77 million to enhance the infrastructure of its facility located at the NASA Stennis Space Center, Miss.,...

FierceGovernmentIT FOIAs DOI iStat meetings

The Interior Department appears unsure what to do with a decade-old system it uses to calculate and disburse money due to the federal government and Native Americans from mineral leases made on

ERAM plan shows deployment rate of 5 to 7 a year

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to deploy a troubled software effort to its 20 air route traffic control centers at a rate of 5 to 7 a year through Sept. 30, 2014, according to a corrective

Social Security telephone service satisfaction high but declining

Most callers to Social Security Administration field offices have been satisfied with the telephone service they received, show surveys conducted by the SSA that were obtained by FierceGovernment

FierceGovernmentIT FOIAs OMB TechStat meeting info, Part II

Little information comes out from the Office of Management and Budget that isn't stage managed or carefully fed to media outlets that don't follow the workings of federal information technology