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The Department of Defense’s DFARS Network Penetration and Contracting for Cloud Services rule continues to be problematic. That is why the IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) sent a letter to Department of Defense requesting the Department host a public technical forum to resolve the many questions and concerns identified by our industry in trying to implement a Final Rule. The rule requires contractors [...]
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With the federal government’s increasing reliance on information technology (IT) and software solutions as a central element to carrying out its mission and delivering services to citizens, the IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) understands OMB’s efforts to address open source software. This week the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) closed the comment period on their draft Federal Source Code [...]
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Like many, we here at the IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS), a division of ITI, have been studying President Obama’s proposed $4 trillion fiscal year 2016 budget in-depth since it was released this week to offer greater insights for the federal acquisition community. Upon deeper study, much of the budget the Obama administration submitted to Congress is good news for contractors, who would see [...]
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Earlier this week, the President signed the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (S.1681 – P.L. 113-126). The bill authorizes appropriations for intelligence and intelligence-related activities across 16 federal agencies in the intelligence community (IC). The IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) has been monitoring provisions of interest for contractors as it moved through the legislative [...]
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The House and Senate will be turning their focus to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this week. The IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) team has been closely monitoring contracting and acquisition provisions as the Department of Defense makes up nearly 80 percent of the federal government’s technology spending. The NDAA is frequently the primary vehicle to make changes to how [...]
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The Information Technology Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) support the federal government’s efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity posture as it relates to how it purchases technology goods and services and how it administers contracts. We appreciate that the government is engaging stakeholders in determining the right steps to do this, and [...]
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As the world’s security experts, including many U.S. government officials, gather in San Francisco this week to attend the RSA Conference, it’s an appropriate time to discuss the ways our federal government is working to strengthen its cybersecurity posture as it relates to acquisition planning and contract administration. The federal government depends on technology to provide services to citizens [...]