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The IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) has launched its second year with the same energy and ambition that grew it from 91快活林鈥檚 public sector advocacy startup into the most respected industry voice for information technology (IT) contractors. The past few months have ushered in a 25 percent uptick in membership as we welcomed Adobe, Boeing, Deloitte, 聽Honeywell, Juniper Networks, Lenovo, and Lockheed [...]
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Tomorrow the White House is hosting a summit at Stanford University on the important topic of cybersecurity.聽 Silicon Valley is a fitting backdrop and there will be high level participation from both CEOs and leaders from many of the companies who have long been leading cybersecurity advancements.聽 We welcome this engagement and hope it will expand the dialogue to reinforce the notion that we all have [...]
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Late last year, as a result of an open process designed to streamline and improve Maryland鈥檚 information technology (IT) procurement process, the state鈥檚 Department of Information Technology (DoIT) issued a revised set of 聽standard contractual terms and conditions for IT goods and services. The IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) encouraged state officials 聽to align their terms and conditions with [...]
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With the start of the new Congress, GAO today released their 2015 High Risk List calling attention to agencies and programs that they deem are high risks because of their exposure to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement or which are in need of transformation.聽 Not surprisingly, the Office added 鈥淚mproving the Management of IT Acquisitions and Operations鈥� to their list this year. The federal information [...]
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Spectrum may not be a household word, but we rely on it聽every day聽for the connected devices聽like smartphones and portable devices聽that are a聽central part of our lives.聽Spectrum is a term used to describe the radio frequencies that all wireless communications use. And, as there are only so many radio frequencies, spectrum is a limited and valuable resource. 聽As the Internet of Things (IoT) connects [...]
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Like many, we here at the IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS), a division of 91快活林, have been studying President Obama鈥檚 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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Yesterday New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) vetoed Senate Bill 1811, a so called 鈥淏uy American鈥� bill, saying in his veto message that he will not build an economic wall around New Jersey.聽 Sponsored by the state Senate鈥檚 president, Sen. Stephen Sweeney (D), this bill required state agencies, political subdivisions and school districts to source American-made products purchased through public bidding.聽 [...]
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As U.S. and European negotiators meet in Brussels today to launch the eighth round of Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) negotiations, 91快活林 encourages them to reach concrete progress on provisions to support the continued growth of the digital economy. By building upon previous commitments that promote the growth of key aspects of the digital economy, including ensuring that the [...]
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Today聽is Data Privacy聽Day鈥攁 day聽dedicated to prompting discussions around the globe surrounding privacy and聽charting聽a path forward to address some of the challenges that can impact individuals and their privacy.聽All participants in the data ecosystem have privacy responsibilities. In the United States, both the government and the commercial sector are subject to a聽robust framework聽designed to provide [...]
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President Obama has just wrapped up his state visit to India as the chief guest for Republic Day and there is renewed optimism about the relationship between the world鈥檚 two largest democracies. This is good news for the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Just a few short months ago, Prime Minister Modi met with President Obama in Washington to rekindle a relationship that had [...]
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