Justice poised to recompete $950m litigation support services contract
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> The Justice Department likely will issue a request for proposals in late April for a $950 million recompetition of its support services contract for litigation case management systems.
Bolten to be new White House chief of staff
The Bush administration today announced that Joshua Bolten, director of the Office of Management and Budget, would become the White House chief of staff after Andrew Card resigned.
Bush nominates O'Neill as new EPA CIO
President Bush has tapped Molly O'Neill to serve as the Environmental Protection Agency's assistant administrator for the Office of Environmental Information.
Grants LOB managers out to prove consortia model works
While there are no stated goals for agencies to migrate to the three consortia under the Grants Management Line of Business, the agency lead managers for the initiative are strongly optimistic that at least one agency will prove this year that the shared-services provider concept works.
Assad named director of Defense procurement
The Defense Department has named a Marine Corps assistant deputy commandant as the new director of Defense procurement and acquisition policy.
Hughes unveils new government hook
Satellite company also announces new brand and ownership structure.
Navy, EDS agree on extension for NMCI
The Navy has signed off on a three-year option extension to EDS Corp. for the service's $8.8 billion Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program.
NARA puts over 400,000 State Department records online
The National Archives and Records Administration is making available online, for the first time, over 400,000 State Department records and telegrams from 1973 and 1974.
VA gets IT reorganization under way
The Veterans Affairs Department today launched its controversial IT reorganization, which transfers to the department CIO control of the IT budget, operations and maintenance.
More comment sought on attracting midsized businesses to Alliant
The General Services Administration has extended through the end of the month the deadline for comments on how the agency can define and attract medium-sized businesses to its long-awaited Alliant IT services procurement vehicle.
GCN takes Neal award for Best News Coverage
Government Computer News' coverage of the FBI's failed Virtual Case File system won a Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award today at the annual Neal luncheon held by American Business Media.
Military to use Cubic software for WMD attack readiness
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has awarded a three-year, $24 million contract to Cubic Corp. to develop, test and support new software to help the military prepare for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks.
GSA planning September Networx transition summit
Although the contracts will not be awarded until spring and summer 2007, the General Services Administration is planning a conference later this year to explore how agencies will transition to GSA's $20 billion Networx telecommunications vehicles.
NASA renews SAIC deal for mission support work
NASA has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a $148 million contract renewal to furnish safety and mission assurance support services for the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Naval Research artificial intel deal goes to OSI
The U.S. Office of Naval Research has awarded Offshore Systems International Ltd. a contract to provide software for a system capable of making decisions and solving problems ordinarily done by military analysts.
GSA to release RFIs for new Lines of Business
The General Services Administration plans to release requests for information and hold industry days for the three news lines of business'IT infrastructure, geospatial and budget formulation'in mid-April.
DHS postpones Eagle procurements
Awards for the Homeland Security Department's mammoth acquisition package for consolidating its IT services won't be made until June.
iSCSI bridges the storage gap
The lower-cost Fibre Channel alternative can help small-to-midsize offices consolidate storage.
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