Air Force awards contingency services subcontract to ManTech
The Air Force has awarded a $200 million subcontract to ManTech International Corp for worldwide contingency services work on a multibillion-dollar Air Force program.
Another extension for FirstSource proposal deadline
The Homeland Security Department announced this week that the date proposals are due for FirstSource, its small-business only contracting vehicle, has been pushed back to Feb. 9.
High court won't hear RIM appeal in BlackBerry case
The Supreme Court has denied a petition to review a lower court's ruling that the developer of the BlackBerry handheld device infringed on several patents from a small licensing firm.
IRS tightens business rules management
The IRS has put in place processes to manage the business rules that drive its new taxpayer database in response to issues that challenged the agency's Business Systems Modernization program.
OMB releases EA Assessment
The Office of Management and Budget has the second version of its Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework.
GPO to schedule industry day for FDsys project
The Government Printing Office anticipates holding a second industry day for vendors interested in bidding to take the lead role on its massive content management and data storage modernization project.
EPA keeps IT support in-house after A-76 competition
The Environmental Protection Agency will keep certain IT support functions at some of its regional offices in-house, concluding that it would not be cost-effective to outsource those functions.
Defense returns some programs to Air Force control
The Defense Department has returned control of 10 major acquisition programs to the Air Force after 10 months of being under the control of the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
And another thing...
Making sure: One hundred years after Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has helped prove, yet again, that Einstein's most famous equation is correct. NIST, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Institute Laue Langevin of France have completed the most exact test yet to show that E does, in fact, equal mc2.
Free PCs connect military families
Northrop Grumman Corp. and Operation Homelink recently donated 100 refurbished PCs to military families in New Jersey, as part of an ongoing effort to help families communicate with service members deployed overseas.
PACKET RAT: Hustle and show
Virtual perspective doesn't improve CES view
People on the move
Veterans Affairs Department CIO Ed Meagher starts a new job this week as VA's chief technology officer.
Bush to nominate Allen for Coast Guard commandant
Vice Adm. Thad Allen, currently the Coast Guard's chief of staff, was the principal official overseeing the federal response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Exemptions from a BlackBerry injunction may prove tricky
Exempting government users from an injunction against use of BlackBerry handheld devices will either be nearly impossible or as easy as flipping a switch.
OMB looks to orchestrate financial management
Agencies to get performance measures, guidance on how to pick providers when they're moving to shared-services providers
Breaking the bureacracy
To meet PIV II, agencies take collaboration to the next level
After $77m, GSA pulls the plug
Auditors say GSA Preferred had failed; legacy systems to be restored
DHS moves quickly to redirect Emerge2
Early metrics didn't look good, so the agency will adopt shared-services model
HHS awards $6 million in eprescribing pilot contracts
The Health and Human Services Department has awarded $6 million in contracts to launch a pilot project to test initial standards for electronic prescribing during this year.
SEC offers incentives for corporate XBRL filing
The Securities and Exchange Commission will offer public companies expedited reviews of their registration statements and annual reports if they volunteer for a test group as part of the SEC's interactive data initiative.
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