Air Force awards technical services deal
The Air Force has awarded Alion Science and Technology Corp. a five-year, $40 million contract to provide operational support services.
Patent, census systems would get boost in '06 budget
President Bush's 2006 budget requests $9.4 billion for Commerce, up 49 percent from this year, including increases for patent and census processing systems.
DOD awards personnel system training contract
The Defense Department has awarded SI International Inc. a $1.9 million training contract to help users learn the new National Security Personnel System.
Infrastructure systems, cybersecurity could be next in line for consolidation
OMB plans to delve into standardizing cybersecurity processes and determine if there are ways to reduce the amount of money agencies spend on infrastructure.
For '06, GSA will try to sell Congress on e-gov'again
The agency hopes the success of its Quicksilver projects will convince lawmakers to let it use surplus funds to support e-government initiatives next year.
White House CIO to step down
Carlos Solari will leave his post and return to industry later this month.
OMB: Budget reflects improvement in IT management practices
"We are starting to see the fruits of our labor,' and the president's 2006 budget proposal is proof, OMB's Karen Evans says.
For '06, IRS enforcement cuts into modernization funding
The IRS will reinvigorate enforcement this year and plans to apply $500 million of its budget next year to that end'at the expense of its systems modernization.
Education enrolls help for student aid programs
The department has tapped Pearson Government Solutions to support student financial-aid programs under a 10-year contract worth up to $800 million.
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CSC wins next phase of IRS database work
The IRS has negotiated a $34 million task order with Computer Sciences Corp. to expand use of the Customer Account Data Engine, the agency's new taxpayer database.
Justice selects SRA for database deal
The department has awarded SRA a seven-year, $24.6 million task order for database management systems and services to support its bankruptcy law group.
HHS budget focuses on bioterror, e-health efforts
Health and Human Services would receive $5.3 billion for IT next year, nearly 2 percent more than it expects to spend this year.
DHS '06 budget plan targets IT upgrades, consolidation
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED)</font> The president's budget blueprint for DHS outlines a plan to centralize management of several high-profile IT projects into a new Screening Coordination and Operations Office.
President's budget details administration's push for results
The budget proposal sent to Capitol Hill today notes that OMB tagged far fewer IT projects for its Management Watch List.
Defense expects big IT spending boost in 2006
DOD today unveiled a White House budget proposing $30.1 billion for IT next year'the biggest bump in four years.
Army shuffles IT units
The Army has realigned three communications and electronics organizations at Fort Monmouth to form the Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command.
DISA reissues net-centric solicitation
Defense has reissued an RFP for products to help move its Net-Centric Enterprise Services program to the Web.
2006 budget request calls for FTS-FSS merger
The Bush administration wants to collapse the Federal Supply and Federal Technology services into a single organization.
VA will examine future of troubled financial project
Veterans Affairs has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to scrutinize its financial management project, CoreFLS.
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