Seven vendors to compete for DIESCON 3 task orders
The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded a blanket purchase agreement to seven vendors for the Defense Intelligence Information Systems Integration and Engineering Support Services Contract 3, worth an estimated $300 million.<br>
Navy starts new round of e-business pilots
The Navy's eBusiness Operations Office this week selected $3.8 million worth of first-round projects for fiscal 2004, ranging from software to streamline evaluation to systems that improve data accessibility.<br>
FinCEN to expand data-sharing system
The Treasury Department has given Information Analysis Inc. of Fairfax, Va., a contract worth up to $9.9 million over five years to enhance and operate the Secure Outreach and Gateway Web system for its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.<br>
Education wants research proposals from small business
The Education Department is seeking research proposals from small businesses in the areas of state and local consulting and development of educational products.<br>
Could coprocessor be a supercomputer alternative?
A math coprocessor from ClearSpeed Technology Ltd. could become a low-cost way of building or upgrading supercomputer clusters.<br>
Senators call for Thomas site upgrade
Six senators are calling on the Library of Congress to upgrade what it calls the "bare-bones" and inadequate Thomas portal to legislative information.
Navy awards contract for submarine processors
The Navy has awarded a $36.6 million contract to General Dynamics Corp. for engineering, technical services and production for its multipurpose processor program for submarines.
TSA seeks vendors to detect terrorists by checking public data
The Transportation Security Administration has invited proposals from contractors to perform advanced terrorist threat analysis of the agency's job candidates and employees.
FDIC is looking for a few good data sanitizers
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is requesting information on commercial software that will sanitize data from existing sensitive databases or generate test data for application development and testing.
SBA simplifies small-business registration, launches verification database
The Small Business Administration is giving small businesses a single point of registration and taking over the process of declaring whether a business qualifies for its programs.
OPM's Fitzgerald will leave government next month
The Office of Personnel Management's E-Training project manager, Mike Fitzgerald, is heading to an industry job.
IRS appoints new CFO
The tax agency has named its deputy chief financial officer, Eileen Powell, to the IRS' top financial post after she spent the last five months as acting CFO.
Social Security to launch new disability claims system
SSA next month plans to launch a system to speed the processing of disability claims and rid the agency of bulky paper claims files.
ATF taps EDS for third seat management contract
EDS Corp. has won a $300 million seat management contract to provide services to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives'besting incumbent Unisys Corp.
Auditors roast NASA's financial modernization program
In not one but four reports, GAO chastises the space agency's financial modernization program as too risky.
NSF wins honors for e-government progress
The National Science Foundation has earned the highest possible praise for management of its e-government projects.<br>
GAO briefs lawmakers on Iraq battlefield logistics troubles
Although logistics operations during the early phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom were improved over the previous Gulf War, major logistics support snafus surfaced as the war progressed, according to a new GAO briefing.<br>
NSF to light up global research network
A new global network bridging researchers here and abroad is set to go live by Jan. 5.<br>
Justice data-sharing network to get COO
The Regional Information Sharing System Network for exchanging information among law enforcement agencies will have a chief operating officer within weeks.
Lockheed upheld on HUD services protest
The General Accounting Office has upheld a Lockheed Martin Corp. protest of a Housing and Urban Development Department IT services contract worth $860 million to EDS. <br>
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