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U.S. Visit contract oversight is lax: GAO
The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program should strengthen its oversight of the contracts it is using to build a computerized border control system, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Preston named SBA administrator
Steven Preston, a financial management expert, was sworn in Monday as the new administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Editor's Desk | ODF gains ground
The freedom to create and manage documents in the digital age has often meant living with a fundamental limitation: The information was chained to the application in which the documents were created.
Incoming
Six companies will compete for work under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's recently awarded, $200 million Support to Management and Resources for Technical Services (Smarts) program.
Navy pools power to track storms
Officials at the Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center use software that lets scientists at the Monterey, Calif., facility access high-performance computers in the center's sister facility in Mississippi.
The Pipeline
SGI pumps up the lineup; Survey says'
OMB streamlines framework for cross-agency initiatives
The Office of Management and Budget is trying to develop a standard way of describing cross-agency initiatives and make the sharing of that information easier.
DARPA awards artificial intelligence work
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BBN Technologies a $5.5 million contract for the first phase of the Integrated Learning Program, an artificial intelligence project.
Louisiana taps ICF to manage federal rebuilding grants
The state of Louisiana has awarded a three-year contract to ICF International Inc. of Fairfax, Va., to administer $4.6 billion in federal housing grants aimed at reconstruction from last year's hurricanes.
DHS eyes new data center
The Homeland Security Department is looking to IT companies for ideas on building a second, redundant data center to supplement the one it operates under an agreement with the Navy.
Planar debuts trade-friendly flat-panel monitors
New flat-panel 17-inch and 19-inch displays comply with the Trade Agreements Act.
Commerce to consolidate financial management platforms
The consolidation is a preparation for moving to a financial management Line of Business, probably in 2012.
CMS awards EDS $41 million data center contract
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded EDS Corp. task order to provide Web-hosting services to support all of CMS' outward-facing Web sites.
DOD to revamp contracting in Iraq
The Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency has been charged with restructuring and transforming contracting processes and systems in Iraq.
Microsoft agrees to open format converter
Following pressure from government leaders, Microsoft has decided to make its Microsoft Office products interoperable with the open document format (ODF).
IG: U.S. Visit RFID needs better security controls
Use of RFID tags within the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program has been applied with privacy protections but has not been adequately configured, according to the Homeland Security Department IG.
Murrett takes helm at NGA
Vice Adm. Robert Murrett officially has offically taken charge at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
DHS makes grants for infrastructure protection
Nearly $400 million in infrastructure protection grants will be awarded to seaports, mass transit systems, chemical plants, rail systems and other critical facilities by September.
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