San Diego County hires Northrop Grumman to run IT services
San Diego County, pending approval of its board of supervisors, is set to turn over management of the county's IT services to Northrop Grumman Corp.
GSA's Timchak to retire after 36 years in government
Stephen Timchak, who has led efforts to build the government's e-authentication architecture over the past three years, is retiring from federal service.
OPM taps State agency as newest E-Training service provider
The Office of Personnel Management has added the State Department's Foreign Service Institute to its E-Training faculty.
DHS shoves fingerprint tech forward
The Homeland Security Department is working with the departments of Defense and State, the FBI and the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology as well as technology vendors to develop a new generation of 10-finger 'slap capture' units for fingerprint collection.
EDS wins option year for DFAS work
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service awarded EDS Corp. a year-long option worth up to $12.2 million to continue providing services for its electronic data management system.
NIST updates cryptography manual to help agencies meet FISMA requirements
The National Institute of Standards and Technology released a revised cryptography manual that gives federal cybersecurity officials guidance on how to encrypt and protect sensitive data.
Mass. CIO Quinn resigns
Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn, a leader among state IT officers in the push towards open data standards, unexpectedly resigned this week.
FBI highlights technology recruitment
The FBI unveiled a campaign to hire a large number of IT professionals to operate and maintain the bureau's global systems.
OMB sets dates for agencies to resolve security clearance logjam
The Office of Management and Budget is requiring agencies to take several steps aimed at reducing a growing backlog of personnel clearance cases, including using an updated electronic verification system by March 2006 that will keep track of security clearances across the government.
Pragmatics to support Justice automated booking system
The Justice Department awarded Pragmatics Inc. a $4 million task order to provide systems engineering, design and development for the system that helps federal law enforcement agencies electronically book, identify and share data about people in federal custody.
DHS extends deadline for FirstSource proposals
The Homeland Security Department has pushed back the due date for proposals for its FirstSource contract to Jan. 23. Proposals had been due Jan. 10.
Will Los Alamos contract be protested?
Disappointed that it lost to the University of California, Lockheed Martin waits to hear more about the Los Alamos evaluation criteria.
OPM financial and procurement shop seeks software training
The Office of Personnel Management is seeking a third party to train the agency's workforce on new software designed to help modernize its financial and procurement systems.
OMB policy on posting information sparks debate
The new policy asking agencies to improve how they disseminate public information is at the heart of a larger battle over how much categorization is needed to make data publicly accessible.
VA expands online grave site locator
The Veterans Affairs Department has significantly increased its online list of burial locations and information inscribed on the markers to more than 5 million.
Auditors: FBI on thin ice in Sentinel buy
The FBI faces special risks in developing the Sentinel case management system because it plans to do so while rolling out its new enterprise architecture, GAO says.
Study: Users prefer IBM for Unix
IBM Corp. ranked at the top of a Unix customer satisfaction survey that reflects agencies' sentiments, according to the pollster.
GPO releases draft RFP for digital content system
The Government Printing Office released a draft solicitation seeking a chief contractor to integrate and manage its massive content management and data storage project.
Move to digital TV may help first responders
The House budget bill opens the door to new interoperable communications funding from the sale of radio spectrum vacated by television broadcasters.
HHS, Labor funding bill moves to White House after Senate passage
The Senate last night passed an appropriations bill that gives HHS $1.6 billion for terrorism preparedness and Labor $29.8 million for IT systems.
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