Interior extends financial system recompete
The Interior Department has extended the deadline for proposals from vendors to work on the agency's core enterprise resource planning system.
OMB releases new version of DRM
The Office of Management and Budget has posted the second version of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Data Reference Model, designed to boost cross-agency sharing of information.
Calif. refuses to recertify Diebold voting machines
Secretary of State demands company submit code to additional federal review, and puts application on hold until that is done.
DHS IG says border surveillance system needs better integration
Cameras and sensors at U.S. borders are not fully integrated, and it is not clear whether the system is increasing border control productivity, IG Richard L. Skinner says.
Senate seeks industry input for new portable ID system
Officials want to establish a portable credentialing and ID system that will produce photo ID badges that can link to a database.
Chopra picked to be next Virginia CIO
Virginia Governor-elect Tim Kaine has named Aneesh Chopra, an expert in technology issues related to health care, to serve as the state's next secretary of technology
Navy awards Northrop a contract for emergency response work
The Navy has awarded a two-year, $25.6 million contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. to implement emergency response management systems for Navy first responders.
TSA may revive Registered Traveler program
The Transportation Security Administration is soliciting plans for a reborn Registered Traveler program, in a possible bid to expand the five-airport pilot that bloomed and faded earlier this year.
GSA contract for FedBizOpps under protest, again
Development InfoStructure Corp. of Arlington, Va., once again is protesting the General Services Administration's award of the contract to run the government procurement portal to Symplicity Corp. of Arlington, Va.
After finding success in 2005, OMB sets e-gov bar high in 2006
In its annual Expanding E-Government report, sent to Congress to coincide with the third anniversary of the E-Government Act of 2002, OMB said agencies fully reached two of the five goals it set last year and came close on two others.
EPA security officer Bonina to retire
EPA's chief information security officer George Bonina will retire Jan. 3 after 30 years in government.
VA to study IT acquisition needs before Peaches 3 decision
The Veterans Affairs Department selected LMI Government Consulting of McLean, Va., to analyze the agency's future IT acquisition needs and recommend the type of procurement vehicle it should use to acquire hardware and software in the future.
Consultant selected to become DOD's deputy for acquisition, technology
President Bush plans to nominate a consulting company president to be deputy undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and technology.
Energy struggles with IT security, financial systems
Two reports just released by the Energy Department's inspector general are critical of the department's cybersecurity efforts.
Vanderhoff to be new State Department CIO
The State Department tapped career diplomat James Vanderhoff to become its new CIO.
Congress keeps agencies funded through Dec. 31
Congress passed a continuing resolution keeping the handful of agencies without fiscal 2006 appropriations funded for another two weeks.
Defense financial problems sink another federal audit
The Defense Department is one of four agencies whose serious financial-management deficiencies continue to be the biggest impediment to the federal government achieving a clean financial bill of health according to the Government Accountability Office.
DHS seeks interoperability viewpoints
The Homeland Security Department today invited the general public to comment on the department's program to coordinate public safety communications and interoperability, known as SAFECOM.
USDA to replace financial management system
The Agriculture Department will seek proposals to replace its core financial management system to improve its performance and comply with federal accounting and system standards.
GSA: Metadata not essential for search
Metadata and other advanced preparation techniques may not be required to make government information available for public search, according to feedback the General Services Administration has received.
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