DISA awards three contracts for net-centric support
The Defense Information Systems Agency recently hired three small businesses to help the agency move, monitor and secure NCES as it migrates to the Web.
Army delays RFP for $20b enterprise contracts
The Army has announced a delay in the request for proposals and award of its $20 billion enterprise IT buy, saying it needs more time for evaluation.
VA tries to save $311 million HealtheVet system request
Veterans Affairs Department CIO Robert McFarland is going to Capitol Hill today to try to save the $311 million requested for the HealtheVet health care IT system.
DHS set for failing FISMA grade again
The Homeland Security Department likely will earn its third "F" in a row this fiscal year, outgoing CIO Steve Cooper said today.
CISO Exchange falters over format and fees
Three days after forming as an advisory board with congratulations all around, the newly created Chief Information Security Officers Exchange stumbled, as its co-chairman, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), said he was having second thoughts.
People on the Move
President Bush has announced his intention to fill a number of high-level Defense Department posts.
New group to promote telework
Congressional pressure has done little to spur agency managers to boost the number of employees who telework, according to a new study released this month by CDW Government Inc.
NASA picks EDS for $20m eTravel deal
NASA has awarded a task order to Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Plano, Texas, for an electronic travel system.
CMS awards contracts to find bad payments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded several contracts to identify and collect Medicare overpayments that claims processors and their systems may have missed.
State and local IT spending is on the rebound
A growing demand for outsourced technical services will drive significant increases in state and local IT spending over the next five years, according to a forecast by the market research firm Input of Reston, Va.
GSA lab to test products for E-Authentication
The General Services Administration will set up a lab under the E-Authentication e-government initiative to test commercial products that perform certificate path discovery and validation services.
OMB issues draft ID card guidelines
The Office of Management and Budget wants to set an 18-month timeline for agencies to implement an interoperable employee identification card.
IG: Labor needs independent acquisitions
The Labor Department has wasted nearly $4 million on unused encryption products from an improperly awarded contract, the department's inspector general said in a recent report.
Info sharing has many hurdles, DHS exec says
A lack of clear strategies and concepts of operation is holding up progress on information sharing, Martin Smith, director of information sharing for the Homeland Security Department's CIO Office, writes in a new report.
NASA IG finds problems with IT structure
NASA faces potentially serious agencywide problems with IT architecture, investments, management infrastructure and services, according to a new report from the agency's inspector general.
Justice delays multiagency wireless net
The federal government has delayed its schedule and changed its requirements for a multibillion-dollar makeover of federal wireless voice and data communications.
GAO says SARA implementation is too slow
As agency spending on services continues to heat up, the administration's commitment to helping contracting officers meet those demands is tepid, according to the Government Accountability Office.
OMB releases FEA action plan for budget use
The Office of Management and Budget has released an outline detailing how agencies should plan to use their federal enterprise architectures for the budget planning process.
Next DHS technology chief will need clout
The next person to oversee the Homeland Security Department's technology infrastructure will have to possess shrewd political skills as well as technical savvy.
OMB: Leave brand names out of it
An agency looking to buy, say, PCs with 3-GHz, 800-MHz-front-side-bus processors has to say so in its solicitation.
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