Davis: Labor knew about Callahan's degrees
The Labor Department knew Laura Callahan, its former deputy CIO, had suspect credentials, but took no action, according to a letter from a congressman pushing an investigation of Callahan and the use of diploma mills by government officials.<br>
Davis wants review of OPM's credential-check measures
The House Government Reform Committee plans to ask the General Accounting Office to investigate the effectiveness of the government's hiring policies in guarding against the use of degrees from unaccredited schools to gain advancement in civil service.
Sprint settles FTS2001 overbilling complaint
Sprint Corp. and the Justice Department have settled a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the company knowingly overcharged the government under the FTS2001 long-distance contract.<br>
Paper chase: Diploma buyers beware
The Justice Department has convicted dozens of diploma mill operators over the past 20 years, according to court documents and a former FBI agent who in the 1980s led a bureau task force on the problem.
Lawmakers probe use of trumped-up credentials
Lawmakers have directed the Office of Personnel Management to investigate whether there is a widespread problem of federal employees holding academic credentials from unaccredited colleges and universities.
General Dynamics gets $2 billion ICE2 contract
The Air Force awarded its nearly $2 billion ICE2 contract to General Dynamics Corp.<br>
DHS creates division for cybersecurity
The Homeland Security Department has formed a National Cyber Security Division.<br>
DHS puts Callahan on leave
The Homeland Security Department has placed a senior official on administrative leave while officials continue to investigate reports that she got her academic degrees from a diploma mill in Wyoming.<br>
OPM asked to investigate feds' use of diploma mills
Two House members asked the Office of Personnel Management to explain or create provisions the agency has to guard against federal employees embellishing their resumes with degrees from diploma mills.<br>
Congressional scrutiny of Homeland official steps up
Several members of Congress are seeking to learn how background checks and security clearances failed to flag the questionable academic credentials of a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security.
Army awards General Dynamics $2 billion contract
A $2 billion Army contract to provide rugged computer workstations has gone to a unit of General Dynamics Corp.
Senator calls on HSD to investigate official's doctorate
A senate committee chairwoman today turned up the heat on the Homeland Security Department's investigation of a senior government career official's claim of a Ph.D. from a Wyoming university that, according to its literature, requires no attendance and scant course work.<br>
HSD probes Callahan credentials
A high-ranking career official in the Homeland Security Department apparently obtained her doctorate from a Wyoming diploma mill.<br>
EPA preps $650 million environmental IT contract
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to release a request for proposals May 8 for a successor to its Mission Oriented Systems Engineering Support II contract. The new contract will run for up to nine years with a $650 million ceiling.<br>
Is HSD unprepared for biodefense?
The Homeland Security Department 'is not constructed properly' to counter biological terrorism, said Dr. Tara O'Toole, director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies.
GAO: Outsourcing lessons need to be shared by DOD
The Defense Department generally is doing a good job of using commercial best practices for implementing outsourcing programs, but it needs a framework for sharing lessons, a new report says.<br>
Bill would block privatizing air traffic control
A House bill introduced yesterday with bipartisan support would prohibit the privatization or contracting out of the federal air traffic control system. <br>
Multiple-award contracts grow strong as other vehicles fall
Government agencies are making less use of contracts awarded through full and open competition and more use of GSA schedules, according to a new market-research study.
Balutis, Upson, Brubaker hook up with Input
Three veterans of the public-sector information technology field have joined forces in a new venture, and are also entering an alliance with a market research firm specializing in government IT.<br>
GSA to run three big federal councils
The General Services Administration 2004 budget request includes money needed to operate three major government IT and management councils.<br>
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