PBGC seeks e-records system

The nation's pension insurance provider is seeking information to implement a comprehensive electronic records management system.

Chertoff officially in at DHS

President Bush today welcomed Homeland Security Department secretary Michael Chertoff to his new responsibilities.

Transportation calls for IT support for new hazardous materials agency

The Transportation Department issued a request for program IT support services for its newly formed Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

IBM, SAP team up for social services market

SAP AG and IBM Corp. are joining forces to develop and market case management solutions for the global social services and social security market.

Faulty data slowed IRS rollout of personnel system, audit finds

The Treasury Department did not adequately manage the building of a new HR system, pushing the price much higher than at other federal agencies, according to a new inspector general report.

VA will examine future of troubled financial project

The Veterans Affairs Department has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to scrutinize its troubled financial management project.

FinCEN to deploy data-sharing system

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will launch a system March 1 so law enforcement and financial institutions can transmit information about people they suspect of financing terrorist activities or laundering money

Lockheed Martin captures FAA contract

Following an A-76 competition, Lockheed Martin Corp. won a five-year, $1.9 billion contract to take over the FAA's automated flight service station network in the lower 48 states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

SAIC: FBI should deploy case management system

Science Applications International Corp. is urging the FBI to use the much maligned Virtual Case File system that the San Diego company has provided in a pilot version.

New HUD IT chief starts Monday

Lisa Schlosser will take over as chief information officer for the Housing and Urban Development Department Feb. 7.

Government releases specs for security checklists

The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Security Agency have released a specification to standardize IT security checklists.

DHS loses another key executive

The Homeland Security Department yesterday announced that undersecretary for border and transportation security Asa Hutchinson would leave his post on March 1.

HUD seeks PeopleSoft integrators

The Department of Housing and Urban Development wants industry sources to support deployment and testing of PeopleSoft financial management software for the Federal Housing Administration Subsidiary Ledger.

IT security problems cause two agencies to slip in PMA scorecard

Systems security concerns caused the Veterans Affairs Department's and the Small Business Administration's e-government initiatives to drop a grade each in the latest ratings on the President's Management Agenda.

SAIC rejects Trilogy criticism

Science Applications International Corp. today rejected criticism that it botched a $170 million IT upgrade project with the FBI, saying the company has performed well and that the FBI is partly to blame for problems.

IRS to boost database capability, cut modernization work

An anemic 2005 budget will force the IRS to curtail work on most efforts to modernize its business systems and instead focus on payment and compliance and improving tax administration, said IRS CIO Todd Grams today.

CMS to modernize data warehouse

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeks information from database vendors on the GSA schedule about the capabilities of their platforms to handle extraordinarily large volumes of data.

Competition heats up for Justice contract

The fight is about to begin among five of the markets biggest contractors as the Justice Department has released the RFP for the $10 billion Integrated Wireless Network.

IBM lands SmartBuy deal with GSA

The General Services Administration has hooked a big one for SmartBuy, its enterprise software licensing program. IBM Corp. software including Rational, Informix and DB2 are now available through the vehicle.

Auditors slam FBI's case management system

The Justice Department's Inspector General Ofice has concluded that the FBI's Virtual Case File project?on which the bureau has spent almost $170 million since June 2001?won't succeed.