GAO criticizes agency efforts to measure contract bundling

Federal agencies aren't adequately measuring the effects of contract bundling on small businesses, according to a General Accounting Office report published today.

  • By Gail Repsher Emery

Hanlon on NMCI: 'EDS was not prepared'

Marine leader notes points of friction with the $8.82 billion Intranet contract.

  • By Dawn S. Onley

AT&T wins IRS network job

AT&T Corp. won a five-year, $54 million contract from the Internal Revenue Service to build a network that will integrate agency sites nationwide.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

Navy, EDS modify parts of NMCI contract

The Navy and EDS Corp. want to slash the number of service-level agreements on the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract.

  • By Dawn S. Onley

NMCI 'has not been a perfect process'

Navy Secretary England says officials are still working out the bugs in the portal and that things will improve over time.

  • By Dawn S. Onley

Zeppieri to command TSA systems

The Transportation Security Administration late yesterday said that it had chosen Justice Department systems executive David Zeppieri to be its CIO.

  • By Wilson P. Dizard III

GSA to give notice to companies facing debarment

The GSA proposed a rule to notify contractors that are being considered for suspension or debarment from federal contracting before such action is taken.

  • By Gail Repsher Emery

Procurement councils set rules for buying services

Policy clarifies the responsibilities of the ordering agency and the contracting agency.

  • By Jason Miller

Four companies are first to get Safety Act protection

Four companies received limited legal liability protection from the Homeland Security Department today for an anti-terrorism product or service.

  • By Gail Repsher Emery

Task force: procurement rules impede responder funds

Task force makes recommendations to improve the flow of funding to first responders.

  • By William Welsh

SRA to help military families move

SRA International Inc. won a contract from the Defense Department's Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

Numerous Iraq task orders fall outside the scope of their contracts

Numerous orders for Iraqi reconstruction tasks fall outside the scope of the contracts under which the task orders were awarded.

  • By Gail Repsher Emery

Senate passes provision for employees' A-76 protest rights

The Senate last night moved closer to giving federal employees the right to protest public-private competitions to the General Accounting Office.

  • By Jason Miller

Unisys wins defense financial management contract

Unisys Corp. has won a contract from the Defense Department's Finance and Accounting Service to provide desktop services worth a potential $83.5 million.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

Feds take closer look at PART IT investments

The Office of Management and Budget is requiring agencies to map IT investments to programs that went through a ratings tool process.

  • By Jason Miller

Intelligence sharing is a daunting task, DHS finds

The Homeland Security Department faces the task of deploying the Homeland Security Data Network.

  • By William Jackson

DHS officials stand by big Accenture award

Hours before the House Appropriations Committee took action to block Accenture Ltd. from getting the U.S. Visit contract, Homeland Security Department officials were on the offensive.

  • By Thomas Temin

DHS consolidates screening efforts

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge recently approved the creation of an office within the Homeland Security Department that will coordinate all screening efforts.

  • By Gail Repsher Emery

NSA tries to open contracting door

The National Security Agency wants to reduce the time it takes to issue security clearances and help more small companies do business with the top secret agency.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

Accenture wins U.S. Visit

Accenture LLP of Hamilton, Bermuda, has won the systems integration contract for the U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indicator System.

  • By Wilson P. Dizard III
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