Diversified Technology & Services of Virginia Inc. has won a records management contract with the Justice Department, potentially worth $37.4 million over five years.
Karen Evans, chief information officer - The department fosters a secure and reliable energy system that is environmentally and economically sustainable. It is the trustee of the nation's arsenal of nuclear weapons and supports U.S. contributions to science and technology.
The departments of Defense and State are each building electronic systems designed to streamline the cumbersome U.S. export review process, but critics worry that industry's burden will be made heavier because the two systems may not be compatible.
In-Q-Tel, a Central Intelligence Agency initiative that invests in companies with technologies the agency may use, has signed a licensing agreement with Zaplet Inc., Redwood Shores, Calif.
Professional services provider Resource Consultants Inc., Vienna, Va., won a $71.9 million contract with the U.S. Army's Recruiting Command to recruit citizens for military service, making it the first private company to undertake this task, RCI announced Jan. 23. If successful, the Army could outsource all of its recruitment.
RS Information Systems Inc. won a contract, potentially worth $88 million, to provide systems management and engineering services to the Space Warfare Center of the Air Force Space Command.
National Information Consortium Inc. has won a five-year, $5.5 million contract with the Federal Election Commission to provide an electronic filing system for the disclosure of campaign finances.
The Internal Revenue Service is re-examining whether to allow citizens to file income taxes directly online, a move that has raised the ire of tax preparation software companies and their supporters on Capitol Hill.
President Bush signs the $317.2 billion defense appropriations bill Jan. 10 as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, far left, and other defense and congressional officials look on.
The State Department should revamp its cumbersome process for reviewing export licenses before embarking on a planned e-license process system, according to a report.
The Department of Defense has elevated the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization to agency status, rechristening the organization as the Missile Defense Agency.
Accenture Ltd. has won a $500,000, four-month contract from the Department of Agriculture to develop recommendations for a departmentwide e-government strategy.
What it does: NASA's mission is to advance the exploration, use and development of space, expand scientific knowledge of the Earth, the solar system and the universe, and research, develop and transfer advanced aeronautics, space and related technologies.
To meet online competition, the U.S. Postal Service has narrowed its e-commerce projects to five but cannot yet report what they cost, according to the GAO.
