Accenture to upgrade OPM financial systems

Accenture will upgrade two financial systems for the Office of Personnel Management under a contract worth almost $80 million.

Verizon Business to manage Interior wireless usage

Verizon Business will help the Interior Department manage the expenses of more than 22,000 mobile devices used by its employees nationwide.

GAO report sparks call for DCAA resignations

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill has called for the resignation of DCAA supervisors who allegedly harassed employees to change audit results on contracts.

Indus to upgrade EPA data systems

Indus will develop, enhance and support key integrative data systems for EPA's Office of Environmental Information.

Abacus counts NASA award as its biggest ever

Abacus Technology Corp. wins $898 million information management and communications contract from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Registered Traveler set to go nationwide

The Transportation Security Administration will expand Registered Traveler to all U.S. airports beginning next week and eliminate a TSA-conducted screening that it considers duplicative.

Meyerose: Enterprise software to drive info-sharing

A new enterprise software licensing program will help knock down barriers to information sharing, while saving agencies money, said ODNI's associate director of national and CIO.

Stanley to continue support for Transportation Command

Stanley will provide technical and analysis services for the Sealift, Intermodal, Rail and Airlift Analysis Support program.

Master Key Consulting locks down Justice award

Master Key Consulting has won a management and software services contract from the Justice Department.

GAO to GSA: Rely on pre-award audits for contract cost stability

To keep prices stable on its Multiple Award Schedules contracts, GSA should continue to rely on pre-award audits as much as pricing policies, GAO officials told a Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel this week.

L-1 wins border-crossing card deal

L-1 Identity Solutions has won a contract from the State Department to issue border-crossing cards as part of an expansion to the U.S. Passport Card program.

Translation services firm gets boost from In-Q-Tel

The CIA's investment arm is investing in a translation technology that will help intelligence officers analyze foreign-language documents.

Alion to assist NOAA with radio spectrum services

Alion Science and Technology will supply radio frequency spectrum services to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a new $7 million contract.

TopOff 5 competition raises possible conflict of interest

Two senators have alleged that FEMA officials are ignoring a potential conflict of interest and other possible ethics violations with regard to the multimillion-dollar contract.

SAIC gets NASA program analysis work

The contract calls on SAIC to assist NASA's Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation with independent program and project assessments, and analysis and evaluation services.

Thompson skeptical of TSA outsourcing strategy

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee requested information on 14 concerns about the outsourcing of management of TSA's Integrated Hiring Operations and Personnel Program.

OMB: Team effort needed on FISMA

Contractors that supply agencies with outsourced services must work with those agencies to meet FISMA requirements, OMB said this week.

SBA, Navy sign Seaport-e memorandum

The agreement will give more contract opportunities to the small and disadvantaged firms participating in SBA's 8(a) Business Development program.

U.S. Genomics to continue pathogens sensor work for DHS

U.S. Genomics Inc. is developing a sophisticated biological sensor that detects airborne pathogens and improves national security under contract from DHS.

GAO: FBI needs to refine cost controls for Sentinel

The FBI must establish more stringent controls over contractor expenses on the $425 million Sentinel automated case-management system to keep close tabs on project costs, government auditors say.