The goal of the new Suitability and Security Clearance Performance Accountability Council is to standardize procedures for checking the backgrounds of government employees and contractors governmentwide.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>Boeing has received more than $1 billion ? an amount higher than what was previously disclosed ? for work on the Secure Border Initiative system, according to a new GAO report.
The House and Senate Appropriations committees have approved different measures to fund DHS in fiscal 2009, and each would provide more money for cybersecurity than the Bush administration requested.
The Local Preparedness Acquisition Act authorizes state and local governments to use GSA's Multiple Award Schedules to buy law enforcement and security-related items.
Abacus Technology Corp. will provide NASA's Kennedy Space Center with information technology support, including voice communications and visual imaging, under a new contract.
NASA plans to hold an industry day July 23 in Washington to brief the private sector on the acquisition strategy for its Information Technology Infrastructure Improvement program.
The Coast Guard has improved the way it oversees its $24 billion Deepwater asset acquisition program but is still struggling to hire enough expertise for the job, according to a new report.
The six-year procurement experiment that exempted TSA from Federal Acquisition Regulation rules has finally come to an end. After June 23, all of its procurements became subject to the FAR rather than to the Acquisition Management System rules used by the FAA.
SBA implemented a rule that became effective June 30, 2007, and requires companies that have been acquired to recertify their small-company status within 30 days of the deal closing. This rule has significantly altered transaction structures and valuations in the government services mergers and acquisitions market.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, wants DHS officials to make sure contractors do their job before the government pays them bonuses.
The State Department is preparing a request for proposals to purchase commercial software and systems integration services for a global payroll system.
Pragmatics Inc. will assist the Homeland Security Department to monitor and evaluate information technology governance and projects under a new contract.
Lockheed Martin Corp. will add information technology to the business consulting services it is providing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a four-year task order.
