GPO is asking the private sector for advice as it aims to lower costs and increase efficiency in the production of electronic identification credentialing systems such as e-passports and e-visas.
A six-week war of words between the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee and Sun Microsystems over a proposed GSA audit of the company's pricing practices may be nearing an end ? if both sides can agree on a referee.
DHS' Immigration and Customs Enforcement division issued a pre-solicitation notice July 24 requesting project management support services for the Office of Detention and Removal.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a procurement notice that it seeks to award a contract by November for a wireless system based on technology from iPass.
FBI officials said they will finish developing plans by September for Phases 2 through 4 of the bureau's enterprise case management system, known as Sentinel.
"When I was in school and you were caught cheating on a test ... you flunked," Rep. Edolphus Towns said. "It seems that seventh-graders are held to higher standards than nuclear security contractors."
State and local governments received awards in fiscal 2007 federal funding this week for counterterrorism, emergency preparedness and interoperable communications.
Senior Executive Service and presidential appointees resigned or transferred from DHS at a rate of 12.8 percent last fiscal year and 14.5 percent in 2005. The average for other major departments was 6 percent last year and 7 percent in 2005, GAO said.
Agencies have sent more contracting dollars to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses than in past years, but they're still falling short, an SBA official told a House subcommittee.
