Immigration Services seeks database for investigations unit

Request for proposals seeks commercial database that provides an integrated data collection system to track investigations.

Unisys to continue Justice asset tracking system work

Unisys Corp. will continue supporting a consolidated asset tracking system used by the Justice Department to monitor property seized from criminals under a new contract.

Lockheed wins CDC bioterror response deal

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue providing logistical and operational support to the agency's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response.

NCI gives VA regional system a checkup

NCI Inc. won a three-year, $6.7 million task order to modernize the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System.

It's the second go-round for federal govt. Web site

Welcome to USA.gov ? the new Web site of the federal government.

GSA to share costs with Treasury from dropped TCE contract

The day before the Treasury Department dropped its Treasury Communications Enterprise contract, the GSA and Treasury signed an agreement under which GSA would defend the cancellation of the controversial deal.

Contracting skirmishes foreshadow broader policy battle

GSA Administrator Lurita Doan expects heated debate to occur in Congress over the next few months about federal government contracting.

Skinner: CBP financial reporting plagued by problems

IT control vulnerabilities are a material weakness in the financial reporting systems of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, according to a new independent audit.

Davis: A-76 sparks partisan discord

One of the first casualties of the new Congress could be a program designed to create competition around functions performed by the federal government, said Rep. Tom Davis.

DHS grants $445M to shield critical infrastructure

Federal funds totaling $445 million will be distributed this year to boost security at high-risk seaports, mass transit systems and infrastructure facilities.

CDC surveillance IT grants to improve health info sharing

Some $3.7 million in grants are being awarded by the CDC in an effort to improve health information sharing to detect and respond to emerging public health threats, and, ultimately, adopt a nationwide health care surveillance system.

AT&T receives VA network contract

AT&T Inc. has been awarded an order from the Veterans Affairs Department to assist with the development of a single-backbone, multiprotocol label switching network.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... DHS drone

The Homeland Security Department is scheduled to begin unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flights over the U.S.-Canadian border for the first time later this year.

Wagner retiring from GSA

GSA's long-time career employee policy lead, Marty Wagner, has announced his retirement from the federal government.

Bill aims for better info sharing at DHS

The new Democratic majority in Congress has a plan to improve information sharing within DHS as part of legislation submitted to implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations.

DHS grants to bolster security on the home front

Four cities have been dropped and three others added to the Homeland Security Department's list of high-risk urban areas eligible for federal anti-terrorism dollars.

Report: Consolidation trend to drive government IT purchasing

Government Insights predicts that global IT consolidation will heavily influence the direction and magnitude of worldwide government information technology investment for 2007.

GSA issues WITS 3 request for proposals

The General Services Administration has released the RFP for the Washington Interagency Telecommunications 3 contract, despite being on the verge of awarding the $20 billion Networx telecommunications contract.

McConnell to take over at ODNI

John Negroponte is leaving his post at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and moving to the State Department as the deputy secretary to Condoleeza Rice. Retired Navy Vice Adm. J. Michael McConnell is taking over for him at ODNI.

Three companies file to recoup costs from doomed TCE contract

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>Three bidders have filed documents to recoup costs incurred from the Treasury Department's Treasury Communications Enterprise contract, a cancelled billion-dollar project.