The Federal Emergency Management Agency improved its computer systems in 2006, but still has no strategic plan to guide long-term IT investments, according to a new audit.
The Homeland Security Department report card rating cities' progress on achieving interoperable emergency communications has been cited as a guide to further work in the field to plug gaps.
The Western States Contracting Alliance has renewed a contract with Cingular Wireless LLC that the company expects will generate $2 billion in revenue over four years.
GTSI Corp. will supply workstation, desktop and laptop solutions that promote standardization and interoperability at the Justice Department's various offices.
Most maritime workers will pay at least $139 for their initial Transportation Workers Identification Credential card and $60 for a replacement card as part of the Homeland Security Department's just-released final rule for the program.
The Homeland Security Department is setting up a new records system to keep track of the names, passwords, citizenship information and other data on thousands of IT workers with access to the department's systems.
The Defense Department organization in charge of transportation has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman Corp. to establish supply chain management solutions.
Now that it has received presidential approval, the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program has kicked off its study on the feasibility of building more energy-efficient servers.
Enterprise system development services are being sought by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as part of its new approach for acquiring, delivering and managing IT.
In an effort to prepare for possible chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive incidents the Defense Threat Reduction Agency awarded a contract to Science Applications International Corp. to work with existing modeling and simulation tools.
Accela Inc. will partner with Nortel on its municipal wireless solution, a suite of wireless network technologies, applications and services to help cities bring broadband services to their field staff and citizens.
President Bush signed into law the The Veterans Benefits, Health Care and Information Technology Act of 2006 designed to improve veterans' benefits, health care, and the security of their sensitive data.
The percent of federal IT prime contract dollars going to large companies increased by 15 percent from 2003 to 2005, sharply cutting into the share held by small and mid-sized firms.
Thomson Medstat has been awarded a contract renewal from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research to build and support the next version of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
Addressing the woeful state of competition in the federal market is at the heart of recommendations by a federal panel tasked with examining government procurement practices.
A public or private shared-services provider is being sought by the Labor Department for its Human Resources Line of Business to replace its current HR and payroll systems.
