GSA seeks enterprisewide management of IT assets

The General Services Administration has released a highly anticipated draft solicitation for small businesses to help the agency streamline and support its IT infrastructure across the agency.

Doan wants overhaul of governmentwide acquisition contracting

General Services Administration administrator Lurita Doan is working toward having all commodity IT buys facilitated through her agency, in order to achieve volume discounts in federal procurements.

TechTeam gets HHS financial management deal

TechTeam Government Solutions Inc. won a five-year contract from the Health and Human Services Department to deliver application support for its payment management system.

SRA wins pair of military IT support deals

SRA International Inc. won task orders from the Army National Guard and Defense Department that could be worth more than $200 million.

DHS needs to tighten up interagency contracting: GAO

The Homeland Security Department is falling short in its management of interagency contracts and failing to monitor its total spending on such contracts, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

GSA re-ups Perot Systems for building design apps

Perot Systems Corp. won a five-year, $7 million contract from the General Services Administration Public Building Service to deliver system maintenance and support for users of the agency's Computer-Aided Drawing Library Project.

ICF to start up Air Force combat training program

ICF International Inc. won a five-year, $8 million contract to deliver training support services for Air Force officers at the Expeditionary Operations School.

House extends SBA programs

The House voted Tuesday to extend the Small Business Administration's programs until Feb. 2, 2007, giving Congress more time to complete a review and reauthorization of the agency.

Transparency in health IT pursued by HHS

In an effort to make health care quality and prices more transparent, HHS is seeking the help of physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, employers and consumers for a new health IT initiative.

GSA reorg bill clears Congress, awaits president's signature

The General Services Administration's long-awaited reorganization is just the president's signature away from being complete.

ICF Caliber helps HHS watch over child care

The Health and Human Services Department will call on ICF Caliber Inc. to help it improve the quality, affordability and availability of child care for families across the United States.

Quantum Research wins $449M Army missile deal

Quantum Research International Inc. will support the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command under a contract that could be worth more than $449 million over 10 years.

Raytheon nabs Army data communications integration deal

Raytheon Co. won a five-year, $48 million contract from the Army to standardize and integrate its communications systems.

Integic wins OPM pact for final piece of retirement project

Integic of Chantilly, Va., was awarded a contract from the Office of Personnel Management for the last piece of OPM's long-awaited Retirement Systems Modernization (RSM) project to digitize federal employee retirement records.

NIH agency extends software pact

Aquilent Inc. has been awarded a five-year, $25 million contract from the National Library of Medicine for continued software support services to NLM's Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communication.

Corporations embrace tax e-filing

More than 12,500 of the nation's largest corporations have electronically filed their 2005 corporate tax returns, the IRS said.

GAO rejects request to partially dismiss HSPD-12 protests

In the latest turn of events, the Government Accountability Office has rejected a request by the General Services Administration to partially dismiss a protest of its contested contract with BearingPoint Inc. for Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 solutions.

General Dynamics to retool HHS grants portal

General Dynamics Corp. won a five-year, $18.8 million contract from the Health and Human Services Department to deliver systems integration services for a federal grants portal.

HHS re-ups Perot Systems for communications outreach

Perot Systems Corp. won a five-year, $16.1 million contract recompete to continue supplying communications outreach support for the Health and Human Services Department's Office on Women's Health.

Verizon opens government network ops center

The government may be the first beneficiary of the continuing integration of MCI with Verizon Communications Inc.