The Homeland Security Department will deploy additional computerized methods of pinpointing threats in airports in response to the newly uncovered plot to blow up aircraft flying from London to the United States.
IT business solutions provider CNSI Inc. won a nine-year, $5.8 million prime contract from the Census Bureau to develop software and support for the agency's Regional Office Survey Control System.
Infineon Technologies North America Corp. is providing chips, antennas and inlays being used in current pilot U.S. electronic passport production, while Gemalto Inc. has qualified to provide samples for further pilot production.
The most significant IT control weaknesses at the agency involve entitywide security, access controls and service continuity, according to Homeland Security Department inspector general Richard Skinner.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font>The Veterans Affairs Department today announced that Unisys Corp. had informed VA that a desktop computer containing sensitive personal information of veterans is missing from the company's offices.
SunGard Investment Systems Inc. has won a $13 million contract from the Treasury Department to provide investment accounting software and support services to the Office of Public Debt Accounting.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font> The Government Printing Office yesterday announced that Harris Corp. will build the Future Digital System under a $29 million contract.
Large federal businesses preying on weaknesses in the Small Business Administration's contracting programs to win work intended for small companies could face more robust requirements intended to aid small businesses.
The Transportation Workers Identification Credential program is marred by significant vulnerabilities in its ability to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access and use, according to Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner.
Knowledge Consulting Group won a $20 million blanket purchase agreement to deliver information assurance support services to the Transportation Security Administration.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has awarded a four-year, $6 million contract to Keane Inc. to aid in various projects related to service-oriented architecture.
With significant challenges ahead for agencies as they move to Internet Protocol Version 6, the Government Accountability Office is questioning whether the government is doing enough to be successful.
Grants.gov continues to demonstrate a lack of standardization and inefficiencies in grant administration across federal agencies and difficulties with implementing its Web portal, the Government Accountability Office said in a report.
To increase competition among services contracts, the General Services Administration should develop a new schedule for IT services and expand the DOD rule of three to the rest of government, according to the Acquisition Advisory Panel.
The General Services Administration's chief acquisition officer wants customers to try out the agency's Federal Procurement Data System to see if improvements are needed.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today approved Paul Denett's nomination to lead the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
