The Homeland Security Department unit that supervises 12,000 security guards at federal buildings is looking to create a comprehensive electronic dispatch system for the first time.
The General Services Administration is seeking information to help agencies meet identity credentialing standards under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 Federal Information Processing Standard 201.
The Homeland Security Department has awarded a grant for a daily audit of major open source software to Coverity Inc., Stanford University and Symantec Corp.
IT outsourcing by the federal government is expected to grow more than $5 billion over the next four years, according to a report released this week by the Reston, Va., market research firm Input Inc.
Northrop Grumman Corp. won a five-year, $30 million task order to provide the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with software services aimed at improving supercomputer efficiency.
Representatives of the Patent and Trademark Office and open-source software vendors have agreed to improve software code resources available to patent examiners to better determine whether an invention is new or not obvious.
The General Services Administration will hold its industry day on the Alliant contracts in February to discuss any changes made to the massive IT project.
FedBid Inc. of Vienna, Va., has won a five-year contract from the General Services Administration to provide online reverse auction services for the federal government.
Avineon Inc. won an extension of its subcontract with Harris Corp. worth more than $3 million to provide geographic information systems support to update Census Bureau databases.
The Transportation Security Administration plans to seek proposals for technical assistance with the Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing Screening Gateway.
AlphaInsight Corp. won a $3.2 million contract from the State Department to deliver software engineering and support services for a program that manages the government's overseas properties.
Advanced Technology Systems Inc. won a five-year, $11.9 million contract from the Homeland Security Department to support the development of an integrated network for border patrol field agents.
The Environmental Protection Agency has started the clock on a study to determine whether IT maintenance services in its Boston office should be outsourced to the private sector or retained within the agency.
House Government Reform Committee chairman Tom Davis (R-Va.) threatens to kill funding next year for the controversial Treasury Communications Enterprise departmentwide contract.
Information Sciences Corp., the incumbent vendor, is suing the General Services Administration over a contract the agency awarded to Symplicity Corp. last month.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recent proposal to set up a new passenger database to track possible disease vectors and bioterrorism outbreaks may overlap with other databases as well as raise privacy concerns.
The Agriculture Department wants to replace its core financial-management system with an updated one that provides general accounting, funds management and financial reports.
The Treasury Department seeks comments from federal and commercial data center providers about the availability and cost savings of alternative hosting and infrastructure support services options for the department's human resources system.
The Labor Department will conduct a study to see if certain functions within its financial accounting office, including IT system support, should be outsourced to the private sector or kept in-house.
