Most federal agencies continue to lack the financial data needed to manage daily operations efficiently and effectively but still obtained clean or unqualified audits, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) believes recent changes at the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance may have left it unable to process the onslaught of loan applications expected from Katrina-affected businesses.
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has named the 16 members of the public-private organization that will set standards for exchanging health care data.
The Defense Department will unveil version 3.0 of its business enterprise architecture to Congress by Sept. 30. It will include a transition plan and new process for senior Defense officials to evaluate IT systems for compliance with the overarching architecture.
Northrop Grumman Corp. won a prime contract from the Missile Defense Agency to continue its work on the Joint National Integration Center Research and Development contract.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a one-year contract extension from the state's Department of Health Care Policy and Financing for the Child Health Plan Plus program.
The General Services Administration is forming a national-level staff to oversee its 10-year, multibillion-dollar Alliant IT services contract and shifting the program's management center to Washington.
Federal purchasing officers may spend up to $10 million in goods and services for Hurricane Katrina recovery using <a href="http://www.acqsolinc.com/emergencycontracting/advisories_emergency.cfm">simplified procedures</a> with limited competition, according to a new white paper
AlphaInsight Corp. won a contract from the State Department's Bureau of Overseas Operations to provide network engineering, operations and management services.
David Safavian, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, today was arrested at his home in Alexandria, Va., on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making false statements under oath, the FBI confirmed. He resigned from OFPP Friday, sources confirmed.
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.)replaces former congressman Christopher Cox, who gave up the post when President Bush nominated him to become head of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a contract to provide IT services to the Social Security Administration under its Electronic Disability Initiative National Scanning Project.
A final rule mandates that contractors must affix the devices on tags or pallets to improve "visibility of DOD assets in the supply chain, increase accuracy of shipments and receipts and reduce the number of logistic 'touch points' in order to decrease the amount of time it takes to deliver material to the warfighter."
Unisys Corp. has won a contract from the Federal Bureau of Prisons for nationwide deployment and operation of the next-generation federal inmate telephone system.
Pinkerton Computer Consultants Inc. won a contract to provide data governance support to the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program Office.
The Transportation Security Administration falls short in developing and implementing processes such as security testing, monitoring with audit trails, configuration and patch management, and password protection, according to the inspector general.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a contract from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to provide electronic benefits transfer services.
The federal government's official e-government portal?Firstgov.gov?slid from first to ninth place in a ranking of the top federal government Web sites for 2005.
Accela Inc. has won a $1.2 million contract from Omaha, Neb., to provide a Web-based, integrated permitting, licensing and inspection management system.
