Data-mining technology used in the Computer Aided Passenger Prescreening System II program should have been more closely scrutinized to ensure it protected privacy before it was granted full protection from legal liability, according to Rep. Martin Olav Sabo.
Deidre Lee will oversee technology and professional services contracts, the acquisition workforce and the development and delivery of major IT and telecommunications governmentwide acquisition contracts.
ChoicePoint Government Services won a contract worth up to $20 million from the Internal Revenue Service to serve as the public records provider for batch processing projects.
Linda Combs received approval from lawmakers to become the new head of the OMB's Office of Federal Financial Management, while Linda Springer will direct the government's personnel agency for a term of four years.
Most agencies' enterprise architectures scored at least a three out of a five rating on OMB's maturity model, according to chief architect Richard Burk.
The Electronically Managing Enterprise Resources for Government Effectiveness and Efficiency program was supposed to create a new financial backbone for DHS.
Ciber Inc. won a $1 million task order from the Agriculture Department to provide software development, maintenance and support for database applications for its Farm Service Agency.
Several senators are co-sponsoring legislation to authorize $3.9 billion for a national architecture to enable wireless communication among first-responder agencies.
SRA International Inc. won a task order from the Justice Department to provide information technology systems and services to the Office of Justice Programs.
SI International Inc. won a contract from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to provide a new call center and support services for a retirement plan for federal employees.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>The General Services Administration pushes back its deadline by another 30 days for the lucrative Networx procurement.
The Health and Human Services Department wants to develop a portal to provide access to the public and private data repositories that contain the qualifications of government medical incident officials.
The award is the result of a recompete for the National Recreation Reservation Service after a bidder protested the original award by the Agriculture Department agency to ReserveAmerica.
Government contractors would be evaluated on past performance as well as on how they handled subcontracts, under a proposed rule change to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font>Scott Charbo, the CIO at the Agriculture Department since September 2002, will replace Steve Cooper, who left in April to become the CIO and executive vice president of the American Red Cross.
The new ID cards will be interoperable smart cards that can be used across agencies, and will incorporate a common set of identity proofing and issuing standards and technologies.
