The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will release a request for proposals next month to consolidate to a single help desk at its main facility in Silver Spring, Md.
As director, William Jeffrey would lead the governmentwide technical implementation of the federal identification card and the continued development of IT security and electronic-authentication technologies.
New U.S. passports with radio-frequency identification tags will be protected by a physical barrier, protections on the equipment used to read the tags and possibly encryption technology.
Treasury notified the Government Accountability Office in a letter May 20 that it intended to terminate the Treasury Communications Enterprise contract with AT&T.
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has called on technology vendors to develop products that would assist both safety and productivity.
Horizon Software has been awarded a $48 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide food-service management software to the dining facilities of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.
The chairman of the House Government Reform Committee wants additional measures to supplement and strengthen existing security policies for contractor-provided IT systems.
The House of Representatives today unanimously approved the General Services Administration Modernization Act, which will combine the Federal Supply Service and the Federal Technology Service into a single organization.
IT industry representatives are urging the Senate to reject a provision approved by the House requiring the Homeland Security Department to use primarily U.S.-made components in all products it buys.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a request for proposals for key components of a crowd-behavior simulation model prototype.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff suggested the private IT sector could help develop and operate traveler screening databases for the government.
Maximus Inc. has won a four-year, $5.7 million contract from the province of Ontario to provide an integrated case management solution to support the enforcement of child and spousal support payments
The Navy has awarded the contracts for a program to determine whether it should outsource certain jobs to the private sector or continue to perform them internally.
Science Applications International Corp. will provide consulting services to the Homeland Security Department's Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness.
The House has approved $34.2 billion for the Homeland Security Department and its programs, paving the way for fuller congressional oversight of the department.
