Northrop Grumman has been awarded a task order from the Army to develop Defense Knowledge Online, the project to consolidate the different military-service portals into one entry point.
Twenty-two small businesses have been selected by the DHS' Science and Technology directorate to participate in technology contracts aimed at the development of homeland security solutions.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Accenture announced March 13 that they will dissolve an outsourcing contract that called for Accenture to operate an integrated eligibility determination system for state health and welfare programs.
A contracting oversight bill holds to its original intent of limiting noncompetitive and sole-source contracts and requiring disclosure of justifications for such contracts after two House committees have looked at it.
A group of industry associations has reiterated its concerns that several draft recommendations from the Acquisition Advisory Panel would cause delays in acquisition and chill innovation in government services.
The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee proposed Monday to add $3.4 billion above the White House's budget to bolster first responder programs in DHS for fiscal 2008.
The Government Ethics Office has taken steps to slow the revolving door practice of DHS officials leaving their posts to become lobbyists for business interests.
The Small Business Administration and the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new Internet tool March 7 that offers small-business owners advice and guidance.
When I saw the news that GTSI Corp. and World Wide Technology Inc. had won the small-business contracts under the Army's Information Technology Solutions Enterprise 2 Hardware program, I had to scratch my head.
