Panel: Agencies sharpen skills for performance-based deals

Over the next year, government acquisition officials will focus on improving the ability of their procurement workforces to manage performance-based contracts, a panel of experts said this week.

DHS Web site makeover trips up users

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> The Homeland Security Department debuted a new Web site this week, and discarded most of its old Web addresses, to mixed reactions by users.

Intel IT is coming together

Dale Meyerrose, CIO for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said yesterday the attempt to bring the national intelligence machine out of the IT shadows is starting to pay off.

Maxamine wins Treasury Web site analytics contract

Maxamine Inc. will provide analytic software to the Treasury Department's Federal Consulting Group to improve government Web site quality and compliance.

GSA to take control of Commerce GWAC

The General Services Administration and the Commerce Department have reached an agreement in principle to give GSA ownership of Commerce's Information Technology Services Next Generation governmentwide acquisition contract.

GAO cites staffing issues with Sentinel

The FBI's Sentinel program for IT modernization needs to be staffed more strategically, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Capgemini captures $400M UK database deal

Capgemini UK plc has won a contract from the United Kingdom's Education and Skills Department to design a national database covering all 11 million children in England.

Customs and Border set to resume UAV patrols

U.S. Customs and Border Protection expects to have a Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle flying along the U.S.-Mexico border again in November, officials announced in a new report.

IG: Security still lax in DHS systems

The Homeland Security Department still has information security gaps that make its computer systems vulnerable to threats, according to a DHS inspector general Richard Skinner.

Doan takes GSA back to basics

Slowing down GWACs, cleaning up bottom among top priorities.

DOD aims to improve how it buys services

The Defense Department is making another attempt to improve how it purchases services.

Buying power

Flow of federal funds helps states expand homeland security programs.

Fine tuning needed

Complexity, lack of standards stymie common operating picture efforts.

Revamped Business.gov to cater to small biz

Officials from the White House and Small Business Administration formally unveiled a revamped Web site that provides small businesses with a compendium of federal regulations information.

Infotech and the Law: If the FOIA exemption fits, wear it

Imagine your agency customer calls and says, "We've received a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of your contract. We will comply with that request unless you explain to us why we shouldn't."

Can you hear the savings now?

Complexity, lack of standards stymie common operating picture efforts.

Help or hassle?

In small-business IT contracting, the challenge is distinguishing which agencies have the dollars and a willingness to assist.

Government to study online procurement

The federal government again will review the advantages and disadvantages of online procurement services.