The National Institute of Standards and Technology today launched a service within its National Vulnerability Database that will allow vendors to discuss the impact of vulnerabilities on their products.
The Federal Claims Court late last week directed the General Services Administration to vacate its award to Symplicity Corp. of Arlington, Va., to run the federal procurement Web site, FedBizOpps.gov.
The Environmental Protection Agency is piecing together its effort to meet the upcoming Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 deadline for agencies to begin issuing Personal Identity Verification cards and is looking for a a public-key infrastructure provider.
The "specialty metals" provision of the Berry Amendment became law long before most people could conceive of today's global IT market. But that law limits the ability of the Defense Department to acquire commercial IT and the electronic components vital to nearly all modern weapons and other sophisticated systems.
The Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System modernization program is being urged to work hand-in-hand with the Homeland Security Department's Secure Border Initiative.
A top official in the Bush Administration is claiming that major hurdles preventing information-sharing among first responders in the Katrina response have been fixed, but Democrats accused the administration of scant progress on the issue.
The Housing and Urban Development plans to seek enterprisewide implementation and integration of the PeopleSoft financial-management system as part of the agency's accounting and financial modernization.
The Homeland Security Department's snakebit program to issue secure credentials to workers at ports, airports and other transportation hubs hit a new barrier this week.
Federal procurement officials are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to specify how agencies should procure services in order to meet Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 requirements.
The Homeland Security Department has gaps in the security controls for its Radio Frequency Identification systems, according to DHS inspector general Richard Skinner.
