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.
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.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a $24 million contract from the New Jersey Department of Human Services for electronic benefits transfer services.
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.
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.
The U.S. Census Bureau has issued a request for proposals for its Field Data Collection Automation program as it prepares for the next decennial census.
A Senate Appropriations subcommittee has approved a $30.8 billion budget for the Homeland Security Department for fiscal 2006?a cut of 3.5 percent from the $31.9 billion departmental budget passed by the House last month.
Federal cybersecurity programs run the risk of becoming static and unresponsive in the face of emerging threats, according to the findings of a study by the Government Accountability Office.
Officials in Europe now expect the United States to ease its requirement that all 27 visa-waiver countries begin issuing biometric passports by Oct. 26.
CGI-AMS has won a contract from Kentucky to implement an enterprise resource planning solution to streamline business processes and improve productivity.
