Accela Inc. has won a contract from Salt Lake City to move its permitting process online so that builders and developers can purchase permits through a single portal.
DHS has issued the first large-scale task order under Networx Universal contract. Two of the three Networx vendors will establish its OneNet intranet for sensitive but unclassified data.
Arizona became the third state today to volunteer for a DHS program in which it will develop a hybrid ID card that combines a state driver's license with a U.S. border-crossing card.
Instead of awarding a sole-source contract to Eagle Eye for the first phase of the Federal Financial Accountability and Transparency Act, GSA issued an RFP for data and software that would list grant and contract award info from fiscal 2000-07. The small-business set-aside contract is for 19 months.
The State Department's electronic passports should be considered a success despite long wait times and assertions that they are not being widely scanned, said a former State official.
Northrop Grumman will deploy, enhance and maintain a health data repository initiative to help the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments share patient information.
Although the U.S. began issuing electronic passports to U.S. citizens last October, few of the nation's airports or land and sea ports are using them as they should, according to a GAO report.
A new study, "Fusion Centers: Issues and Options for Congress," cites problems with State intelligence fusion centers' lack of connectivity with existing law enforcement databases and poor compliance with federally backed technical data-sharing standards.
GSA intends to issue a sole-sourcing purchase order to Eagle Eye Publishers for custom programming services as the agency works to put federal contract and grant information into an easily searchable public database.
GPO is asking the private sector for advice as it aims to lower costs and increase efficiency in the production of electronic identification credentialing systems such as e-passports and e-visas.
FBI officials said they will finish developing plans by September for Phases 2 through 4 of the bureau's enterprise case management system, known as Sentinel.
