Border security got an extra $3 billion, but Real ID spending took a hit, in Senate action on the Homeland Security Department fiscal 2008 appropriations bill yesterday.
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.
A six-week war of words between the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee and Sun Microsystems over a proposed GSA audit of the company's pricing practices may be nearing an end ? if both sides can agree on a referee.
Washington State is moving forward on deploying the nation's first RFID-enabled driver's license that also will serve as a border crossing card under a pilot program authorized by DHS.
DHS' Immigration and Customs Enforcement division issued a pre-solicitation notice July 24 requesting project management support services for the Office of Detention and Removal.
DOD has chosen a trusted identity network developed by the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems as the first enterprisewide solution for cross-credentialing between government and industry.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a procurement notice that it seeks to award a contract by November for a wireless system based on technology from iPass.
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.
Anne Margulies, a technology professional from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the Bay State's new assistant secretary for information technology and state chief information officer.
Centurum Inc. and Scientific Research Corp. will compete against each other to provide network-centric services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.
The Navy has chosen Alion Science and Technology, Science Applications International Corp., Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems and Stanley Associates to support the Commander Naval Operational Test and Evaluation Force.
