<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> Rep. Henry Waxman today accused TSA of sloppy acquisition management and an apparent conflict of interest in the 2006 hiring of a Virginia contractor whose work put at risk the personal information of thousands of travelers.
States want to use IT to improve the quality of health care services and reduce health care costs in response to President Bush's mandate for an improved national health care system.
Small and woman-owned businesses will face more scrutiny this year and perhaps fewer awards, largely due to the new recertification rule introduced by the SBA and a proposed SBA rule change to the women's contracting program.
DOD has issued several new contracting rules, including one that restricts lead systems integrators with a financial interest in an acquisition from working on it.
Unisys Corp. might sell its federal business unit if it agrees to the demand of a major stockholder to take the step and end what it called the company's "ruinous stock-price performance."
Pragmatics Inc. will assume some management and administrative operations for the Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate under a new $2.4 million task order.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will acquire Syan Holdings Ltd., a provider of information technology outsourcing services, for about $60 million in an all-cash deal.
Frontline Wireless LLC, a prominent prospective bidder for the upcoming auction to create a national wireless network for first responders, abruptly shut down this week.
LS3 and Aquilent plan to create a OneVA presentation, which is integrated with existing VA portals such as My HealtheVet and the Veterans Information Portal, single sign-on and other VA web sites.
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has been hired to advise a Texas company that is selling a patented high-speed public alert and notification system.
Contractors should be ready for agencies to change their acquisition models as agencies adopt new service-oriented architecture initiatives, according to market research firm Input.
Making the United States more competitive on the world stage will require a renewed focus on information technology and how it can transform government, according to former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner.
L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. will help California fingerprint more than 300,000 daycare workers as part of a biometrics-based, criminal-history search initiative.
