E-Verify deadline postponed again

The Homeland Security Department has extended until June 30 the deadline for contractors to begin using the employment verification system.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Mapmakers face stiff tax burden

Mapping and surveying contractors will be hit with a 13 percent withholding of income tax from their federal contracts, a trade association official says.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Coast Guard schedules TWIC reader meeting

The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting to discuss its new risk-based rule for using Transportation Worker Identification Credential readers at port facilities.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

H-1B petitions fall short of cap

U.S. immigration authorities have received only 42,000 H-1B visa applications in the latest tally.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

General Dynamics wins USCIS contract

The company will produce blank identification cards for USCIS to be used for new immigrant work eligibility cards.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Coast Guard may need to report officials hired by contractors

The Coast Guard would change some acquisition processes under new legislation.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

POGO: Penalized contractors kept winning contracts

A government watchdog group says some contractors kept winning federal work despite being banned from getting that work.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

BearingPoint sells assets; Deloitte gets government business

BearingPoint Inc. will sell substantially all of its assets and effectively go out of business.

  • By David Hubler

ManTech taps Addeo to lead Defense Systems Group

ManTech International Corp. has named Louis Addeo president of its Defense Systems Group, the company’s largest business unit.

  • By David Hubler

Unisys starts global forum for government, IT executives

Unisys Corp. has created a global forum to bring together leaders from government and the information technology industry.

  • By David Hubler

Private tax collectors lose IRS work

The tax agency found that federal employees were more cost effective than the debt contractors.

  • By Mary Mosquera

Skinner: CBP improperly used award-fee approach

Customs and Border Protection paid $8 million in award fees to an Alaska Native firm on an improperly structured contract, said Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Coleman resigns as ManTech president and COO

Robert Coleman, president and chief operating officer at ManTech International Corp., is stepping down from his posts.

  • By David Hubler

Microsoft tops U.S. companies on H-1B visas

Microsoft was the top U.S. company to receive H-1B visas in 2008, reports U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Margaret Graves takes reins as acting DHS CIO

Margaret Graves takes over as acting chief information officer today on Richard Mangogna's last day as CIO.

  • By Ben Bain

SRA to provide conflict-resolution support to EPA

SRA International will support the EPA’s conflict-resolution programs under a five-year, $55 million contract renewal.

  • By David Hubler

Budget gives boost to IT, health care

The Health and Human Services Department would get money to increase techology, research and program integrity under the HHS $76.8 billion request.

  • By Mary Mosquera

DHS to pursue flexible acquisition methods

The Homeland Security Department has modified its investment review process and is strengthening procurement, according to its management undersecretary, Elaine Duke.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Treasury grapples with devising systems for TARP

The department plans to release soon requests for proposals for the modernization of two programs -- its foreign intelligence network and enterprise content management system.

  • By Mary Mosquera

BearingPoint files for Chapter 11 restructuring

Company officials said the move has allowed them to reach a financial restructuring agreement with senior secured lenders that will significantly reduce the company’s debt and improve its capital structure.

  • By David Hubler
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