A lack of clear strategies and concepts of operation is one of the major barriers holding up progress in information-sharing within homeland security, Martin Smith, director of information sharing for the Homeland Security Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer, writes in a new report.
Transportation Security Administration officials made misleading statements in 2003 and 2004 about their collection and transfer of personal information on 12 million airline passengers in order to test a new screening system, according to a report by DHS's inspector general.
At the sentencing of former Boeing Co. executive Mike Sears, who pled guilty for his role in the Darleen Druyun case, U.S. Attorney Paul McNulty announced the formation of a new procurement-fraud task force. This is just the latest example of how ethics in government contracting has drawn the spotlight as never before.
The prospect of people carrying many different biometric identification smart cards, each recognized by a single workplace or venue, doesn't seem so smart.<p> That's why the federal government is nudging ? some say pushing ? the biometrics industry toward greater interoperability, to make the cards scannable by multiple systems.
The House Government Reform Committee is investigating whether the special regulations giving Alaska Native corporations an edge in federal contracting are benefiting the government or Alaska natives.
Two years ago, Congress gave a new IT contracting vehicle a boost by including it in the E-Government Act of 2002. Share-in-savings contracts were supposed to revolutionize government IT procurements by unleashing contractor creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.
The Bush administration's dramatic boost in IT spending at the Homeland Security department may be a signal that the sprawling, two-year-old department is ready to consolidate some of its major programs and systems.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking for information about satellite bandwidth options to replace its Inmarsat Satellite System.
The coastal communication system is at risk for spiraling costs and schedule slippage because it requires hundreds of coastline towers to be built on environmentally sensitive sites.
Criticism of the General Services Administration's planning for the Networx telecommunications contract could force the agency to delay the awards beyond their April 2006 schedule.
<font color="CC0000">UPDATED</font color> The Government Accountability Office has sustained protests filed by three companies against the Treasury Department's award of the $1 billion Treasury Communications Enterprise contract to AT&T.
The bill allocates money for high-tech hardware for the troops as well as homeland security programs, and provisions to regulate government-issued ID cards.
By the end of May, the General Services Administration will have the first draft of its plan to merge the Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service, a GSA official told House lawmakers today.
GSA's Federal Supply Service is getting heat from Congress for not guaranteeing that it is getting the best prices available under its schedule programs.
The State Department and the Government Printing Office are in the final stages of determining which and how many companies will provide electronic passports for Americans.
The General Services Administration is combing the Federal Supply Service's IT schedule for smart-card vendors whose products and services meet a new federal standard.
Agencies take advantage of a rule allowing them to order directly from GSA's governmentwide acquisition contracts instead of going through the Federal Technology Service.
Anteon International Corp. has won a $350 million contract from the Army to design and build live-training ranges that digitally gather and record data on the training for quick feedback and reviews.
