The Navy is looking for information on the availability of a core command and control application for a shipboard protection system for all vessels except submarines.
The Homeland Security Department might seek a private vendor to provide intelligence research and operations specialists for its Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
With the publication of an interim procurement rule in today's Federal Register, federal policy for the first time explicitly permits telecommuting by contractor employees.
A new commission to set a strategy and timeline for implementing health care IT standards is taking shape as President Bush and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist named the initial members of the Commission on Systemic Interoperability group. The group, by November of next year, must recommend standards that will serve as the foundation for establishing a system of universal health records.
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), the force behind much of Congress' oversight of federal IT during the last two years, is moving from the House Government Reform Committee to the Rules Committee, effective today.
And then there were 51. After a competition that involved more than 400 small companies, 51 businesses won spots on the Commerce Information Technology Services Next Generation contract.
The Defense Department is asking for comments on an interim procurement rule that limits how often two or more requirements can be consolidated into a single contract when those requirements collectively are worth more than $5 million.
A procurement rule went into effect Sept. 17 permitting 5 percent incentive payments to contractors and subcontractors that use Native American, Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian small businesses as subcontractors on Defense Department work worth more than $500,000.
An amendment that would require agencies to include cybersecurity in the planning and acquisition phases of systems development may soon become law, according to Bob Dix, staff director of the House Government Reform subcommittee on technology, information policy and the census.
The Small Business Administration this month launched an online application for 8(a) Business Development and Small Disadvantaged Business certification. The new automated application replaces a four-page paper form.
The Office of Management and Budget is evaluating proposals that would have federal agencies share services for financial management and human resources, a move that could create significant integration and outsourcing opportunities for contractors.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration needs an advanced, high-performance computing system for research and development. The system must be able to accommodate additional requirements as well as the needs of partner agencies.
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency wants proposals for a feasibility study to help BH Telecom, Bosnia and Herzegovina's largest state-owned telecom provider, evaluate deploying a nationwide Wi-Fi network.
The new chief executive of Accenture Ltd.'s government unit is looking to health care services as a key area for growth as the company brings its international experience to the United States.
The General Services Administration still needs to work on the Networx telecommunications contract to address concerns being raised by the Government Accountability Office, the watchdog agency said.
The General Services Administration still needs to work on the Networx telecommunications contract to address concerns being raised by the Government Accountability Office, the watchdog agency said.
The Government Accountability Office warned this month that in some situations, managed public key infrastructure services could be more trouble than they're worth to government agencies.
