The Maryland Office of the Comptroller wants a company to manage a value-added network for electronic tax filing. A request for proposal is expected during the first quarter. The project would refresh technology used to transmit returns electronically and would integrate additional functions. The state wants a one-stop tax-filing portal.
The General Services Administration in late December established a one-time fee of $2,500 for vendors and the public to receive a direct, continuous feed from the new Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation via Web services.
The IRS wants a contractor to provide off-the-shelf, PC-based actuarial software and technical support for its large and midsize business division. The contractor will assist with audits of life insurance companies. Services will include annual software maintenance, technical support services, help-desk support, professional actuarial services and training. The contract will be for one year with four one-year optional renewal periods. The procurement is a small business set-aside. Responses are due by Jan. 21. Contact Nicolete Veno at nicolete.c.veno@irs.gov.
Is a protest of your latest big win inevitable? If it's a multiyear enterprise deal worth big bucks and for several years, the chances rise precipitously. And the chances of more such contracts drawing protests in the coming year seem like a safe bet.
A new cabling product can support 10 Gigabit Ethernet say developers of the technology from Systimax Solution, a subsidiary of CommScope Inc. with offices in North Carolina, Belgium and Brazil.
Using a Linux platform, 3PAR Inc. of Fremont, Calif., has created a flexible utility storage solution. The 3PAR InServ Storage Server is a modular, Linux-based server that enables it to scale centralized data environments. Key to the design is a passive, full-mesh backplane that unifies multiple system resources for simple administration and automatic load balancing.
RFID and wireless security technologies will get a big push in 2005, thanks to developments that likely will spur new investment and growth in both areas.
The Justice Department's Inspector General Office has concluded that the FBI's Virtual Case File project, on which the bureau has spent almost $170 million since June 2001, won't succeed.
The General Services Administration has hooked a big one for SmartBuy, its enterprise software licensing program. IBM Corp. software including Rational, Informix and DB2 are now available through the vehicle.
The Office of Management and Budget is requiring agencies to use one of three approved shared-service providers for public-key infrastructure and electronic-signature services.
General Dynamics won a $5.8 million contract from the National Security Agency's Central Security Service to develop a wide area network procurement system.
When IBM spins off its PC teams to Lenovo Group next year for about $1.75 billion, "there will be a large number of collaborative elements," IBM's PC chief says.
In the coming year, the Office of Management and Budget wants to see major improvements in systems security and the quality of the business cases agencies submit.
MIL Corp. won a multiyear contract to help the Department of Housing and Urban Development develop requirements for its integrated financial management improvement project.
The Education Department is seeking information from industry on how to exchange data between state systems that handle information about migrant students.
Fear of possible reductions in funding for Medicaid information systems is prompting states to move quickly to upgrade existing technology before Congress changes funding levels.
