The $120 billion Iraq War supplemental spending bill passed by Congress Thursday provides an additional $917 million for homeland security and also tightens restrictions on the Coast Guard's Deepwater program.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> The FBI wants its new Next Generation ID biometric information system to furnish faster and more high-quality links to other such repositories.
DOD has increased its reliance on contractors to maintain operations in the past decade because its personnel are away on military duty, a new report said.
The Coast Guard is seeking a refund for eight patrol boats under its Integrated Deepwater Systems procurement. The boats were built through a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
Two groups interested in reforming federal contracting ? both with ties to the former Clinton administration ? are at odds regarding how to clean up procurement.
Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate's Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, is asking for a clear statement on DOD's commitment to meeting the governmentwide goal, instituted in 1999.
