Accenture's run as the prime contractor and systems integrator for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program will continue beyond May 2009.
AMP and Goldbelt Raven also entered unapproved agreements that would send large portions of their contract proceeds to managers who are not native Alaskans, according to a SBA audit.
DIA officials plan to release the final RFP in September and award four large-business contracts and four more contracts to small businesses by March 2009.
GAO investigators fooled the Small Business Administration by applying for certification for four fake companies under SBA's Historically Underutilized Business Zone program. SBA approved the applications in short order.
DHS' inspector general wrote in an Aug. 4 report that legislation that restricts subcontracting by prime contractors could inhibit disaster responses and recovery work.
Recent Small Business Administration actions aimed at substantial increases in contract awards to small businesses are colliding with market realities and, in manyinstances, are counterproductive to the government getting its work done efficiently and cost effectively.
Global Network Systems Inc. will continue providing professional services, including information technology policy development and technical review support, to the Commerce Department.
The House passed a bill that would require a company or agency working on behalf of the VA to give preference to small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
The National Institutes of Health wants information from contractors on their ability to provide portal and data center services essential to its Bionformatics Resource Centers program.
