The Centers for Disease Control is inviting prospective vendors to participate in an advisory process before publishing a solicitation for a major information technology contract, anticipated in September.
The Professional Services Council opposes Senate legislation would require federal contractors to use the E-Verify system for new and existing employees.
Experts today reacted to reports of inappropriate procurement activities at the Homeland Security Department by saying it was unclear whether such actions are common at other federal agencies.
OMB issued three memos today that outline $40 billion in savings on contract spending. It told agencies to cut seven percent from their budgets for contractors.
The new head of the Coast Guard acquisitions unit said he wants to make permanent the relationships between the new unit and the Homeland Security and Defense departments.
The Homeland Security Department has published a justification for awarding a $782,000 sole-source software contract for risk-assessment software services.
The Senate passed a provision to require federal contractors to use the E-Verify program on the same day DHS announced that contractors must use the program starting Sept. 8.
SAIC, which is facing a current False Claims Act lawsuit, received no sanctions following a five-year investigation of apparently similar claims that ended in 2007, according to a watchdog group.
