HUD considers rebidding IT contract

The Housing and Urban Development Department is trying to decide the next step it should take on an $860 million IT services contract successfully protested at the General Accounting Office.

Treasury to expand data-sharing system

The Treasury Department has given Information Analysis Inc. of Fairfax, Va., a contract worth up to $9.9 million over five years to enhance and operate the Secure Outreach and Gateway Web system for its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

FDIC is looking for a few good data sanitizers

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has requested information on commercial software that will sanitize data from existing sensitive databases or generate test data for application development and testing. The independent government agency supervises banks and insures bank deposits.

Indiana awards Medicaid work to EDS

Electronic Data Systems Corp. won an $83 million, three-year contract from the Indiana Medicaid Policy and Planning Office to continue processing health care provider claims and expedite other Medicaid services.

IRS removes some corporate e-file hurdles

The IRS published rules today to eliminate some regulatory barriers to online business tax filing.

IRS prime must shape up or ship out, overseers say

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font>Computer Sciences Corp. should be replaced if it does not show significant performance improvement on the IRS lengthy modernization project, an oversight board said today.

Former Dell exec nominated for IT post at VA

Robert McFarland, a former Dell Inc. vice president, has been nominated to become the next assistant secretary for information and technology at the Veterans Affairs.

Chapman, CIO at HHS, to join Booz Allen

Melissa Chapman will step down as the CIO of the Health and Human Services Department to take a position with Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.

VA deputy secretary to join ACS

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today the resignation of Leo Mackay Jr. as deputy secretary. He will join ACS Inc. of Dallas.

FAA begins building oceanic air traffic system

The Federal Aviation Administration has accepted the initial hardware and software for a new air traffic management system from Lockheed Martin Corp.

House votes against revised A-76 rules

The House voted to eliminate funding for the Bush administration's revised competitive sourcing rules.

CDC awards Orkand $10 million services contract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Orkand Corp. a $10.4 million contract to provide IT services for a long-running survey.

IRS review: Contractors lack full understanding of CADE

The underlying reason for repeated delays of IRS's CADE system is that the chief contractor has not fully grasped the complexity of the electronic taxpayer database, the chairman of a panel that reviews IRS business modernization said.

Longtime fed joins Orkand IT team

Eli Walker, former associate deputy administrator of public health and science at the Food Safety and Inspection Service, has joined Orkand Corp.