DHS Awards $102 Million Contract for ID Card Work
DHS’s Office of Procurement Operations has awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to HP Enterprises Services to provide products and …More
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The extent to which agencies implemented security program components showed mixed progress from fiscal 2011 – 2012, GAO has said, …More
Configuration Management Remains Key Issue In Access Protections
GAO also cited configuration management as a key area for improvement, noting that all 24 major federal departments and agencies …More
Cyber Attacks on the Steep Upswing; Senators Call for ‘Real-Time Security’
In response to GAO’s report, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said legislation is needed …More
Booz Allen Wins Justice, VHA Support Contracts
Prior to the government shutdown the Justice Department awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a $16.2 million contract to provide support to …More
Shutdown: GSA Warns of Procurement Cancellations
GSA has posted an "industry partner letter" to FedBizOpps.gov warning contractors that certain procurements may be jeopardized because of the …More
Lockheed Says 3,000 Employees Impacted by Shutdown
Contractors are feeling the heat of the government shutdown, as well. After saying it wouldn’t last week, Lockheed Martin has …More
IG Slams DoT for Lax Security of Core Systems
Investigators with the Department of Transportation’s inspector general broke into the department’s core operating environment using common intrusion tools and …More
Cites Lack of Required Security Testing; DoT Agrees to Take Action
The Office of the Chief Information Officer does not perform required security testing on the COE, the IG also concluded. …More
HP to Provide Cloud Hosting for Common Government User Credentials
HP Enterprise Services has announced that it was selected to provide private cloud hosting services to help the U.S. Postal …More
GSA eBuy Webinar Scheduled
GSA has announced a webinar scheduled for October 31 from 1 – 2pm ET that will serve as an introduction …More
GSA Addressing Contract Confusion with Online Tool
GSA has acknowledged what most procurement officials, contracting officer representatives, contractors, GSA personnel and others are already too familiar with …More
DHS Orders 7,000 Remote Desktop Access Devices
DHS has placed and order for 7,000 secure remote desktop access devices from Route1 under the FirstSource II contract vehicle. …More
FAA Awards Airport Grants for Power Source at Gate
The FAA has announced $17 million in grants to eight airports to purchase equipment that will allow airlines to tap …More
FAA Awards Harris Corporation $150 Million Network Services Contract
The FAA has authorized Harris Corporation to begin work on a seven-year, $150 million network component of the agency’s Data …More
DHS Awards $30 Million Contact to Help Share US-VISIT Data
DHS has awarded a nine-month, $30 million contract to Accenture Federal Services to bolster the department’s data sharing capability and …More
Technology Driving Workplace Initiative — Consultants Available
Technology is driving GSA’s recently announced Total Workplace initiative, which it sees as an incremental but aggressive effort to transform …More
GSA Awards Contract for MS Office SharePoint Solutions
GSA has awarded a contract under schedule 70 to DataPoint Solutions for its Microsoft SharePoint and business automation solutions. Under …More
White House Removing Barriers to Broadband Deployment
The White House is working to remove barriers to the installation of broadband infrastructure on federal properties and US highways …More
Report Eyes Legal Issues With Use of Personal Mobile Devices for Work
The concept of "bring your own device" – BYOD, in which agencies accept that their employees are using personal electronics …More
Cloud Services Brokerage Has Been Tried in Texas
GSA recently issued a request for quotation for a cloud services brokerage it is considering as a way to more …More
Partnership Advocates for Wider Shared Services Approach to IT
The Partnership for Public Service has said IT should be managed as an enterprise resource as part of a wider …More
Says Intelligence Community Could be Model for Breaking IT Silos
PPS offered up the Intelligence Community as an example for the kind of enterprise approach to IT that it is …More
DoD Mandates Migration to Cloud Email by Early 2015
DoD is directing all components to draft plans to migrate to the department’s cloud email platform. The department’s enterprise email …More
Microsoft Developing e-Learning Series for Small Business Administration
The Small Business Administration has announced it is working with Microsoft to develop a series of online courses to help …More
CMS Gets Green Light for Obamacare Data Hub
Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced it completed testing for the data …More
Cybersecurity Contract Announced for Continuous Network Monitoring
Cybersecurity Contract Announced for Continuous Network Monitoring DHS has announced it partnered with GSA to award a multi-vendor, five-year $6 …More
DHS Awards $95 Million Contract for Talent Management System
DHS has awarded a $95 million blanket purchase agreement for a cloud-based enterprise talent management system for its 250,000 employees. …More
FEMA App Aims to Crowd-Source Emergency Response
FEMA has launched an app that includes an interactive emergency kit checklist to help people respond to emergency events such …More
NASA Shares Air Traffic Prototype Software with FAA
NASA has provided the FAA with beta air traffic control software that could speed up air travel in the US. …More
