Acquisition
GSA awards $0 contract for spending database data
Global Computing Enterprises, which runs the Federal Procurement Data System, received the contract to supply contracting and grants data with a bid of $0.
Acquisition
GSA picks Symplicity -- again -- to redo FedBizOpps.gov
The contract has been hung up in protests for more than three years.
People
DHS signs on to create threat assessment coordination group
Lawmakers hope the group will improve how federal, state and local officials create and share intelligence.
People
OMB mandates the use of foreign-trade system
New requirement is related to the regulation of imported goods under the Safe Ports Act of 2006.
Acquisition
DIA to consolidate intell support
New award would reduce number of vendors so the agency can streamline its oversight
People
OPM: Calling all SES hopefuls
Agency seeks to expand feds’ enrollment in executive leadership training program
People
DISA sees managed services as the future
Agency CIO John Garing wants to expand DISA's use of this approach to software.
People
GSA tones down request for federal spending database
The agency modified the RFP to ask only for analyzed data, not technical services.
People
Agencies still struggle to manage IT
Senators press OMB officials to reverse repeated history of IT project failures
People
Feds offered data-sharing tool for anti-terrorism efforts
Agencies can use the architecture to support their information-sharing missions.
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Lawmakers want OMB to address core problems with IT projects
Research by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee finds that 20 percent of all federal IT projects need to be rebaselined.
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DOD tests vulnerability management tools
The Security Content Automation Protocol will help the military understand and fix potential cybersecurity problems.
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ISE to focus on common IT security framework for intell
In a report to Congress outlining its goals for 2008, the Information Sharing Environment lists 2007 successes including developing an information assurance model and framework.
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DIA issues RFP for intell analysis support
The five-year contract with a ceiling of $1 billion would give the Defense Intelligence Agency analysis assistance in 29 areas.
People
Competition for HR services could heat up in fiscal 2008
The Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration will award vendors a place on the Federal Supply schedule for human resources services by the end of the calendar year, and companies will begin competing to provide HR services to agencies shortly after that.
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Justice IG finds inconsistencies in EVM data on Sentinel project
The Justice Department inspector general's third audit of Sentinel, the FBI's $305 million case management system, found progress in a number of management areas. But the IG also expressed concern about the program's cost, schedule and performance metrics. The IG said the FBI's implementation of earned value management is not providing consistent data. Sentinel contractor Lockheed Martin's price increased by $4.4 million, even though the EVM data showed the project was within budget, the IG said. The…
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FBI tries to repeat program success
Officials say new IT handbook will help program managers follow best practices
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Agencies need to improve service-level agreements
Experts say too many times the agreements are unclear and cause disputes.
People
OFPP details how to bring retired acquisition workers back
Administration wants plans on how agencies will implement the General Services Administration Modernization Act provision by next month.
People
VA to award contract for HSPD-12 deployment
The Veterans Affairs Department and other agencies focused on 2007 and 2008 October deadlines.
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