Defense awards Joint Analytical Support Program contract
The Defense Department has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a contract to continue providing on-site analytical support to the Joint Staff and Combatant Commands.
Homeland Security's R&D center gets Anser
The Homeland Security Institute will assess, analyze and mitigate security threats, vulnerabilities and risks.
Budgets and mandates slow adoption of e-voting
Security concerns haven't been a deterrent to state and local adoption of electronic voting systems, election officials and e-voting advocates said today.<br>
Feds go looking for e-customers
The new theme for federal e-government is: location, location, location. The Bush administration launches campaign to market its online services.
GSA awards second SmartBuy deal
The General Services Administration last week signed a deal that it said could save the government $25 million on supply chain management software.
Industry wants security clearance improvements
The federal government needs to take four steps to dramatically speed and improve the security clearance process, technology trade groups said today.<br>
Share-in-savings guidance on the way
Federal agencies and their contractors will soon have more guidance on how to do share-in-savings contracting, officials said yesterday at a Washington conference about the rarely used procurement method.<br>
OMB wants to see long-range A-76 planning
The Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies to prepare long-range plans for conducting public-private competitions of federal jobs.
Defense sets rule for ID tags on supplies
An interim rule published today by the Defense Department will require contractors, beginning Jan. 1, to attach unique identifiers such as bar codes or radio frequency ID tags to all items costing more than $5,000.
Education wants research proposals from small business
The Education Department is seeking research proposals from small businesses in the areas of state and local consulting and development of educational products.<br>
SBA simplifies small-business registration, launches verification database
The Small Business Administration is giving small businesses a single point of registration and taking over the process of declaring whether a business qualifies for its programs.
OMB to ask for long range A-76 plans
OMB is asking agencies to prepare long-range plans for conducting public-private competitions of federal jobs.<br>
Latest cybersecurity report card finds few agencies made the grade
Fourteen agencies improved their grades in cybersecurity, but the government's overall score was a D, according to the latest congressional report card.
Report card: Cybersecurity efforts still falling short
A congressional report card finds improvement in cybersecurity work but some agencies continue to get low marks.<br>
House Reform review of bundling language stalls SBA reauthorization
Concerns about contract bundling language delay passage of the fiscal 2004 Small Business Administration reauthorization bill.
NASA to guard contractor information
Saying it no longer has enough employees to safeguard contractors' confidential information, NASA today proposed changes to safeguard the proprietary data when it must be disclosed to non-NASA support workers.<br>
Battle over sourcing rules swings back in industry's favor
Language in a congressional budget bill that would have curtailed some new procedures for competition of federal jobs has been altered in an omnibus spending bill.<br>
GSA readies Alliant governmentwide contract
The General Services Administration early next year will release more details of its plan to create a new broad IT acquisition vehicle, a GSA official said today.<br>
GSA plans new rule for share-in-savings
The General Services Administration has proposed a new procurement rule intended to boost the number of share-in-savings contracts agencies award.
Single small-business contract goal gains favor
Defense Department and NASA procurement officials are backing a plan to create a single small-business contracting goal.
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