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Registered Traveler set to go nationwide
07/24/08 -- 02:12 PM The Transportation Security Administration will expand Registered Traveler to all U.S. airports beginning next week and eliminate a TSA-conducted screening that it considers duplicative.

Meyerose: Enterprise software to drive info-sharing
07/24/08 -- 10:02 AM A new enterprise software licensing program will help knock down barriers to information sharing, while saving agencies money, said ODNI’s associate director of national and CIO.

Stanley to continue support for Transportation Command
07/24/08 -- 09:44 AM Stanley will provide technical and analysis services for the Sealift, Intermodal, Rail and Airlift Analysis Support program.

Master Key Consulting locks down Justice award
07/23/08 -- 10:06 AM Master Key Consulting has won a management and software services contract from the Justice Department.

GAO to GSA: Rely on pre-award audits for contract cost stability
07/23/08 -- 09:42 AM To keep prices stable on its Multiple Award Schedules contracts, GSA should continue to rely on pre-award audits as much as pricing policies, GAO officials told a Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel this week.

L-1 wins border-crossing card deal
07/22/08 -- 02:17 PM L-1 Identity Solutions has won a contract from the State Department to issue border-crossing cards as part of an expansion to the U.S. Passport Card program.

Translation services firm gets boost from In-Q-Tel
07/22/08 -- 01:24 PM The CIA’s investment arm is investing in a translation technology that will help intelligence officers analyze foreign-language documents.

Alion to assist NOAA with radio spectrum services
07/21/08 -- 02:17 PM Alion Science and Technology will supply radio frequency spectrum services to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a new $7 million contract.

TopOff 5 competition raises possible conflict of interest
07/21/08 -- 12:34 PM Two senators have alleged that FEMA officials are ignoring a potential conflict of interest and other possible ethics violations with regard to the multimillion-dollar contract.

SAIC gets NASA program analysis work
07/18/08 -- 11:28 AM The contract calls on SAIC to assist NASA’s Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation with independent program and project assessments, and analysis and evaluation services.

Thompson skeptical of TSA outsourcing strategy
07/18/08 -- 11:08 AM The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee requested information on 14 concerns about the outsourcing of management of TSA’s Integrated Hiring Operations and Personnel Program.

OMB: Team effort needed on FISMA
07/17/08 -- 11:32 AM Contractors that supply agencies with outsourced services must work with those agencies to meet FISMA requirements, OMB said this week.

SBA, Navy sign Seaport-e memorandum
07/16/08 -- 10:19 AM The agreement will give more contract opportunities to the small and disadvantaged firms participating in SBA’s 8(a) Business Development program.

U.S. Genomics to continue pathogens sensor work for DHS
07/16/08 -- 09:24 AM U.S. Genomics Inc. is developing a sophisticated biological sensor that detects airborne pathogens and improves national security under contract from DHS.

GAO: FBI needs to refine cost controls for Sentinel
07/15/08 -- 04:32 PM The FBI must establish more stringent controls over contractor expenses on the $425 million Sentinel automated case-management system to keep close tabs on project costs, government auditors say.

CSC to perform data center work for DHS
07/15/08 -- 10:30 AM Computer Sciences Corp. will supply DHS with secure data center information technology under a task order that could be worth as much as $391 million.

Avineon gets technical support order from IRS
07/15/08 -- 10:18 AM Avineon Inc. has won a task order from the Internal Revenue Service for comprehensive systems engineering and technical support services.

Report: DOD falls short on HSPD-12
07/14/08 -- 04:21 PM The Defense Department has failed in a number of ways to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, according to a new report.

Alion to advise DHS on information sharing
07/14/08 -- 03:27 PM Alion Science and Technology Corp. will help DHS improve the way it shares critical information among its components under a new contract.

Aster to manage NOAA help desk
07/14/08 -- 09:33 AM Aster Engineering will provide IT help-desk support to a major service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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