The Government Accountability Office denies a protest from Northrop Grumman of what the company believed was an "unreasonable" termination of its contract.
The Homeland Security Department has cut down on noncompetitive contracting and beefed up its oversight of such awards, the inspector general says in a new report released today.
Many of the top IT and procurement officials at Customs and Border Protection were on hand to share information and a few candid remarks at Tuesday's Industry Day.
Customs and Border Protection's IT office is using more requests for information and other methods to get ideas from vendors in advance of a procurement, officials said.
Cloud computing requires an evolution in thinking on the part of agency managers and cloud providers on issues including acquisition and data ownership, a panel of CIOs representing defense and civilian agencies said.
Mark Borkowski, assistant commissioner of Customs and Border Protection's Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition, outlined procurement plans for the next phase of border security in the southwestern United States.
The Homeland Security Department is inviting vendors to an Industry Day on Feb. 17 to present its three-part strategy for border-security solutions to replace the cancelled SBInet program.
The Homeland Security Department is seeking solutions for an Integrated Fixed Tower system at the border, which appears to have some similarities to the canceled SBInet system.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Boeing's virtual fence can't meetin security objectives. New strategy includes a mix of new technologies at the border.
Science Applications International Corp. will provide systems engineering to the Homeland Security Department under a task order that could be worth as much as $40 million over the course of the four-year, nine-month length of the award.
Boeing's contract to work on the Homeland Security Department's SBInet electronic surveillance system at the Arizona-Mexico border is getting another 30 days, according to a published report.
With cyber threats to linked systems a potential epidemic, a panel of security leaders call for government to step up efforts on standards, collaboration and raising public awareness.
Rivals want the General Services Administration and Homeland Security Department to rethink their decision to award Northrop Grumman the contract to build the infrastructure for the new DHS headquarters campus.
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