DHS distributes $253M for transit security
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the availability of $253 million in grants for mass transit security.
Accreditation fuels small business' growth
Dovel Technologies used its CMMI Level 3 accreditation to accelerate its growth in the government market and help land a Contractor of the Year award.
PKI opportunity makes a comeback
The federal public-key infrastructure has seen a quickening pace of activity in recent months as the government has begun allowing more options for contractors and state and local agencies to participate in the system.
CMS awards health IT planning grants to states
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services handed out $17 million in matching funds to seven states and one territory for preparations for handling health IT payments from the economic stimulus law.
DOE plans to retain bulk of contractor IT workforce
Energy CIO Tom Pyke said he intends to maintain the contractor IT workforce at current levels for the most part while insourcing a small portion of the jobs.
New ethics policies might hurt competition, industry group says
The Defense Department needs to apply a "balanced approach" to avoid negative impacts from new conflict-of-interest rules, says a contractor group.
FDA readies new data systems for drug safety
The Food and Drug Administration will expand its tracking of drug safety once the drugs enter the marketplace, according to a new report.
Delays beset DHS financial systems procurement
The Homeland Security Department's second attempt to integrate its financial systems is more than a year behind the original schedule, according to a new GAO report.
No-bid contracts used too much for stimulus projects, GAO says
SBA, HUD and NASA awarded 35 percent or more of their stimulus law contracts noncompetitively, according to a new GAO report.
Commerce weighs open-source content system for Web sites
The Commerce Department is considering switching its Web sites to the Drupal open-source content management system.
HHS puts up $235M for health IT
The Health and Human Services Department will fund 15 communities to demonstrate the use of digital health records.
New HHS contracting rules push transparency, green purchasing
The Health and Human Services Department is doing its first major update to its acquisition regulation since 2006.
GAO says CMS falls short on contracting controls
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is not exercising enough oversight over $3.6 billion worth of contracts a year, says the GAO.
DHS takes closer look at IT spending
DHS prepares for less funding with reviews of major buys, including IT acquisitions, official says.
NIH preparing small business GWAC for IT services
The National Institutes of Health has released a draft RFP for a small business set-aside acquisition vehicle that will cover a broad array of IT services.
Entrust signs PKI deal with Homeland Security Department
Entrust will be providing digital certificates to DHS' 225,000 employees under a two-year agreement.
HHS names Nitor Group for NHIN bridge contract
HHS has hired Nitor Group on a bridge contract to help prepare for a series of competitive task orders for the Nationwide Health Information Network by year's end.
New contractor database draws fire
Industry and good-government groups criticize a new database that would be used to judge contractors before making awards.
Fixed-price contracts increase under stimulus law
The proportion of fixed-price contracts is increasing in the contracts funded under the economic stimulus law, a new report says.
HHS to award health-data network contracts by year's end
HHS is planning to award a series of competitive contracts for the Nationwide Health Information Network later this year.
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