USAID gets quick fix for vulnerabilities

Before February, the U.S. Agency for International Development's network was scanned for vulnerabilities monthly, after which its systems administrators in 80 nations were sent reports about the vulnerabilities that were found.

GSA jump-starts share in savings

No schedule or multiple-award contract has ever been dedicated to share in savings ? until now. The General Services Administration last month awarded blanket purchase agreements to six companies to sell share-in-savings information technology projects to 19 federal agencies.

OPM releases draft RFP for new benefits system

Request for proposals covers a defined-benefits system that will give federal employees and retirees access to their government retirement account information.

CACI wins $75M contract at Navy shipyards

CACI International Inc. to provide systems integration, software development and business process support for information systems at all Navy shipyards.

Report: Federal IT awards up 50% in second quarter

Federal agencies awarded more than $23 billion in IT-related prime contracts in the second quarter, according to a new report from Input Inc.

CSC wins NASA IT services pact

Computer Sciences Corp. won a task order to provide IT services to NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center.

SRA wins DARPA contract

SRA will help the Tactical Technology Office with strategic planning and evaluating technologies.

Coast Guard chooses SAS software for Deepwater project

SAS Institute Inc. won a Coast Guard contract to create a performance management system that will support the Integrated Deepwater System Program.

Cal State consortium seeks homeland security, defense technologies

The consortium is soliciting technologies from industry, academic institutions and government labs to support the Defense and Homeland Security Departments.

Tennessee tries out green-card authentication

Tennessee is testing a green-card authentication system produced by BSI2000 Inc., officials of the Lakewood, Colo.

EDS wins $93M e-travel job from USDA

EDS Corp. of Plano, Texas, will provide employee travel services to the Agriculture Department under a task order worth about $93 million.

Performance-based contracting rules debut

Proposed rule tells industry and agencies how to do performance-based contracting for services.

State and local e-gov spending to double by '08

The state and local market for e-government products and services will soon reverse its dramatic decline.

Cerenade to provide e-forms to State Department

Cerenade Inc., a developer of electronic forms management software, won a State Department contract to provide its Visual eForms software.

Thrift board admits faults in failed system

In letter to senators, thrift board says it will accept recommendations for improvements in recordkeeping system.

GSA unveils eOffer

When Richard Stanton filed an application for his company's first General Services Administration schedule last month, he did it electronically and became one of the first to use GSA's new eOffer program, which lets contractors apply online for IT Schedule 70.

Industry hopeful about buying rule

Industry executives said they like what they hear so far about a rule under development at the White House that will tell agencies when they can use time-and-materials contracts.

SBA standards: When size matters

The Small Business Administration still plans to simplify its small-business size standards despite its recent decision to reassess changes it proposed in March, according to <b>Gary Jackson</b>, assistant administrator for size standards. Thousands of public comments raised significant concerns about the planned changes and led SBA to pull back.

Six contractors picked for share-in-savings deal

<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color>Six companies get blanket purchase agreements worth up to $500 million to help federal agencies develop share-in-savings contracts.

SI International nets Naval Air Command deal

SI International Inc. won a contract to develop and implement the Naval Depot Maintenance Systems Time and Attendance labor tracking application.