GSA pulls rank, OKs EDS for HSPD-12 work
The General Services Administration has decided to implement the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 managed service office contract with EDS Corp. despite protests by two losing bidders.
Has contracting out gotten out of hand?
Rep. Henry Waxman continues to assail agency procurement practices, calling for increased oversight of contractors by federal employees.
IBM hires former GSA official
Marty Wagner, a longtime GSA official who retired in January, has joined the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
Companies dispute HSPD-12 award
XTec and the Computer Literacy Team have protested GSA's award to EDS to run the agency's HSPD-12 Managed Services Office.
Attacks on federal networks lead to concern for DHS
The House Homeland Security Committee wants to know whether DHS' networks have been hacked.
EDS wins GSA HSPD-12 managed services work
Electronic Data Systems Corp. has won a $66.3 million contract from GSA to run its HSPD-12 managed-service office.
Agencies issue RFQ for data encryption
DOD and GSA last week issued a request for quotations for full-disk encryption or a file/folder encryption system under the SmartBuy enterprise software management program.
And there were three ...
GSA cut the number of vendors competing to run its Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 managed service office from six to three.
Sprint will not protest Networx Universal
GSA learned late last week that Sprint Nextel will not protest its loss of the Networx Universal contract.
HR business line solicitation, awards on hold
GSA will issue a "refreshed" solicitation for Federal Supply Service Schedule 738.x, including the new special item numbers for services, this week.
Agencies to follow new IT security standards
ONDI and DOD this week announced the seven areas of certification and accreditation for information technology systems that they will standardize.
OMB issues infrastructure metrics RFQ
OMB, through GSA, will hire a contractor to establish baseline metrics for three areas of the Infrastructure Optimization Initiative Line of Business consolidation effort.
Azimuth Awards at FOSE salute Schlarman, Andreeesen
The CIO Council has picked two winners of the 2007 Azimuth Award who couldn't be more different. The industry executive was a millionaire by the time he was 34 and now, at 36, is heading up at least two new companies.
IBT files objection to TWIC deal
TSA's $70 million contract to deploy the Transportation Worker's Identification Card is under protest.
Hill considering 3 percent increase for fiscal 2008 IT budget
The federal IT budget would increase by about 3 percent to $65 billion under President Bush's plan for fiscal 2008.
GSA: HSPD-12 vendors will have to pay for product testing
GSA today announced that as of April 3 it will no longer pay for vendors to test their products to ensure they are interoperable under HSPD-12.
NIST accepting comments on IPv6 findings
NIST announced in a draft special publication that the IP Version 6 standards for testing and profiling that exist in DOD and in industry fall short of the needs of the civilian federal agencies.
EDS brings GSA's Sindelar onboard
John Sindelar, currently the General Services Administration's senior adviser to the administrator, will be a client industry executive working in EDS' global government industry program.
IT is at forefront of Bush's State of the Union address
In his sixth State of the Union address, President Bush last night stuck to his usual technology themes of using IT to improve health care and better secure the border.
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