Three companies file to recoup costs from doomed TCE contract
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>Three bidders have filed documents to recoup costs incurred from the Treasury Department's Treasury Communications Enterprise contract, a cancelled billion-dollar project.
CMS in need of enterprise development services
Enterprise system development services are being sought by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as part of its new approach for acquiring, delivering and managing IT.
Bush signs VA bill that guards sensitive data
President Bush signed into law the The Veterans Benefits, Health Care and Information Technology Act of 2006 designed to improve veterans' benefits, health care, and the security of their sensitive data.
Health care database to come from Thomson renewal
Thomson Medstat has been awarded a contract renewal from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research to build and support the next version of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
RSA chosen for SSA HSPD-12 card management
RSA has been awarded a contract by the Social Security Administration for card management services to support compliance with HSPD-12.
HRLOB provider is needed for Labor
A public or private shared-services provider is being sought by the Labor Department for its Human Resources Line of Business to replace its current HR and payroll systems.
$1B TCE contract has plug pulled by Treasury
After years of contention with the Bush administration and Congress, the plug has been pulled by the Treasury Department on its controversial $1 billion Treasury Communications Enterprise contract.
Google, NASA to explore space together
Space exploration data and images will be made readily available on the Internet through an agreement between Google Inc. and NASA.
FDA electronic platform open for comment
FDA plans to completely move to electronic submissions of reporting for regulated drug products and to create a common electronic platform to exchange data.
House reform committee could change how government IT is handled
Under incoming chairman Rep. Henry Waxman, the House Government Reform Committee may alter how it handles federal IT.
Next steps for HHS in advancing health IT network are states, RHIOs
In order to advance capabilities for the Nationwide Health Information Network next year, HHS will pursue contracts for trial implementations that will include state and regional health information organization exchange efforts.
Eight vendors to provide services for $1b VA deal
Eight companies have been chosen by the Veterans Affairs Department to provide application maintenance services for its VistA electronic health records system.
GTSI awarded $63M FAA IT hardware deal
GTSI Corp. has been awarded a purchasing vehicle contract to consolidate the Federal Aviation Administration's procurement of IT peripherals.
HHS working on emergency-responder health IT use
Details of an emergency-responder electronic health record as another early use for health IT are being developed by the Health and Human Services Department.
Seat management competition for IRS closed
The IRS announced last week it will not proceed with a public-private competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for the entire Seat Management program.
USDA in the market for encryption technology for mobile devices
The Agricultural Department expects to have a blanket purchase agreement, from which it will purchase encryption products, in place by Jan. 1, and anticipates purchasing 150,000 licenses.
Aquilent lands VA content management deal
Aquilent Inc. has been awarded a Veterans Affairs Department task order to establish an integrated content strategy framework for its Enterprise Content Management System.
Ventera tapped for USDA IT support
Ventera Corp. has been awarded a contract to provide IT support and enhancements for the Agriculture Department's Food and Nutrition Service.
SRA receives USDA school lunch supply chain deal
SRA Inc. has been awarded a contract from the Agriculture Department for the development and implementation of a Web-based Supply Chain Management System to replace the current one.
Potential $9b contract awarded for Medicare contact centers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a contract worth as much as $9 billion to six vendors for contact-center operations for general Medicare and claims inquiries among all CMS communications channels.
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