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Matt McLaughlin

For '06, GSA will try to sell Congress on e-gov?again

The General Services Administration hopes the success of its Quicksilver projects will convince Congress to let it use surplus funds from its IT sales and services operations to support e-government initiatives next year.

HUD IT services award may be delayed

Competition for an $860 million contract got even murkier when Moody's Investors Service lowered its rating of EDS Corp. debt.

Navy mandates major changes to NMCI

EDS Corp.'s embattled Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project is undergoing significant changes to improve its management and operation. But despite the criticism leveled at EDS by Congress and its customers on the $8.8 billion program, Navy brass remain committed to it.

OPM issues RFI for Recruitment One-Stop

The Office of Personnel Management is asking vendors for ideas to improve its USAJobs Web portal, a sign that the agency could be ready to address the uncertain status of its plans for the site.

IRS prime must shape up or ship out, overseers say

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font>Computer Sciences Corp. should be replaced if it does not show significant performance improvement on the IRS lengthy modernization project, an oversight board said today.

Unisys gets airport security contract

The Transportation Security Administration has awarded an $8 million contract to Unisys Corp. to test technologies that can be used to improve airport security.

FGIPC changes name, direction

HERSHEY, Pa.?The Federation of Government Information Processing Councils is now the American Council for Technology.

Online Extra: Forman's calculated approach, a timeline

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DHS official to leave for private sector

Sarah Jane League will step down as a special assistant for infrastructure and information assurance with the Homeland Security Department next week to begin work with G&B Solutions.

Pentagon releases plan to integrate business systems

The Defense Department's documented Financial Management Enterprise Architecture will build on the integration and interoperability the Pentagon has made with other military information systems, an official who helped develop the architecture says.

HSD looks to take steps forward without going back

The first rule IT leaders of the new Homeland Security Department are following as they establish the agency's systems makeup is "Do no harm," Steve Cooper, the department's CIO, said today.

GAO: Many Homeland Security agencies bring IT problems along

The new Homeland Security Department will inherit many of the IT management problems of its component agencies, the General Accounting Office reported Jan. 14.

GSA appoints CTO within revamped Citizens Services Office

The General Services Administration continued its reorganization today, naming Casey Coleman as the agency's chief technology officer for its Office of Citizens Services. The move follows several recent changes at GSA, which last month merged the Communications Office, FirstGov Office, the Intergovernmental Solutions Office and parts of the IT Office into the new Citizens Service Office.