EPA opens competition for help desk services in Boston facility

The Environmental Protection Agency has started the clock on a study to determine whether IT maintenance services in its Boston office should be outsourced to the private sector or retained within the agency.

Labor to conduct A-76 competition for financial systems operation

The Labor Department will conduct a study to see if certain functions within its financial accounting office, including IT system support, should be outsourced to the private sector or kept in-house.

OPM financial and procurement shop seeks software training

The Office of Personnel Management is seeking a contractor to train the agency's workforce on new software designed to help modernize its financial and procurement systems.

Senate seeks industry input for portable ID system

The Senate is seeking vendors to help it establish a portable credentialing and identification system that will produce photo ID badges linked to a database containing information about the badge holder.

GSA moving forward with reorganization

The loss of key officers won't impede the restructuring of the General Services Administration's acquisition operations, according to G. Martin Wagner, associate administrator for GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy and soon-to-be acting Federal Acquisition Service commissioner.

Defense seeks industry input for authentication infrastructure

The Defense Department is seeking industry input to help the agency establish and deploy an authentication infrastructure that will support a variety of IT devices, including desktops, domain controllers, routers, and Web and mail servers.

House in search of dark fiber infrastructure

The House of Representatives is seeking industry input on the availability of dark fiber infrastructure within the Washington metropolitan area that could be incorporated into the House's wide area network.

OPM launches public-private IT workforce swap

The Office of Personnel Management hopes its new IT workforce swap will yield an unprecedented level of information sharing, as well as provide private IT experts with a unique glimpse into the federal space and vice versa.

Nelson to step down as EPA CIO

Kim Nelson, CIO at the Environmental Protection Agency, is leaving government to become executive director of e-government for Microsoft.

OPM issues RFP for Retirement Systems Modernization support

The Office of Personnel Management is seeking a vendor to support the agency's retirement systems modernization program.

Wagner to become FAS acting chief

Marty Wagner is on deck to replace Barbara Shelton and become acting commissioner of the General Services Administration's new Federal Acquisition Service.

Labor seeks vendor to host GovBenefits portals

The Labor Department is looking for offers to host Web sites and components related to its GovBenefits program, an online portal that gives citizens access to government benefit eligibility information.

GSA reorganization could lead to new fee structure

As the General Services Administration undergoes its dramatic transformation, the agency is also contemplating changing how it sets its fees for doing business.

GPO readying draft RFP for digital storage system

The Government Printing Office's chief technology officer says the agency is putting the finishing touches" on the preliminary RFP for its Future Digital Information System (FDsys).

OFPP to contractors: Use ESRS to track subcontracting milestones

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is requiring civilian government contractors to use a new online reporting system for tracking federal subcontracting goals.

Computer Associates on verge of SmartBuy deal with GSA

The General Services Administration earlier this week said it is close to a cybersecurity software agreement for a Cabinet-level agency with Computer Associates International Inc. under the agency's SmartBuy enterprise-licensing program.

NARA looks to industry for records management components

The National Archives and Records Administration is looking for industry input in the development of software components for a records management system that the agency hopes will standardize how the government maintains official records.

Senate seeks vendors for telecom modernization

The Senate is seeking qualified bidders as it begins a project to overhaul its existing telecommunications system.

Agency seeks streamlined competition for IT projects

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued streamlined competition announcements for a handful of IT-related projects at three of its regional offices.

GPO accelerates timetable for FDSys procurement

GPO officials anticipate issuing a solicitation for a master integrator for the Future Digital Content System in December, with a contract award in February 2006.