DHS delays major systems procurement
A $5 billion, five-year Security Planning and Integrated Resources for Information Technology procurement is on hold.
OPM unveils diploma mill abuses and outlines policy changes
The Office of Personnel Management has told agency heads it has identified several federal employees who claimed to have undergraduate and graduate degrees but had obtained their credentials from diploma mills.
Northrop Grumman team to build DHS classified network
A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $350 million contract to build the Homeland Secure Data Network for transmitting classified information.
Callahan resigns from Homeland Security post
Laura Callahan, former senior director in the Homeland Security Department's CIO office, resigned from the department today.
FBI pledges to punish tardy IT contractors
The FBI will impose financial penalties on its contractors if they miss deadlines for rolling out the Trilogy project to modernize systems agencywide, FBI director Robert S. Mueller III today told a Senate subcommittee.
NASA issues plan for IT services A-76 competition
Dozens of vendors already have told NASA that they are considering taking part in the A-76 competition for NASA's Shared Services Center.
Education to list accredited schools online
Education Department secretary Rod Paige said the department is preparing to post an online list of accredited higher-education institutions.
Homeland Security rolls out tactical response network
The Homeland Security Department today took the wraps off the Homeland Security Information Network, an upgraded version of the Joint Regional Information Exchange System pilot.
Extra: Contractors assemble U.S. Visit teams
The U.S. Visit program has a fiscal 2004 budget of $364 million. <br>
Wireless exits possible for U.S. Visit
The Homeland Security Department is considering wireless technology for the exit phase of its U.S. Visit traveler screening program.
Homeland Security lists systems priorities
The Homeland Security Department's IT team lists eight priorities for its 2004 "to-do" list.
Diploma mills: Davis asks about eligibility standards
A House committee chairman wants to know how the Education Department determines a school's eligibility for federal financial aid, and if those standards might be of use to sift out degrees from unaccredited schools.
Law limits offshoring of A-76 work
A new federal law bars companies that win competitions to perform work done by federal employees from shifting the work to other countries.
DHS launches cyber alert system
The Homeland Security Department takes the wraps off a National Cyber Alert System to advise about systems security threats.
DHS seeks bids to build secret network
The Homeland Security Department is soliciting vendors on the General Services Administration's Millennia contract to build and run the Homeland Secure Data Network, a network for communication across DHS.
Roadblock for bogus degrees
The chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee has asked the Education Department to compile a master list of accredited colleges and universities, and make it available on the Web for prospective students and employers.
Limits ease on foreign IT buys
Congress has lifted some restrictions on federal agency purchases of commercial IT items from foreign companies.
Lawmakers add Pentagon to GAO probe of diploma mill degrees
The General Accounting Office is expanding its investigation of federal employees who hold degrees from unaccredited schools to include the Defense Department.
Education Department may keep list of legitimate schools
The Education Department is considering the creation of a master list of accredited colleges and universities in the United States, as a way to protect prospective students and employers from diploma mills.
Summit next week on dubious degrees
Federal and state officials plan to meet Jan. 15 in Washington to brainstorm approaches for dealing with government employees who claim educational degrees from unaccredited institutions or diploma mills.
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