People

VSE, ManTech capture Army pact

ManTech is serving as a subcontractor on task order that could be worth more than $350M.

Digital Government

The Great Cookie Debate

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Digital Government

A Happy Birthday to the Clinger-Cohen Act

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Digital Government

Agencies to designate chief FOIA officers

Each new officer will review the agency’s FOIA operations and develop an improvement plan by June.

Acquisition

Set-aside program for smallest businesses expires

It required agencies to set aside some contracts for companies with 15 employees or fewer.

Modernization

FCC interested in emergency wireless network

Agency wants to study feasibility of using extra transmission spectrum to construct nationwide network for emergency workers.

People

Search tech finds government info best, survey says

It shows that more than 56 percent of respondents believe search technology is powerful enough to replace government standards for information management.

Acquisition

Eyak gets $15M defense contract

The sole-source engagement could be worth almost $22M if DOD command exercises all contract options.

Acquisition

Rule change eases subcontracting process

In some cases, contractors will no longer need to inform agencies when hiring subcontractors, under a new rule published today.

People

HRSA creates a health IT office

The office will promote health IT among grantees, including public health departments and clinics serving uninsured patients.

People

DHS offers $765M in risk-based grants

Thirty-five urban areas received funding to guard against terrorist threats.

Cybersecurity

Study to assess impact of HSPD-12

GSA wants a comprehensive technical study on the impact of new mandatory building access controls on existing building security systems.

People

Indiana to launch supercomputer grid

The Northwest Indiana Computation Grid will link universities and U.S. government research facilities and boosts work on homeland security issues.

Digital Government

End of year obits

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Digital Government

Hand in the cookie jar...

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People

US-VISIT ready at land borders

Homeland Security Department has installed biometric entry facilities at 104 more land ports.

People

Federal grants sites merge, traffic increases

Two federal Web sites for grant applications merged under the auspices of the Grants.gov e-government project earlier this month.

Modernization

DISA declares GIG-BE fiber net fully operational

The Defense Information Systems Agency said its nationwide fiber-optic network is operational today, but added that a few outlying nodes remain unconnected.

People

U.K. claims e-gov success

The United Kingdom says more than 97 percent of local services will be accessible online by the beginning of 2006.

Digital Government

Savvis launches federal spinoff

Savvis, a global provider of information technology utility services, is creating a separate company to concentrate on the federal government market.