People

CACI caught in Iraqi prison scandal

Questions raised about IT contract used for interrogators

Acquisition

Tech on the back burner

Congress focused on war, elections, not IT

People

DHS seeks ERP system quotes

A draft RFQ for DHS' EMERGE2 program will be issued any day now.

Acquisition

DOT cancels $21M solicitation

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration decided to use another transportation agency's system for salary management.

Acquisition

Feds increase noncompetitive contract spending

A report concludes that the federal government spent 60 percent more on noncompetitive contracts in 2003 than in the last year of the Clinton administration.

Acquisition

Acquisition angst to continue

A panel identified several measures now in Congress as likely sources of continued agency anguish about acquisition rule changes.

People

US-VISIT work starts with management

The first task order for the visitor tracking system calls for developing a program management structure.

People

DISA beefing up info grid

Agency plans to buy more network equipment next month

Acquisition

Tightening the screws

Legislation seeks to improve purchase card management

People

Military touts integration quintet

Accenture, BearingPoint, CSC, Deloitte and IBM won blanket purchase agreements for installing DOD's back-office software.

People

NASA extends media archive deadline

But the space agency says there's been plenty of interest.

People

CACI faces potential debarment

But a watchdog group says that the attention is politically driven because of the Iraq prison abuse scandal.

People

Navy doles out $839M in awards

Anteon, Amsec and EG&G will perform engineering analysis and logistics support under the contracts.

People

DISA seeks data services ideas

DISA may introduce sophisticated data services into the Global Information Grid Services Core Enterprise Services Architecture.

Acquisition

CSC to update tax database

The task order on CSC's existing contract with the IRS is to modify the system to account for changes in tax laws.

People

DHS does geospatial with Northrop

Homeland Security Department officials awarded a $10 million contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. for three wireless geospatial solutions.

People

OMB report backs competitive sourcing

Union president sees 'fiction' in the figures.

People

Auditors warn of foreign risks to weapons software

GAO says overseas production of software for weapons systems creates an insecure environment.

Acquisition

GAO backs protest pair

The General Accounting Office upheld protests against NASA, EPA contract awards.

Modernization

Treasury to outsource network services

IP network will serve many functions, from bill paying to info sharing