Auditors: More IRS computers are missing
The IRS cannot account for an unknown number of the 6,600 desktop and notebook computers it has loaned to volunteers who assist low-income, disabled and senior citizens to prepare tax returns, an audit has found.
VBA links offices on virtual network
The Veterans Benefits Administration is linking regional offices to improve the customer service offered by its call centers.
Customs seeks importers to test a new shipments portal
The Customs Service is breathing life into its multibillion-dollar modernization project by testing a Web portal that will let importers access their Customs data on the Web.
TSA makes two-part award for managed services
The Transportation Security Administration yesterday awarded to Unisys Corp. the first two task orders under its $1 billion Information Technology Managed Services program.
VA secretary orders IT reorganization
Veterans Affairs secretary Anthony Principi has ordered a major reorganization of IT operations at the department to begin Oct. 1.
IRS tests database, sets free-filing deal
The IRS has begun testing the Customer Account Data Engine, the database management system that will replace the nearly 40-year-old Master File and Integrated Data Retrieval System.
TSA awaits go-ahead on $1b IT project
Although the Transportation Security Administration last month awarded Unisys Corp. a contract to build and run a systems architecture for the agency, it's unclear what work Unisys will do or how the agency will pay the company.
One CIO's advice: Take baby steps
When Stephen Hawald took over as the CIO for federal student aid at the Education Department in 1999, students applying for aid had few online services available to them.
NIH chooses vendor for IT planning
The National Institutes of Health has chosen SRA International Inc. for a $7 million, six-year follow-on task order for IT consulting services. The order has a one-year base period and five one-year options.
VA awards $103m cybersecurity contract
The Veterans Affairs Department has awarded a $103 million, 11-year contract to a five-company consortium to secure its networks nationwide. The VA Security Team vendors will develop a central incident response capability for all networks involving VA hospitals, cemeteries, and medical and insurance records.
Treasury employees to get smart cards
About 9,000 Treasury Department employees will be issued smart cards this fall.
IRS orders $35m worth of PCs
The IRS has signed a five-year blanket purchase agreement with PlanetGov Inc. to provide PCs to its offices nationwide.
VA sets four-part systems agenda
As John A. Gauss was preparing to retire last May after serving in the Navy for 32 years, he received a call from a friend in the private sector asking him to consider applying for the position of assistant secretary for information and technology at the Veterans Affairs Department.
FAA contractors settle dispute, agree to share
The Federal Aviation Administration got a billion-dollar piece of its air traffic control modernization project under way after contract bidders Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. resolved a dispute over the award.
FAA gives pilots online view of runway info
The Federal Aviation Administration has begun providing pilots with runway information over the Internet to improve access to landing data.
TSA awards Unisys $1 billion infrastructure contract
The Transportation Security Administration on Friday awarded a $1 billion contract to Unisys Corp. to build and run a systems architecture for the agency.
IRS tests new central tax file database
The IRS has begun testing the Customer Account Data Engine, the database management system that will replace the nearly 40-year-old Master File and Integrated Data Retrieval System.
FAA awards CSC a $10 million security contract
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $10 million, two-and-a-half-year contract to Computer Sciences Corp. to secure all FAA information systems. The contract, effective June 6, has a one-year base period and 18-month option period.
System helps air traffic planning
The Federal Aviation Administration has begun rolling out a weather information system that gives air traffic controllers and traffic managers precise weather information to help route planes around bad conditions.
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