The General Services Administration is in the final stages of shoring up the requirements for a governmentwide program to certify and accredit cloud computing products and services.
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Senior GSA Contracts Administrator Job Opening
- By Travis Wheeler · August 25th, 2010
Technical Communities is looking to hire a Senior GSA Contracts Administrator. This job is a tremendous opportunity for a contracts specialist with a minimum 8 years experience as a government contract administrator and negotiator at a medium to large high technology, medical, life science or physical security business
Free state government contract search now available
- By Travis Wheeler · August 24th, 2010
Never pay for state contract information again. Just launched today free online state and local contract search.
DHS exempts portions of its internal records from public disclosure
- By Travis Wheeler · August 23rd, 2010
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule that will allow it to withhold portions of its internal records that relate to its enforcement of civil and criminal law, its ongoing investigations, its national security and intelligence activities and its effort to protect the President of the United States.
Native Americans to be issued Enhanced Tribal Identification cards to cross borders
- By Travis Wheeler · August 20th, 2010
The U.S. Government is moving forward with its plan to issue Enhanced Tribal Identification cards, or ETCs, to U.S. or Canadian citizens who are members of a “U.S. Federally Recognized Tribe,” as an alternative travel document to a U.S. Passport.
State grant funds can be used to maintain previously purchased homeland security equipment
- By Ali Cheung · August 4th, 2010
The House Committee on Homeland Security has approved legislation that would enable state, local and tribal governments to use a portion of their homeland security grant monies to maintain their previously purchased equipment.
The measure was introduced by Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH) in October 2009 because the previous month FEMA had announced that grant recipients could not use funds received under Urban Area Security Initiative Grants or State Homeland Security Grants to maintain and sustain their equipment outside the performance period of the original grants.
Oracle Sued by U.S. in Case Claiming Overcharges
- By Travis Wheeler · July 30th, 2010
Oracle Corp., the world’s second- biggest software maker, was sued today by the U.S. Justice Department, which claimed the company overcharged the government on a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
DHS to issue EAGLE II solicitation for IT support on or around Oct. 1
- By Travis Wheeler · July 26th, 2010
DHS is getting ready to issue its formal solicitation for the second wave of contracts under its Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions II, or EAGLE II, program under which it will procure IT support services, under separate source selection procedures, from large and small businesses.”
Senate appropriations panel boosts homeland security spending by 2.4 percent
- By Ali Cheung · July 23rd, 2010
The Senate Appropriations homeland security subcommittee on July 14 completed its markup of the fiscal year 2011 spending program for homeland security by adding just over $1 billion to last year’s enacted budget – an increase of 2.4 percent.
GSA is re-thinking its HSPD-12 implementation strategy
- By Ali Cheung · July 16th, 2010
The General Services Administration (GSA) is gathering information from government agencies as well as current and potential vendors of products and services related to the implementation of Homeland Security President Directive 12 (HSPD-12) — about personal identity verification, or PIV – so the GSA can develop its procurement strategy for 2011 and later.
