NASA awards $20 million eTravel contract (To EDS)

[The Straight Story]

NASA awards $20 million eTravel contract
By Daniel Pulliam
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NASA has awarded an 8.5-year, $20 million eTravel Service contract to EDS, leaving two agencies remaining that have not signed an eTravel contractor.


EDS, a Plano, Texas-based technology company, is required under the contract to install an application that will handle NASA's online travel booking, authorizations and vouchers. One of the original electronic government initiatives, eTravel systems are designed to improve agencies' efficiency and effectiveness in managing the travel arrangements of government workers.


The mandated deadline for completing all agencies' eTravel system migrations is September 2006, but the General Services Administration is encouraging agencies to finish by June 30, 2006.


The Education Department and the Social Security Administration have yet to award contracts. Both were required by GSA to explain in writing by March 30 why they had not awarded an eTravel contract. GSA officials have said in the past that the delay is due to ongoing financial system upgrades within the agencies.

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