GSA Shuts Its eOffer Government Bidding Web Site Due to Security Flaws

[mandy]

The General Services Administration has shut a Web site for government contractors after a computer industry consultant reported that he was able to view and modify corporate and financial information submitted by vendors.

The security flaw, which could have permitted contractor fraud, was reported to the agency's inspector general on Dec. 22, but almost three weeks passed before the system was taken offline Wednesday afternoon.

The General Services Administration is the federal agency responsible for procuring equipment and services, including computer security technology, making the lapse all the more striking.

full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/techno...ecure.html

The eOffer site was taken offline Wednesday and is expected to reopen by the middle of next week.