Washington, D.C. - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the General Services Administration, the Office of Management and Budget and the Internal Revenue Service seeking records related to savings from the e-Government Travel Service, web-based travel management services provided to the federal government by three contractors. When the $450 million e-Gov Travel contract was awarded in 2003, the government said it would save millions of dollars by reducing federal travel management costs by up to 50 percent. It is unclear if those savings have been realized, or if the costs associated with e-Gov Travel instead have caused some agencies to curtail or limit travel. The requested records will shed light both on whether e-Gov Travel is achieving its objectives and on oversight and management of these programs.; FOIA Request: CREW: General Services Administration: Regarding E-Gov Travel; Holder of Document: CREW; Producing Agency: General Services Administration (GSA); Date Received: 1/21/2010;
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CREW: General Services Administration: Regarding E-Gov Travel: 1/21/2010 – GSA Response to Crew Freedom of Information Act request
Washington, D.C. - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the General Services Administration, the Office of Management and Budget and the Internal Revenue Service seeking records related to savings from the e-Government Travel Service, web-based travel management services provided to the federal government by three contractors. When the $450 million e-Gov Travel contract was awarded in 2003, the government said it would save millions of dollars by reducing federal travel management costs by up to 50 percent. It is unclear if those savings have been realized, or if the costs associated with e-Gov Travel instead have caused some agencies to curtail or limit travel. The requested records will shed light both on whether e-Gov Travel is achieving its objectives and on oversight and management of these programs.; FOIA Request: CREW: General Services Administration: Regarding E-Gov Travel; Holder of Document: CREW; Producing Agency: General Services Administration (GSA); Date Received: 1/21/2010;
Washington, D.C. - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the General Services Administration, the Office of Management and Budget and the Internal Revenue Service seeking records related to savings from the e-Government Travel Service, web-based travel management services provided to the federal government by three contractors. When the $450 million e-Gov Travel contract was awarded in 2003, the government said it would save millions of dollars by reducing federal travel management costs by up to 50 percent. It is unclear if those savings have been realized, or if the costs associated with e-Gov Travel instead have caused some agencies to curtail or limit travel. The requested records will shed light both on whether e-Gov Travel is achieving its objectives and on oversight and management of these programs.; FOIA Request: CREW: General Services Administration: Regarding E-Gov Travel; Holder of Document: CREW; Producing Agency: General Services Administration (GSA); Date Received: 1/21/2010;
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GSA Federal Acquisition Service
January 21, 2010
Mr. Adam J. Rappaport
Senior Counsel
Citizens for Responsi
1400 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
and Ethics in Washington
Dear Mr. Rappaport:
This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (156968)
dated November 10, 2009, in which you requested copies of E-Gov Travel Service
Master Contracts and other associated documents.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is enclosing three compact discs of
the redacted sections of the E-Gov Travel Service (ETS) Contracts for CW Government
Travel, Inc. (GS-33F-NO017), Electronic Data Systems, LLC (GS-33F-P0015 and
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (GS-33F-NO018) as well as the redacted
modifications associated with each Master Contract. The enclosed documents have
been reviewed by both the Government and the ETS vendors, and it has been agreed
by both parties that the information provided is releasable.
GSA is partially denying your request for contracts with e-Gov Travel providers. The
redacted material includes portions of the ETS proposals which were incorporated into
the award which includes technical proposals, past performance information, contract
award, the performance work statement, master contract files, final proposal revisions,
attachments and modifications. Information redacted from modifications include key
personnel, non-current pricing, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) which were
negotiated to include incentives, disincentives and methodologies to measure the SLAs,
and specific information regarding the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Maintenance for E-Authentication, The redacted information is exempt from disclosure
under 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(4), which permits the government to withhold from release
certain information that constitute Trade Secrets or Commercial or Financial Information
that is privileged or confidential the release of which can do harm to the entity that
submitted the information to the government.
You have a right to appeal this partial denial of your request. You must write within 120
days of your receipt of this letter to the Freedom of Information Act Officer (ACMC),
General Services Administration, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405.
US. General Services Administration
2200 Crystal Drive
‘Alington,VA 20406-0008,
vnwvgsegorYour appeal must contain a brief statement of the reasons why the requested
information should be released. Enclose copies of your initial request and this denial.
Both the appeal letter and envelope should be prominently marked, “Freedom of
Information Act Appeal.”
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact Ms. Rebecca Koses
at 703-605-5606
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James illiams
Commissioner
Sincerely,
Enclosures