Cloud computing math — does it add up?

If you doubt the economic benefits of a governmentwide approach to cloud security, do the math.

IBM, Juniper launch mobile security team

Juniper brings its technology and IBM its man-power and might to bring mobile security options to the enterprise.

Cloud computing headed for $20B market

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra is pushing for 25 percent of federal IT spending to head to the cloud, with data center consolidation helping to pay for it.

NCI completes record revenue year, sets sights on $1B

NCI Information Systems Inc. ended its fourth quarter with record revenue, which mirrored a record revenue year in 2010. The company tallied $581 million in revenue for 2010, compared to $469 million in 2009 for an organic revenue growth rate of approximately 22 percent, the company reported.

CBP to spend $750M on Arizona border technologies

Mark Borkowski, assistant commissioner of Customs and Border Protection's Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition, outlined procurement plans for the next phase of border security in the southwestern United States.

Obama's daughter recognizes successful spending

A movie sometimes can put government spending into a new perspective.

What's DOD's worst acquisition policy? Ashton Carter wants to know

Defense Department wants industry input on policies that drive up costs and bring little value. What will you tell them?

IBM's Watson heads to medical school

IBM partners with Nuance Communications and a pair of medical schools for research on health care analytics.

The golden opportunity of deep budget cuts

The IT infrastructure cuts at some agencies create the chance to rethink the contractor-customer relationship, writes Editor Nick Wakeman.

Intelligence community to get CIO

President Barack Obama has picked a CIO for the intelligence community

HHS starts health data section on Data.gov

A new section on the Data.gov site features 127 datasets, a blog, and a catalog of applications developed to display and analyze health data.

OMB puts $2B in IT spending on the chopping block

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said described how the government is going to cut $2 billion worth of IT programs. Are your customers' projects on the chopping block?

How tight can your belt get?

We ask whether our readers have a sense yet for how much they'll have to cut expenses in fiscal 2012.

HP gains $281M renewal for Okla. health care services

HP Enterprise Services, a division of Hewlett-Packard Corp., has won a seven-year, $281 million contract extension to continue providing health care IT services for the state of Oklahoma.

ICF leads trio in $100M HHS disease, epidemiologic investigations

ICF International Inc., Columbia University and Westat Inc. will assist the Health and Human Services Department with strategic information services under a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $100 million.

Portman gets Senate contract oversight spot

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman replaces Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown as ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Contracting Oversight Subcommittee.

BAE wraps up purchase of L-1 intelligence trio

BAE Systems Inc. has completed its acquisition of L-1 Identity Solutions Inc.’s Intelligence Services Group, which comprises SpecTal LLC, Advanced Concepts Inc. and McClendon LLC. The purchase price was approximately $297 million.

Drones as do-it-yourself project?

Dawn Meyerriecks says DIY drones aren't out of the question.

CMS, DOD officials honored for security work

C. Ryan Brewer, CISO at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn won awards at the RSA Conference.

GAO freshens up its list of high-risk programs

The Government Accountability Office today updated its list of high-risk government programs, removing some programs and adding a new one.