The Agency for Health Research Quality anticipates awarding up to 15 contracts totaling $4.5 million to improve evidence-based health care delivery, including use of health information technology.
Private security companies were often cheaper than the government, ranging from $3 million less on one task order to more than $785 million for a one-year contract.
Northrop Grumman Corp. will help the Office of Personnel Management electronically convert and store federal employee records under a follow-on five-year blanket purchase agreement that could be worth as much as $100 million.
Harris Corp. will help Navy personnel at sea stay connected to home and handle routine activities online as a result of a follow-on order for 23 shipboard terminals worth $10.7 million.
ICF International Inc. paid approximately $155 million to acquire Macro International Inc., an advisory services firm to federal agencies that specializes in health programs, energy and cybersecurity.
Mergers and acquisitions have slowed compared to action in recent years. Accompanying that trend has come a shift in who has the upper hand in negotiating a deal.
The White House on March 2 released a summary of the 12 parts of a classified, expansive computer security initiative that was started in January 2008.
