GTSI chief executive to retire, replacement named

GTSI Corp.’s Jim Leto will step down as chief executive officer on Feb. 15, the end of his current contract. He will be succeeded as president and CEO by Scott Friedlander.

  • By David Hubler

SRA will help FDA automate field inspection operations

SRA International Inc. will design and implement information technology solutions for the Food and Drug Administration under a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $98 million.

  • By David Hubler

IBM deal adds government expertise to analytics business

IBM will acquire National Interest Security Company LLC to bring more expertise in defense, health care, energy, logistics and security.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Fluor hires former OFPP administrator as head of compliance

Deidre Lee, former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, leaves the Professional Services Council to join engineering and professional services firm Fluor.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

ManTech closes $242M deal for Sensor Technologies

ManTech International Corp. announced today that it completed the acquisition of Sensor Technologies Inc. on Friday, Jan. 15. The purchase price was $242 million in cash.

  • By David Hubler

Unisys sells health IT unit to Molina Healthcare

Unisys Corp. said it has agreed to sell its health information management unit that supports state Medicaid programs to Molina Healthcare Inc.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

The FBI, a Spanish lawmaker and bin Laden

Blogger Brian Robinson can't help but wonder why the FBI incorporated a picture of a Spanish minister of parliament into a wanted poster of the world's most infamous international terrorist. The Spanish PM is wondering too.

  • By Brian Robinson

Platinum Equity buys OAO Technology

Platinum Equity has acquired OAO Technology Solutions Inc. from an affiliate of J.F. Lehman and Co. and the other OAOT stockholders. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

  • By David Hubler

CGI wins $395M finanicial service pact with State and USAID

CGI Federal Inc. will provide systems integration and other information technology services to the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development under a 10-year blanket purchase agreement that could be worth as much as $395 million.

  • By David Hubler

Governments weigh the pros and cons of private clouds

Cloud computing is a tough sell to governments because of privacy and security concerns. Private clouds could make the difference.

  • By Michael Hardy

Microsoft will maintain its great firewall in China

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says his company will continue to comply with China's censorship rules, despite Google's recent suggestions that it might exit that market due to Chinese government censorship practices.

  • By Kurt Mackie

Mike Gaffney named to lead CSC health care services group

Mike Gaffney has been named president of Computer Sciences Corp.’s North American Public Sector Civil and Health Services Group.

  • By David Hubler

DOE assembles team to tackle cybersecurity threats to power grid

The Energy Department assembles the National Energy Sector Cyber Organizationam to work on reducing cybersecurity risks faced by the U.S. power grid.

  • By Brian Robinson

Cyber crime takes a bite out of legitimate systems

Attacks on systems often go undetected and are growing in number and sophistication.

  • By Sami Lais

House bill would punish users of front companies

A new bill in the House would penalize people who set up a company as a front to another business to get a government contract.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Army mulls realignment to fortify cyber command

Army officials are weighing realigning networking and communications units to build a fully operational cyber component by October 2010.

  • By Amber Corrin

Intelligence reform falls flat without technology

Calls for reform of the intelligence community have their merits, but let's not forget the vital role technology plays, writes associate Editor David Hubler.

  • By David Hubler

Cybersecurity must start with mission assurance

Cybersecurity cannot be understood, much less addressed, without consideration of the larger mission.

  • By Keith Rhodes

Social networking for democracy (and earthquake relief)

Sen. Richard Lugar says the Obama administration and U.S. diplomats should be "nimble, flexible and innovative" in the ways they use social media.

  • By Brian Robinson

SAIC adds CloudShield to intell and information systems unit

Science Applications International Corp. is acquiring CloudShield Technologies Inc., a cybersecurity and management solutions provider in Sunnyvale, Calif.

  • By David Hubler
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