Homeland Security Department officials are strongly defending the department's SBInet border surveillance system following critical testimony by a Government Accountability Office director.
Employers would verify the legal status of prospective employees through a new all-electronic system using expanded state databases that may include biometrics under propoposed legislation.
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., of McLean, Va., will continue supporting the Air Force's Virtual Combat Environment for Electronic Conflict program under a new contract.
Sen. Barack Obama wants to ensure that federal contracting dollars intended for small businesses go to those businesses, according to a statement the candidate posted on his Web site.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will provide electronic benefits transfer services to the Illinois Human Services Department under a newly awarded subcontract.
Having a force geared for conventional warfare is no longer the best model for the Army, which must be ready for insurgencies, irregular warfare and unstable peace.
Whether Congress will pass a Defense appropriations bill this year is unclear, but what is certain is a transition at the department will take place in a matter of months when a new president is elected.
The CDC awarded L-3 subsidiary MPRI Inc. a blanket purchase agreement potentially worth $215 million to provide strategic and operational planning, training, simulations and exercise programs.
DHS has awarded five-year blanket purchase agreement contracts to BearingPoint Inc., EDS Corp. and Xtec Inc. to provide services to comply with HSPD-12.
