NIC board appoints Herington CEO

Harry Herington, president of NIC Inc., has been named CEO of the e-government services company.

Three giants compete for FBI biometric deal

IBM Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. are in the running for the FBI's new $1 billion biometric database contract expected to be awarded this week.

Eagle Group lands Army Reserve deal

Eagle Group International LLC will provide logistics support to the Army Reserve Command as a result of a $42 million Standard Army Retail Supply System contract.

M&A roundup

A group led by Scott Amey, co-founder of RS Information Systems Inc., bought government IT services provider Amyx Inc. of Alexandria, Va.

Advocacy group sues SBA

A small-business advocacy group has sued the Small Business Administration, claiming the agency is withholding information on contracting abuses.

Senate raises Nortel cyber shield

Nortel Government Solutions will provide cybersecurity infrastructure support services to the U.S. Senate Office of the Sergeant at Arms under a new award.

Vista opts for employee stock ownership

Vista Technology Services Inc., a company specializing in federal real property systems, is launching an employee stock ownership plan.

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Security lax for national treasures

Camera surveillance systems at the Statue of Liberty and other national icons offer inadequate security assistance to the U.S. Park Police, according to a new report.

CSC to boost PBGC tech infrastructure

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide IT infrastructure support to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. under a new contract.

ITGS, SRA win BPA awards from GSA

The General Services Administration awarded blanket purchase agreements to the two companies to provide risk analysis services for government agencies.

BCPI to assist Army security cooperation program

BCP International Ltd. won a $6.6 million contract for technical and analytical support for the Army Security Cooperation Program.

CSC to support NASA center

Computer Sciences Corp. is expanding the support services it provides to employees at Stennis Space Center under a modification of its NASA Shared Services Center contract.

Project 28 to undergo software changes

Following testing that was supposed to be final, DHS now needs to develop better software and perform additional tests on the initial SBInet border surveillance system.

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Unisys gets Pa. data center extension

Unisys Corp. has won a contract extension to continue providing outsourced data center services to Pennsylvania.

Davis recommends Issa as new procurement lead

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) could be the new procurement and acquisition lead in Congress, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) recommended in a recent interview.

Bush stays the course with DHS budget

President Bush's proposed fiscal 2009 budget for DHS keeps the heat on major priorities such as border control and stricter ID.

'09 budget request has IT spending on the rise

In all, only four agencies saw decreases in their IT budget requests over 2008 enacted, and OMB's IT budget remained the same at $4 million.

BAE to support U.S. Strategic Command

BAE Systems will develop and maintain new capabilities for an air-strike mission planning system under a new contract awarded by the U.S. Strategic Command.