New group to center on secure software

SAFEcode will be a nonprofit technical organization that will develop best practices and draw parallels between practices at member companies.

Vangent to upgrade DOD healthcare agency

Vangent Inc. has won a Defense Department contract to upgrade the Tricare Management Activity health care program.

Raytheon closes Oakley buy

Raytheon Co. has completed its purchase of Oakley Networks Inc., a provider of cybersecurity and data leakage prevention systems.

Conference: Acquisition concerns all agencies

Acquisition is an issue for all agencies to worry about, and a number are undertaking efforts to improve their technologies and business practices.

ID card industry casts hook for DHS work

Executives at ID card companies are intensifying their push for alternative technologies for DHS' upcoming requirements for border crossing cards and drivers' licenses.

Feds seek young workers to fill ranks

Speakers at the Executive Leadership Conference spoke with determination and enthusiasm about the need to recruit young professionals to serve in the acquisition workforce.

Is Sun fiasco indicative of bigger acquisition issues?

Sen. Charles Grassley and GSA are sparring again over the Sun Microsystems contracting controversy, a week after the company let its schedules contract expire.

QinetiQ picked for SPAWAR systems engineering

QinetiQ North America will assist the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command with its mission of supporting command and control capabilities under a new contract.

IBM sees real promise in virtual world

IBM Corp. is using 3D Internet technology increasingly to hold meetings, teach courses and allow employees around the world to interact as if they were in the same place.

Panel: Acquisition woes not easing

After years of efforts to reform procurement, the government has not made as much progress as advocates of change would like, according to a panel at the Executive Leadership Conference.

SAIC wins IRS support work

Science Applications International Corp. has won a task order from the IRS to provide support services for the agency's Infrastructure Strategy and Investment Planning program.

House-passed law would delay 3 percent withholding

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a tax bill that would delay a mandate to government buyers to withhold part of their payments to contractors.

Booz Allen to support DOD satellite center

Booz Allen Hamilton has won a contract from the Air Force to provide systems engineering and integration services for the Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing.

GAO: Fresh approach to infrastructure security needed

Electric power grids, water utilities and other critical control systems often lack the computer processing power needed to implement traditional IT security controls, according to a new GAO report.

US-VISIT exit plan expected by 2008

Robert Mocny, US-VISIT director, said this week DHS will issue a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register by January 2008 detailing the exit program.

Pragmatics to support Army Surgeon General

Pragmatics Inc. has won a task order from the Army Surgeon General's Office for information technology support, logistics and other services.

DOD extends TCS satellite contract

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. will continue to support spectrum management of the Wideband Global Satcom Satellite system under a new agreement.

SYS whistled aboard for Navy job

SYS Technologies Inc. has won a contract to provide technical support services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.

GAITS enrolled for Education security management

Global Analytic IT Services Inc. has won a contract from the Education Department to provide managed security services.

GEIA: Several factors to keep fed IT spending down

Federal IT spending will continue to grow over the next five years, but at a much lower rate than during the past five, according to an industry study.