After the Sept. 11 attacks, the FBI is moving on delayed information technology improvements. SAIC's Dana Hall said the events brought about a change in emphasis at the agency. Everyone wants "to do as much as possible" to get tools and improved capabilities for investigations into the field quickly.
The General Services Administration released its request for proposals for its new program to provide telecommunications infrastructure equipment and services.
Peter Teets, former president and chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., was sworn in Dec. 13 as undersecretary of the Air Force.
Lockheed Martin Corp.'s distribution technologies division has been tapped by the Postal Service to help increase the percentage of mail automatically read and processed.
KPMG Consulting Inc., McLean, Va., was selected by the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and build its Unified Financial Management System.
The federal government's transition to the FTS2001 long-distance contract is complete, with Sprint Communications Corp. and WorldCom Inc. taking over as the two primary long-distance providers. A few federal offices had their lines disconnected when AT&T Corp.'s contract expired at midnight Dec. 6, said a General Services Administration. AT&T, a holder of the FTS2000 contract, had provided long-distance services to agencies under a "bridge contract" while they switched to FTS2001.
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and subsequent plans to reorganize the Justice Department have set in motion changes that will accelerate long-delayed improvements in the information technology capabilities of the FBI.
Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego won a $174 million contract with the Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center to provide engineering services to three of its units. Under the five-year contract, SAIC will work for the Communication Network Fleet Engineering Systems Division; the Submarine Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence (C4I) Systems Branch; and the Information Systems Management Branch.
American Management Systems Inc. and webMethods Inc. were picked by the Environmental Protection Agency to provide integration software and services for its Office of Research and Development.
The General Accounting Office is questioning whether the State Department is prepared to handle a worldwide rollout of a new knowledge management system.
