Bill Would Expand Defense Dept. Mentoring Program

Legislation introduced May 10 in the Senate would expand the Defense Department's Mentor-protégé Program to all federal agencies.

Accenture to Install Air Force Financial Info System

Accenture Ltd. has won a six-year contract worth more than $33 million to develop and install the Air Force's first fully integrated financial information system.

SAIC Wins Computer Security Task Order

Science Applications International Corp. announced a task order award from the General Services Administration under Program Safeguard to provide support to the Federal Computer Incident Response Center.

IBM Snares Prestigious Customs Modernization Contract

IBM Corp. has snagged the $1.3 billion Customs Service modernization contract to build the Automated Commercial Environment system to streamline the processing of goods across U.S. borders.

GAO Tells Social Security to Recompete Contract

The Social Security Administration will have to recompete a $100 million contract it awarded to WorldCom Inc. in October 2000, following a General Accounting Office ruling.

Incumbent Keeps $192 Million Air Force Contract

The Air Force has awarded a $192 million, five-year contract to Sverdrup Technology Inc. to provide a range of technical, engineering and acquisition support services at Eglin Air Force Base.

Lockheed Martin Wins $25 Million Army Training Contract

The Army selected Lockheed Martin Corp. to develop the common training instrumentation architecture for all its training ranges. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is worth about $25 million.

CACI Wins Air Force Contract

The Air Force Research Laboratory's Sensors Directorate has awarded an $8.5 million, five-year contract to CACI International Inc. for electronic warfare technology, the company said April 17.

Panel to Examine Government Outsourcing Practices, Policies

The head of the General Accounting Office has established a Commercial Activities Panel to study the federal government's outsourcing efforts.

ACS to Perform Checkup on Military Health System

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a 9-month, $4 million contract from the Defense Department to conduct an external review of health care for its National Quality Management Program.

CDC Releases RFP for Major IT Contract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a request for proposal April 10 for information systems development and microcomputer support services.

Davis Sets Hearing on MAA Contracts, Calls for GAO Study

The General Services Administration's contracts to provide local telecommunications services to federal agencies about to come under congressional scrutiny.

STG Wins $70 Million Telecom Contract With EPA

STG Inc. has been awarded a $70 million contract to provide telecommunications services to the Environmental Protection Agency, the company said.

GTSI Gets OK on Army Work

The General Accounting Office has given the go-ahead to GTSI Corp., Chantilly, Va., to begin marketing its Army Maxi-Minis and Databases contract that has been the subject of a dispute since August 2000.

Raytheon Wins NASA Contract

Raytheon Co. has been awarded an $8.3 million development order from NASA's Ames Research Center for its Airport Surface Management System.

Qwest Protests FTS2000 Extensions with GAO

Qwest Communications International Inc. filed a protest March 22 with the General Accounting Office over contract extensions that the General Services Administration awarded to Sprint Communications Co. and AT&T Corp. on their FTS2000 telecommunications contracts.

GSA Sells $1.5 Million in Surplus Goods Through E-Auction

The General Services Administration has raised more than $1.5 million and registered more than 19,000 online bidders in the first two months its new electronic commerce site, www.GSAAuctions.gov. has been online.

Defense Department Picks Portal Platform

An alliance by Sun Microsystems Inc. and Netscape Communications Corp. has been tapped by the Defense Department to supply server software to be the platform for a new portal.

Defense Department Picks Portal Platform

An alliance by Sun Microsystems Inc. and Netscape Communications Corp. has been tapped by the Defense Department to supply server software to be the platform for a new portal.

NSA uses iris readers to ID network users

Somewhere in the National Security Agency are miniature desktop cameras that study the irises of NSA workers before they're given access to secure networks.