House adds $2.1B to DHS '08 funding

The House Homeland Security Committee has approved legislation authorizing $39.8 billion for the Homeland Security Department's fiscal 2008 budget, an increase of $2.1 billion beyond the administration's request.

Networx Universal deal announced

GSA awards Networx contract to Qwest Government Services, AT&T and MCI Communications Services, which is now doing business as Verizon Business Services.

GAO: Networx transition costs overestimated

GSA based its estimated costs for the transition from the FTS 2001 to the Networx contracts on a worst-case assumption, and the analysis overall is not accurate, according to a GAO report.

ACS snares Labor BPO deal

Affiliated Computer Services won a contract from the Labor Department to process medical bills for its Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

Audit: Law enforcement wireless network in peril

The plan to build a $5 billion nationwide wireless communications network for 81,000 federal agents runs a high risk of failure, according to a new audit.

Northrop lands AHLTA follow-on deal

Northrop Grumman has received a follow-on contract from the Military Health System for continued support of the Defense Department's Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application electronic health record system.

Report: Fed homeland security spending increases are modest since 2002

Federal spending on homeland security grew substantially as a share of gross domestic product in the year following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Since 2002, however, agency outlays have increased only modestly, a new survey finds.

Provider sought for SSA digitizing software

SSA is seeking industry sources to provide image knowledge-based software to digitize more of the disability process for the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review.

Front & center

Long-awaited contract gives veteran-owned firms a higher profile.

Border Guard: Q & A with Greg Giddens

Interview with Greg Giddens, Executive Director of SBInet.

The doctor is in

MDs get the call as integrators build health care businesses.

Industry, wake up and smell the legislation

The Accountability in Contracting Act appears to be on the fast track. But the measure's not yet law, so it's a good time to provide members of Congress with an industry perspective.

Two named to lead contracting, intel efforts

Two appointees in congressional hot-button areas ? contracting and information sharing ? have plenty of relevant experience.

Lockheed lands Justice IT contract

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $388.8 million contract from the Justice Department for information technology operations, infrastructure and security services.

Green technology could be a partnership away, AMD CEO says

A stronger partnership between government and industry is needed to achieve more energy-efficient computing, Hector Ruiz, CEO of AMD told participants at FOSE today.

When 'convenience trumps security'

When it comes to prioritizing IT security solutions, "convenience trumps security, but embarrassment trumps convenience."

DHS still remiss on cybersecurity: GAO

While the Homeland Security Department has increased its attention to cybersecurity in the last six months, it still has not implemented 25 recommendations that are needed to fulfill its cyber responsibilities, according to the GAO.

DHS to test 10-fingerprint scanner technology

Homeland Security pilot projects will evaluate L-1 Identity Solutions' Identix Touch Print 4100 Enhanced Definition Device and Crossmatch Technologies' L Scan Guardian Scanners.

Doing Business with the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations

In August 1998, terrorist attacks on the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed 224 people including 43 State Department employees.

GSA officials tout VETS at FOSE

GSA screened a pool of 43 prime contractors to award the Veterans Technology Services contract to, Bradley Scott, regional administrator of GSA's Heartland Region, said today at the FOSE trade show.