Lawmakers will have to figure out how to handle the spate of appropriations bills that have yet to pass the legislative branch when Congress returns to session next week.
EDS Corp. won two, five-year task orders worth an estimated $120 million to deliver IT support for antifraud programs at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Qwest Communications won a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide bandwidth transmission services for DOD's global information grid.
After six tumultuous years and persistent calls for his ouster by retired military commanders, Defense Department Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down.
Observers have said that under the new leadership in Congress, federal IT issues will receive closer scrutiny, but it is unclear whether the White House's e-government initiative will sink or swim.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> Now that the Democrats have taken over at least one house of Congress, President Bush's competitive-sourcing initiative could be under heavy scrutiny.
General Dynamics Information Technology won a contract from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation to set up a military battlefield training site in Jordan.
The Federal Communications Commission will not open an official proceeding on the Cyren Call public safety wireless communications plan, according to a Nov. 3 order signed by FCC Acting Public Safety and Homeland Security Chief Bureau Kenneth Moran.
SRA Inc. has been awarded a contract from the Agriculture Department for the development and implementation of a Web-based Supply Chain Management System to replace the current one.
The inspector general at the Defense Department has said that both GSA and DOD are to blame for a string of procurement problems over the past several years.
QuadraMed Corp. will provide the Department of Veteran Affairs' medical centers with a shot in the arm through a contract to improve inpatient and outpatient coding.
Lockheed Martin won a contract modification from the Air Force to continue furnishing technological and simulation support for its virtual combat training facility.
Many industry observers agree that the partnership between Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. could potentially benefit the shops that run a mixture of Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.
A team of three companies, led by DynCorp International Inc., won a five-year, $450 million contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to deliver global disaster response services.
In order to update IT without break the bank, the IRS has hired Price Systems to provide services under a five-year contract that could be worth $10 million.
