Google, NASA to explore space together

Space exploration data and images will be made readily available on the Internet through an agreement between Google Inc. and NASA.

Veterans Technology Services winners selected

GSA today announced that it has awarded its $5 billion, 10-year governmentwide acquisition contract to 44 service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses.

Robbins-Gioia secures Air Force logistics support work

Robbins-Gioia LLC will support a major Air Force logistics initiative at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base through a $3.8 million contract.

L-3 loses Army linguistics deal, revises '07 financial guidance

L-3 Communications Corp. downgraded its financial projections today after it lost a major language translation services contract it held for the Army's Intelligence and Security Command.

CSC joint venture lands $422M White Sands deal

A CSC-led joint venture that includes several first-tier systems integrators won a six-year, $422 million contract to supply mission support services to the White Sands Missile Range.

Opportunity Knocking: In brief

Kansas steps up traffic control ... Idaho needs nutrition system ... Tennessee needs A-to-Z on debt management ... Let the processing begin in Arizona.

Jonathan Cain | Oral commitment leaves company in the lurch

Several useful lessons were highlighted last month when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided a case that brought to a close a long-running dispute between an SBIR grantee and the government.

Turbulence ahead

Buffeted by criticism, DHS struggles to weather contracting storm.

SBA regs ruffle feathers

A fair shake in federal contracting is what small IT companies are after. But what constitutes "fair" is a matter for debate, one that is raging around new regulations released by the Small Business Administration in November.

SRA tackles tech work for EPA Brownfields program

SRA International Inc. won a four-year, $10.5 million task order from the Environmental Protection Agency to deliver IT support to the agency's Brownfields program.

Seaport-e reflects push for transparency, efficiency

The Navy's Seaport Enhanced multiple-award contract just might be the test case for how the Defense Department plans to change the way it buys services.

Input: GSA IT schedule sales dip again in '06

Annual sales through GSA's multiple award schedule contracts for IT products and services declined for the second straight year in fiscal 2006, according to Input Inc.

DRS gets DOD ground surveillance radar work

DRS Technologies Inc. has won $10 million in new orders from the Defense Department for portable ground surveillance radar suitable for a variety of roles.

Harris wins Army satellite encryption deal

Harris Corp. will help develop an encryption device for the communication security needs of future Army satellite terminals.

BearingPoint to help steer NMCI into safe berth

BearingPoint Inc. won a contract to supply the Navy with IT services as part of its continuing transition to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.

Contract Roundup

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Next steps for HHS in advancing health IT network are states, RHIOs

In order to advance capabilities for the Nationwide Health Information Network next year, HHS will pursue contracts for trial implementations that will include state and regional health information organization exchange efforts.

General Dynamics wins $231M Marine ops centers deal

General Dynamics Corp. won a $231 million contract modification from the Marine Corps for 165 mobile command and control systems called Combat Operations Centers.

Compudyne wins Treasury bureau security work

CompuDyne Corp. won a five-year, $25.4 million contract to furnish security services to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Maximus keeps Colorado health care enrollment work

Maximus Inc. will continue managing a Medicaid enrollment program for the Colorado Health Care Policy and Financing Department.