Colorado re-ups ACS for child health admin services

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a one-year, $3.7 million contract extension from the Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing to continue helping administer the state's child health care program.

Arinc to shuffle frequencies of Georgia public-safety radios

<font color="CC0000">(Updated) </font color> As part of a national effort to secure clear radio signals for public safety communications systems, the Georgia Technology Authority has hired Arinc Inc. of Annapolis, Md., to manage a two-year project to re-assign frequencies.

DHS to award small-business Eagle contracts

The Homeland Security Department is in the process of announcing the winners of contracts in the small-business phase of the Eagle IT services procurement, sources inside and outside the government said.

CACI assembles Army Guard construction app

CACI International Inc. won a five year, $14.4 million recompeted prime contract from the Army National Guard to continue developing a software application for military construction.

BAE zooms in on geospatial enterprise deal

BAE Systems won a $17 million contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to implement a program that supports the agency in furnishing the military with precision geospatial imagery and products.

SEC wants prototypes to access XBRL documents

The Securities and Exchange Commission seeks proposals for a prototype system that will provide a user-friendly environment in which to access documents written in Extensible Business Reporting Language and submitted to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval.

Systems Made Simple to encrypt VA computers

Systems Made Simple Inc. of Syracuse, N.Y., has been awarded a $3.7 million contract from the Veterans Affairs Department to assist the VA in upgrading all department computers with enhanced data security encryption systems to protect sensitive data on veterans.

Ga. county finds unity in Tyler software

Columbia County, Ga., hopes to unify information used by county employees in different agencies through an array of software tools from Tyler Technologies Inc.

Value jumps for Army's logistics program

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> The 20-year, multiple-award Field and Installation Readiness Support Team program to supply logistics support services to the Army and other Defense Department operations around the world now carries an estimated value of $36 billion.

Viisage locks down DOD biometric work

Viisage Technology Inc. won a $10 million contract with the Defense Department for multimodal biometric devices that incorporate iris, finger and facial recognition technologies.

General Dynamics wins pair of AF communications deals

General Dynamics IT won two contracts totaling $26 million to supply integrated, high-bandwidth communications at two Air Force bases in California.

SAIC harvests GSA crop insurance support deal

Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego has been awarded a $121 million task order from the General Services Administration for IT support services for the Agriculture Department to improve USDA's national crop insurance program.

ACT wins $135m FEMA systems support deal

Applied Computing Technologies Inc. of Falls Church, Va., has been tapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a $135 million pact to assist the agency prepare its systems support procurement for future disasters.

Dell and Kentucky ink $100m computer deal

The state of Kentucky hopes to leverage the buying power of its agencies through a new statewide product and service deal signed with Dell Inc.

ID Analytics to assist VA with analysis of breached data

Risk management vendor ID Analytics Inc. has been awarded a contract from the Veterans Affairs Department to provide data breach analysis to ensure that information contained on stolen computer equipment was not compromised.

DHS seeks information on role-based access control

The Homeland Security Department's CIO office and central IT purchasing organization have asked the public for advice on how to adopt role-based control of access to computer systems.

PC Mall opens doors for GSA sales

PC Mall Gov Inc. won a contract worth up to $100 million over three years from the General Services Administration to supply IT products through the procurement agency's Expanded Direct Delivery Program.

Stanley hooks Navair technical kit deal

Stanley Associates Inc. won a $34.8 million contract from the Naval Air Systems Command to render support for management of technical directive modification kits.

USAF awards eight vendors $800m contract

The Air Force has awarded eight companies a five-year, $800 million blanket purchase agreement to provide management, operational and support services, studies, analyses and evaluation, and engineering and technical services.

ACS pitches in on S.C. health care claims work

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will supply third-party liability and associated services to the South Carolina Health and Human Services Department through a $19.9 million contract.