Raytheon chalks up military communications, GPS deals

Raytheon Co. won two defense IT deals worth a total of $113 million.

Northrop Grumman protests Army Engineers' outsourcing deal

Northrop Grumman Corp. has filed a protest against the Army Corps of Engineers for awarding a six-year, $447 million A-76 outsourcing contract to a public-private partnership led by corps employees in conjunction with Lockheed Martin Corp.

IBM to deliver collaboration services to DISA

IBM Corp. has been hired by the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide collaboration services under the Net-Centric Enterprise Services program.

N.H. re-ups EDS for Medicaid fiscal services

New Hampshire will continue to rely on EDS Corp. to serve as its Medicaid fiscal agent under a $16.7 million contract.

SAIC buys GeoViz.com

Science Applications International Corp. has completed its purchase of GeoViz.com Inc.

GAO hits U.S. Visit contract oversight

The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program should strengthen its oversight of the contracts it is using to build a computerized border control system, federal auditors said in an analysis of the multibillion-dollar Homeland Security Department project.

USDA seeks Farm Bill business systems

The Agriculture Department is seeking information about applications that can automate farm program business delivery, including eligibility for benefit payments.

Maximus draws pair of Wisconsin welfare-to-work deals

Maximus Inc. will continue delivering workforce development services in Wisconsin under two contract renewals worth $25 million over four years.

GSA readies WITS 3 solicitation

The General Services Administration plans to issue a final request for proposals</a> this month for its eight-year, $1.8 billion Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 3 program.

DHS seeks second data center

The Homeland Security Department is looking to IT companies for ideas on building a second, redundant data center to supplement the one it operates under an agreement with the Navy.

Defense to restructure contracting in Iraq

The Task Force to Support Improved DOD Contracting and Stability Operations in Iraq will evaluate Defense business enterprise processes and systems in Iraq affecting contracting and other processes.

EDS wins $41m CMS data center deal

This is the second task order issued to EDS under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' $1.9 billion Enterprise Data Center contract, the hub of the CMS IT infrastructure modernization for the next decade.

BBN Technologies wins DARPA artificial intelligence work

BBN Technologies won a $5.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the first phase of the Integrated Learning Program, an artificial intelligence project.

ICF to lead administration of Louisiana housing plan

ICF International Inc. has won a three-year contract with the state of Louisiana to administer $4.6 billion in federal housing grants aimed at reconstruction from last year's hurricanes.

Infotech and the Law | Keep close tabs on your inner lobbyist

If you are, in even a loose sense of the word, lobbying someone in the government in an effort to get, modify or extend a contract, you may need to disclose that activity.

Buy Lines | Untying a knot in the acquisition lexicon

People in government and industry continue to confuse "assisted acquisition" with "direct acquisition" when talking about how purchase requests for items available under pre-negotiated contracts become purchase orders.

Promise and peril in mentor programs

As the new millennium dawned, Force3 Inc. was on the verge of graduating from the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program. Company officials knew major internal improvements and upgrades to its strategy were needed to compete on the open market.

Marines recruit RGS Associates for base improvement work

RGS Associates Inc. won a consulting contract to deliver technical support services for the Marine Corps' base regionalization efforts.

Cubic sets up battlefield training for Indiana National Guard

Members of the Indiana National Guard will get a taste of what combat is like in Afghanistan and Iraq this month without having to leave their home state.

USIS to assist OPM with background checks

The Office of Personnel Management tapped U.S. Investigative Services to provide back-office and administrative support for agency officials who perform background investigations on potential government employees and contractors.