The Secure Border Initiative project is at its most tranquil stage right now. The bids are in, teams are in place. Everyone is talking about what they can do and why they can do it better than anyone else.
With billions of dollars, major corporate reputations and thousands of contracting jobs at stake, the Secure Border Initiative Network is off to a running start.
DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $72.9 million contract from the Army Communications-Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, N.J., to continue supporting its Joint Network Node program.
Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a five-year, $176 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to deliver technical training to its employees and other defense and intelligence workers.
The Labor Department has formally issued a solicitation seeking a vendor to provide Personal Identity Verification cards to agency employees and contractors.
Advanced Technology Systems Inc. won a contract from the FBI to continue supporting information systems support at the agency's Strategic Information and Operations Center in Washington.
Boeing Co. and a team of bio-defense companies will modify the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle to look for biological warfare agents as part of a program funded by the Defense Department's Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a five-year, $31.5 million contract from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to deploy a smart-card system.
Under a new contract with the Air Force, NCI Information Systems Inc. will deliver specialized computer systems to support the F-22 System Program Office.
Ericsson Inc. is the fourth major contractor to submit a proposal this week to build the anticipated $2 billion Secure Border Initiative Network for the Homeland Security Department.
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> Computer Sciences Corp. will develop a system for sharing case-related information among agencies, partners and others under a task with the Justice Department.
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems will team with DRS Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, Kollsman Inc., L-3 Government Services Inc., Perot Systems Corp. and Unisys Global Public Sector.
The General Services Administration today issued the second set of draft requests for proposals for its 10-year, $65 billion Alliant procurement program to let federal agencies buy a wide range of IT services.
The Office of Personnel Management's efforts to revolutionize how it manages federal employee retirement systems moved another step forward as the agency hired consulting firm Accenture to develop business and IT models for the new program.
CACI International Inc. won a two-year, $33 million task order to furnish geographic information system technology services to the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Two of the nation's largest federal contractors announced today that they have submitted separate proposals to build the Secure Border Initiative Network for the Homeland Security Department.
CACI International Inc. won a $42 million prime contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to support its federal contractor workflow management IT system.
ManTech International Corp. won a four-year, $7.1 million contract to support the Homeland Security Department's efforts in sharing information with its state, local and private sector partners.
