GSA chooses vendors to support LOB initiatives

Booz Allen Hamilton, Grant Thorton, Performance Management Consulting Inc., SiloSmashers Inc. and Touchstone/SRA have been awarded a blanket purchase agreement to provide support for the Office of Management and Budget's Lines of Business consolidation initiatives.

STG wins EPA converged communications deal

STG Inc. won a five-year, $5 million contract to provide IT and telecommunications for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Pa. county taps Motorola for data communications, laptops

An acquisition of mobile laptop computers from Motorola Inc. by Chester County, Pa., is expected to improve data communication for police and fire departments within the county's borders.

Probaris Tech wins Social Security contract for HSPD-12 applications

Probaris software will help Social Security to comply with new identity vetting requirements before issuing new ID credentials to federal employees and contractors.

Qwest gets Wyoming network services work

Qwest Communications International Inc. won a contract from the Wyoming Education Department to furnish network services for a statewide system connecting more than 400 public schools.

IBM inks Georgia asset management deal

The state of Georgia has hired IBM Corp. to manage its IT assets as well as its fleet and facilities inventory.

GSA releases RFI in search of mid-sized businesses for Alliant

Aiming to attract vendors of all sizes to participate in its Alliant government IT services procurement , the General Services Administration is seeking industry input on whether specific aspects of the multibillion-dollar solicitation could be tailored for medium-sized businesses.

ACS sets up New Mexico immunization registry

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has deployed its first statewide immunization system in New Mexico.

Missile Defense Agency re-ups Raytheon for ballistic missile work

Defense giant Raytheon Co. won a five-year, $49 million follow-on contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide advanced technologies for ballistic missile defense systems.

Top integrators to assemble teams for Secure Border Initiative

Northrop Grumman Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. each are putting teams together to compete for the Homeland Security Department's contract to set up an integrated network of sensors and cameras along U.S. borders.

Davis keeps up offensive against TCE procurement

No fan of the Treasury Department's standalone telecommunications initiative, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) urged the Office of Management and Budget to ensure that the department follows recommendations in a recent report, including a suggestion that the agency consider canceling the solicitation.

Raytheon, CSC to chase Army training support contract

Raytheon Co. and Computer Sciences Corp. have joined forces to compete for the Army's Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support program.

Analex nabs missile defense security support

Analex Corp. won a $7.7 million prime contract to provide security support at the Missile Defense Agency's facilities in Huntsville, Ala.

GSA to seek industry input on Alliant strategy

The General Services Administration is considering issuing RFIs to solicit industry feedback for some of the additions it has made to its enhanced strategy for the multibillion-dollar Alliant IT procurement.

GSA aims for early Networx awards

The General Services Administration wants to significantly beat the current official award dates for the two parts of its $20 billion Networx telecommunications procurement, an agency official said today.

Army re-ups Raytheon for Patriot missile support

Raytheon Co. won a $65 million contract renewal from the Army Aviation and Missile Command for engineering and technical services supporting the Patriot Air and Missile Defense program.

Input: Set-aside awards will soar in 2006

Set-aside contracts to qualified technology companies are expected to total more than $20 billion in fiscal 2006, according to market research firm Input Inc.

Feds seek input before soliciting Grants.gov integrator

The Health and Human Services Department is seeking industry input as it considers hiring a new systems integrator for the Grants.gov portal, one of the original E-Government programs.

Health IT privacy efforts to launch in April

The privacy element of the Health and Human Services Department's health IT efforts will launch in late April with the award of contracts to study the variations in state privacy and security policies and regulations.

RHIOs included in federal health IT efforts

The Health and Human Services Department will release an RFP in a few weeks for an assessment of state regional health information organizations to include in the national health IT effort.