Systems integrators and IT companies that want to keep abreast of the latest trends and innovations in state and local contracting need look no further than midsize states.
Organizational conflicts of interest are a constant source of concern for both industry and government. Despite guidance offered in the FAR and a long line of Government Accountability Office cases, contractors and agencies struggle with identifying and resolving these conflicts.
The Homeland Security Department soon will consolidate the e-mail systems of its 22 agencies, and it should surprise no one that Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook e-mail application is way ahead in the competition before it even begins.
A unit of Engineered Support Systems Inc. won a contract potentially worth $279 million from the U.S. Army to provide a Command and Control Information Technology Infrastructure for the Multi-National Forces in Iraq.
Tier Technologies Inc. has won a five-year, $2.7 million contract from the Mississippi Department of Information Technology to provide an e-procurement system for the state's purchasing agency.
I.D. Systems Inc. won a grant from the Transportation Security Administration to integrate RFID-based tracking into the company's Wireless Asset Net vehicle security and tracking system.
L-3 Communications Corp. has won a $33 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide additional explosives detection systems.
Micromuse Inc. will provide elements of the service management and assurance components to an EDS Corp.-led contract for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence.
Cubic Corp. won a five-year, $71.4 million contract to produce and field simulated combat training systems for the Army, Army Reserve and National Guard.
Information security solutions company SecureInfo Corp. won a $4 million contract from the Homeland Security Department to provide certification and accreditation software solution and consulting services.
EDS Corp. won a $46.5 million contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to identify Medicare fraud in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Harris Corp. has won a 54-month, $57 million, follow-on contract from the Federal Aviation Administration for additional support for the Weather and Radar Processor program.
The General Services Administration will set up a lab under the E-Authentication e-government initiative to test commercial products that perform certificate path discovery and validation services.
For the second time in less than a year, the Army is restructuring its Future Combat Systems program, this time on the heels of sharp criticism from legislators and an unflattering report by the Government Accountability Office.
The Office of Management and Budget and the Homeland Security Department this week kicked into high gear the cybersecurity Line of Business effort by releasing to industry a request for information.
