DISA floats draft procurement systems specs

The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a draft in solicitation for an integrated procurement system.

BAE wins two Navy tech support deals

BAE Systems Technology Solutions Inc. won two new Navy contracts totaling $26.4 million to provide engineering support services, foreign military sales technical support and procurement support.

CMS to merge Medicare claims systems

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued two requests for proposals related to modernization of its Medicare infrastructure and services.

Tennessee Highway Patrol taps Intergraph for computer dispatch

Intergraph Public Safety Inc. won a $1.2 million contract from the Tennessee Highway Patrol to build a statewide, computer-aided dispatch system.

CACI wins Navy recompete

CACI International won a $15.7 million recompete to help the Navy maintain a system that supports tactical operations.

DOD makes award to assist military medical network

KSJ & Associates Inc. won a $30 million contract from the Tri-Service Infrastructure Management Program Office to perform program management functions.

Metier lands FBI work for IT portfolio management

Metier Ltd. won a one-year, $2 million contract for software and services for FBI's Enterprise IT Portfolio Management Program, the company said today.

Ciber wins Agriculture loan re-engineering deal

Ciber Inc. won a $3.9 million contract from the Agriculture Department to provide application development and business process re-engineering for the system that distributes loans to farmers and ranchers.

Justice inks security license for 100,000 users

Senforce Technologies Inc. has signed a four-year, departmentwide license with the Justice Department for its Enterprise Mobile Security Manager software.

Contracts: Opportunity Knocking

Denver seeks CRM system. The city and county of Denver want to develop a customer relationship management system that lets citizens and businesses interact with local government via the Web, e-mail, phone, fax and in person.

New York turns to industry for complex wireless project

New York is relying on the private sector to put in place its statewide wireless network.

Agencies join forces in large 'hub' procurements

Contractors that want to pursue large information technology projects in the state of New York should consider multiagency initiatives, said Chief Information Officer Jim Dillon.

Bioinformatics

Conventional wisdom identifies rocket science and brain surgery as rigorous disciplines that should be avoided by all but the very brightest. But it is biology and deciphering life's genetic code, with a bewildering array of molecular interactions and expressions that scientists are just beginning to understand, that may prove the greatest intellectual challenge.

GSA says Networx to reach $20 billion

FTS Networx, the 10-year telecommunications and network services contract to be awarded in April 2006, has a potential value of $20 billion, the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service announced today.

Maximus wins Canadian health care outsourcing deal

Maximus Inc. has won a $268 million contract from the British Columbia Ministry of Health Services to provide health benefit operations administrative services.

CGI-AMS wins $100 million in federal health work

CGI-AMS has signed five contracts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that are worth $100 million combined, the company announced today

Agriculture awards animal transport tracking system

SI International Inc. won a $6.8 million task order from the Agriculture Department to provide IT support for the Veterinary Services Processes Streamlining System, which monitors the movement of animals.

ManTech wins Army medical center support

ManTech International Corp. won a five-year, $19.3 million contract to provide engineering and technical services to a key Army medical facility, the company announced today.

Cubic wins $95 million Army simulation deal

Cubic Corp. won a five-year, $95 million contract renewal to continue providing simulations and simulators to the Army's National Simulation Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

EDS wins U.K. human resources work

EDS Corp. won a $458 million contract from the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence to build a human resources system. The new system is expected to save nearly $1 billion over 10 years.