Defense Logistics taps NCI for tech support

Contract supports local area networks, telecommunications, personal computers, IT help desk, asset management and logistics, mid-tier computing, information assurance and software applications development.

DHS turns to Acquisition Solutions for procurement help

Tasks include helping the Homeland Security Department establish an IT Acquisition Center of Excellence.

Northrop Grumman wins $408 million Army deal

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a 10-year, $408 million contract from the Army to provide battle command and training support.

SRA to help DOD with human resources studies

SRA International Inc. won a five-year, $20 million contract from the Defense Department to support the Defense Manpower Data Center with survey research and statistical analysis.

ITT Industries nets $25 million in Navy work

ITT Industries Inc. won a five-year, $24.9 million contract from the Naval Air Systems Command Weapons Division to provide engineering software support services, officials of the White Plains, N.Y., company announced Aug. 19.

ManTech wins contract for AF networks in Europe

ManTech International Corp. won a $20.9 million contract from the Air Force to provide network and telecommunications services for locations in Europe, the company said today.

McDonald Bradley to validate new patent office systems

McDonald Bradley Inc. won a subcontract potentially worth $8 million to provide independent verification and validation services for the Patent and Trademark Office, the company said today.

CACI wins Navy ERP work

Defense contractor CACI International Inc. won a five-year, $126 million contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command to support the Navy's Enterprise Maintenance Automated Information System, the company said today.

Perot banks FDIC contract

Perot Systems won a two-year contract from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to support its Legal Information Management System, the company said today.

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon to develop ground sensors

Raytheon Co., a subcontractor on the Defense Department's Future Combat Systems program, has made five awards for the design and development of ground sensor technology. Lockheed Martin Corp. won two, and Raytheon's Network Centric Systems division won three.

SRA to help Health and Human Services with PKI

SRA International Inc. won a five-year, $18.5 million contract from the Health and Human Services Department to provide operations and maintenance support for its public key infrastructure program.

ViaSat wins extension of command and control work

ViaSat Inc. won an add-on order worth $6.6 million from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to supply for secure terminals.

Contractors awarded SPAWAR contracts

Four companies will compete for task orders under a four-year Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command program management contract.

GD to help modernize mock battlefield

General Dynamics Corp. will provide communications networks as part of an upgrade of the battlefield environment at the Army's National Training Center.

Outsourcing plan gets federal scrutiny

A groundbreaking effort by Florida to turn welfare eligibility ruling over to the private sector is facing intense scrutiny by federal agencies that oversee public assistance programs.

'Strategic sourcing' pays off

One of the first things Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) did when he took office last year was look for ways to whittle down the state's $2 billion budget shortfall.

Buy Lines: Award opens door, but contract management keeps you in

The process is all too familiar. Teams of the best and brightest from government and industry work long and hard in the run up to a contract award.

Infotech and the law: Court tightens law protecting contractors' pricing info

A new ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia provides greater protection for a government contractor's pricing when it's requested by a competitor, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

GAO: Agencies fall behind goals to certify IT systems

Federal agencies are making little progress on mandates to certify and accredit their information systems, and the poor showing is causing some lawmakers and IT security experts to be leery of agencies' efforts to secure federal IT systems.

Tech Success: Integrator builds net-centric test bed

If the Defense Department remains intent on spiraling network-centric capabilities to the warfighter, then it has a major challenge on its hands, according to some experts.