The Homeland Security Department has awarded a $30 million contract to a trio of consulting firms to study development of an integrated terrorist screening system.
Robbins-Gioia has won one of three blanket purchase agreements that the Transportation Security Administration will award for program management support services.
Document management integrator NMS Imaging Inc. wins $5 million contract for a records and correspondence management solution for the National Institutes of Health.
SI International Inc. won a five-year blanket purchase agreement to provide technical support and services for the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.
Affiliated Computer Services will manage the daily operations of a Florida health agency's decision support system and offer onsite and offsite support and training.
The administration's competitive sourcing initiative will have a few more dings in it after this year's legislative session is done, industry and union observers said.
Lockheed Martin Corp.'s IT division is aiming for double-digit growth, and the unit's president said that business process outsourcing is a big part of that strategy.
The four companies that have received limited legal liability protection from the Homeland Security Department for an anti-terrorism product or service have an advantage that their competitors don't: assurance that they won't be sued for unlimited damages if a terrorist attack causes their technologies to fail.
