The Defense Department has chosen Viisage Inc. to supply equipment and services for producing smart IDs as part of the department's access card program.
The tsunami known as offshoring, or worldwide sourcing, continues to roll. I suggested in this space two months ago that Congress tread cautiously before acting on this complex issue. But March 4, by a vote of 70-26, the Senate passed an amendment authored by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) that prohibits performance overseas of work covered under a federal contract for goods or services, and of work covered under a state contract or grant that uses federal funds.
The House Government Reform and Small Business committees have negotiated changes to several procurement provisions of legislation that reauthorizes the Small Business Administration, said Government Reform Chairman Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.).
Systems integrator CACI International Inc. plans to compete for federal contracts two to three times larger than those it has won in the past, after it completes its acquisition of American Management Systems Inc.
Despite pervasive problems, government and industry have taken some positive steps toward creating interoperable wireless communications in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
When Anaheim, Calif., Police Chief Roger Baker met with Homeland Security Department officials last September in Washington to see about getting grant money for a regional emergency management system, he brought along four officials from EDS Corp. "It was a chance for Anaheim to get its idea before a federal department for both awareness and validation," said <b>Steve Hutchens</b>, client industry executive for homeland security and one of the EDS officials who accompanied Baker.
Affiliated Computer Services has won an $8.3 million contract from Montana to provide existing services as well as new services for the state's Medicaid program.
