AdvanceMed Corp., a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corp., won a $96 million contract from the Energy Department to provide occupational medicine services at the Hanford cleanup site near Richland, Wash.
<b>New Hampshire Administrative Services Department</b><br><b>Project: </b>Statewide Enterprise Resource Planning System<br><b>Term:</b> TBD<br><b>Estimated value:</b> TBD<br><b>RFP release:</b> January <br>The department has a requirement for a statewide ERP system that will include budget and finance, human resources and electronic purchasing modules.
For three top-tier government contractors ? the Boeing Co., Computer Sciences Corp. and Electronic Data Systems Corp. ? the new year provides a chance for correction following an unpleasant end to 2003.
Making predictions is easy. Getting them right is ... well, not so easy. Just ask the guys who predicted that the stock market would reach 36,000.But that doesn't mean you can't get a useful sense of directions and trends. For our annual look at the year ahead, the Washington Technology staff talked to experts in government and industry and found widespread agreement on several important issues.
Everyone's new year starts with a long list of resolutions and goals. For these government and industry executives, that list also includes challenges and problems that will have repercussions beyond their own companies or organizations. The government IT community will be marking closely their successes and failures.
In a $65.8 million cash deal, Reston, Va.-based SI International Inc. will buy government IT, engineering and logistics provider Matcom International Corp.
Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman wants to increase homeland security spending by $16 billion over the Bush administration's plans. Among his proposals, the Connecticut senator said he would create an intelligence-sharing system to provide state and local police departments with instant access to the 58 federal terrorist watch lists.
WorldCom Inc. will not be debarred from government contracting and is now free to pursue any government work, including the option year on one of its biggest contracts, FTS 2001, the GSA announced Wednesday.
The Housing and Urban Development Department is trying to decide the next step it should take on an $860 million IT services contract successfully protested at the General Accounting Office.
American Management Systems Inc. will continue program management for the U.S. Navy's Surface Mine Warfare programs under a delivery order worth up to $115 million over 12 years.
Motorola Inc. has won a $25 million contract to provide a secure two-way radio communications system that will be used by public safety agencies during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the company said.
Electronic Data Systems Corp. has won a series of contract modifications and a two-year extension of its Medicare Part B Standard System Consolidation contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The changes are anticipated to generate more than $40 million in revenue.
EDO Corp. has won a contract from the Army Communications-Electronics Command to provide electronic force-protection equipment. The contract is worth up to $35 million, with final details to be negotiated in early 2004.
The work is under the Federal Aviation Administration's Broad Information Technology Services II vehicle for a centralized local area network and help-desk support for several operations.
