For the first time, the House Armed Services Committee has given a single subcommittee jurisdiction over Defense Department information technology policies and spending. This subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Jim Saxton, R-N.J., deserves credit for its focus on the department's IT strategies and management.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Dallas, won a five-year, $6 million task order to provide the Air Force Materiel Command with information technology support services.
In February, the Coast Guard boosted one of its workhorse cutters, the 110-foot-long Matagordo, out of the water and onto blocks -- the better to slice it in half.
Viisage Technology Inc. has won a three-year, $4.1 million contract from the Defense Department to continue developing facial recognition solutions for government agencies.
ADT Security Services, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., has won a $4.7 million contract from the Port of Oakland Calif., to install a maritme security system. The contract is funded through a 2002 seaport security grant from the Transportation Security Administration.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won five-year, $6 million task order to provide the Air Force Materiel Command with information technology support services.
Plateau Systems Ltd. will provide a system to help manage all online, classroom and on-the-job security training for more than 55,000 Transportation Security Administration employees.
Every year, federal agencies spend billions of dollars on commercially available IT products and services through the Federal Supply Schedule program. Now state and local governments have the same opportunity under a law that took effect May 7.
