Knowledge as a sales pitch

For a collaboration solution, know your product and your customer.

More than words

Translation technology jumps forward on the battlefield, but improvements are needed.

Beyond IT

For 16 years, Serco Inc. has ridden an accelerating trend of government agencies turning to contractors for work that goes beyond the realm of usual IT services.

DISA taps Qwest for Internet services

Qwest Communications won a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide bandwidth transmission services for DOD's global information grid.

DOD Secretary Rumsfeld resigns

After six tumultuous years and persistent calls for his ouster by retired military commanders, Defense Department Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down.

General Dynamics wins Army urban warfare training deal

General Dynamics Information Technology won a contract from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation to set up a military battlefield training site in Jordan.

Air Force re-ups Stanley for joint strike fighter work

Stanley Inc. won a $63 million contract to continue supplying telecommunications and IT infrastructure support to the Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter Program Office.

Air Force re-ups Lockheed Martin for virtual training

Lockheed Martin won a contract modification from the Air Force to continue furnishing technological and simulation support for its virtual combat training facility.

DynCorp lands $450M Navy contingency services deal

A team of three companies, led by DynCorp International Inc., won a five-year, $450 million contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command to deliver global disaster response services.

DOD re-ups CACI for procurement system support

CACI International Inc. won a contract to continue supporting a standardized procurement system it developed for the Defense Department.

Air Force announces new cyberspace command

Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne announced that the branch is creating a new cyberspace command, assigned to the 8th Air Force.

MTC to assist with Army flight training

MTC Technologies Inc. won a contract to deliver emergency egress training systems and services to the Army Aviation Warfighting Center.

CACI to support Air Force medical logistics

The Air Force tapped CACI International Inc. to support its automated information system for medical logistics and facilities management and maintenance for military personnel worldwide.

SYS Technologies to punch up NORAD software

SYS Technologies won a task order to deliver software engineering services for the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the Northern Command.

AT&T gets Army professional services work

AT&T Government Solutions Inc. won a contract to furnish professional services to the Army Materiel Command's Enterprise Integration Directorate.

OPM must further strengthen security clearance process: GAO

Despite efforts at improvement, the Office of Personnel Management is not meeting its goals for timely processing of top-secret security clearances for defense contractors, according to a <a href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d061070.pdf"><u>new report</u></a>.

Bandwidth expansion contracts worth up to $3B

The Defense Information Systems Agency today announced the award of three contracts, worth up to $3 billion, to boost bandwidth on its Defense Information Systems Network.

CACI to help Army improve battle systems logistics

CACI International Inc. won a three-year, $38 million task order contract to assist the Army Directorate for Readiness' Force Modernization Division with logistics for battle systems.

Panel to suggest greater competition, more transparency

The themes of competition, transparency and integrity could dominate the recommendations of the Acquisition Advisory Panel when it releases its draft report in the coming weeks.

News in brief

NASCIO names top innovative state IT projects ? UAV patrols to resume and more news in brief.