Industry is cranking up the pressure on the Defense Department to resume processing applications for contractor security clearances by appealing directly to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to immediately resolve the issue.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving forward on a program to implement Net-enabled command capabilities, with a request for information due for release shortly.
The Defense Department late last week officially extended its enterprise software agreement with Telos Corp. for two of its titles to the rest of the federal government, offering discounts between 5 percent and 40 percent off of the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service schedule.
Milcom Systems Corp. was awarded a $108.7 million contract that could grow to $577 million if all options are exercised. Amsec LLC walked away with $58.9 million for the first year, with a ceiling of $312 million.
SYS Technologies won a contract to develop interactive e-learning courseware to help train the Navy's information systems and information warfare workforce.
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> The federal government may ask contractors to help pay for processing security clearance applications for their workers, industry sources said following the Defense Department's recent decision to temporarily stop processing clearances for contractors.
General Dynamics Corp. won a five-year $9.6 million prime contract to implement and support a new information management system at the Space and Missile Systems Center.
Ten companies were awarded contracts late Friday under the Army's $4 billion Infrastructure Modernization program that will update the fiber-optic cable and wireless communications lines at major bases and installations.
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> DRS Technologies Inc. has won a two-year, $222 million contract from the Army to supply communications services to the Multi-National Forces military command in Iraq.
CACI International Corp. won a four-year, $49 million contract renewal from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to continue providing various forms of program and technical assistance to its technology office.
Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $3.6 million contract from the Military Entrance Processing Command for fingerprinting technology that enables background checks of prospective military recruits.
Stottler Henke Associates Inc. won a contract from the Navy to develop software to enhance a simulation-based training system for tactical action officers.
Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $17.4 million contract from the Navy to support a program that oversees all technical products for submarine combat systems.
L-3 Communications Titan Group won a four-year, $7.2 million contract to manage and operate an automated battlefield supply network, housed at Logistics Supply Area Anaconda in Balad, Iraq.
Eight large businesses and three small won spots on the contract and will now compete for task orders on the $20 billion IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services program.
