Alien makes another RFID acquisition

Alien Technology Corp. has acquired Quatrotec Inc., a provider of solutions and project management to the air transportation industry.

BearingPoint feels the heat

Delays in two high-profile Homeland Security Department programs have prime contractor BearingPoint Inc. facing criticism from government and congressional officials.

Virginia sets outsourcing table

That Virginia's IT outsourcing initiative is on schedule to award contracts this fall is due in no small measure to work done by state officials to build the widespread support that was lacking in many high-profile failures in other states.

Project: Videoconferencing system

Agency: West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

On the edge

Motorola Labs, the applied research arm of Motorola Inc., produced a five-inch, color video display prototype based on proprietary carbon nanotube technology.

On the edge

Motorola Labs, the applied research arm of Motorola Inc., produced a five-inch, color video display prototype based on proprietary carbon nanotube technology.

Tech Success: Keeping up appearances

An initial appearance in court is generally a straightforward event. A suspect is informed of the charges against him, bail is set and other issues are addressed.

In your FACE

Federal agencies and contractors are swelling enrollment at IT boot camps, the intense training courses that drive students through 10 to 12 grueling hours of daily instruction over a few days.

NIST seeks gaming model for dirty-bomb emergency response training

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a request for proposals for key components of a crowd-behavior simulation model prototype.

Raytheon to develop new system-on-a-chip technology

The company has won a $27.6 million contract from DARPA to develop a programmable computing system based on a fast, powerful and versatile chip.

Army picks Symbol's RFID readers

Five of Symbol Technologies Inc.'s partners were awarded blanket purchase agreements from the Army for the company's RFID readers.

Spies & snoops

The question is simple: Does any information pass through your computer that you wouldn't want posted on the Internet?

Commercialization center looks for new ideas

The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology announced a solicitation to help fast-track commercialization of technologies for the Defense and Homeland Security departments.

ObjectVideo wins R&D work

ObjectVideo Inc. won two contracts worth up to $3.2 million over the next three year to develop next-generation capabilities for intelligent video surveillance systems.

$50 million deal extends RSIS reach into government

RS Information Systems Inc. has captured one of the first information services jobs for a young federal tax agency, winning a contract valued at nearly $50 million to provide technology support services to the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.

Tech Success: Web management comes easy for Calif. town

Online since the mid-1990s, the city of Rialto, Calif.'s Web site had limited space, was difficult to maintain and badly needed a redesign.

Build a case for success

Government performance initiatives, including such measures as the President's Management Agenda, in recent years have focused on IT both as a means to an end and as a cost center that must be brought under control.

Konarka generates renewable power for Army

Konarka Technologies Inc., a developer of power plastics that convert light to energy, signed a $1.6 million contract with the U.S. Army as part of a program to deliver power to soldiers.

State considers more passport protections

State Department officials are considering additional security measures as they prepare to implement new U.S. passports with embedded radio frequency identification chips.

Army biomed research taps Anteon

Anteon International Corp. won a five-year, $10.6 million from the Army to provide scientific and technical support services for the service's biomedical research program.