Microsoft pushes new directions at Partner Conference

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business, discussed the company's major cloud computing efforts at the opening of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference.

STG to supply IT manpower for DEA

STG Inc. will provide information technology staff and services to the Drug Enforcement Administration under a five-year contract worth more than $43 million.

Alion IT services enlisted to help Navy's combat command

Alion Science and Technology Corp. will support the Navy with program management and other services under a three-year task order worth $3.2 million.

CSC wins $220M IT contract for Navy commands

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide information technology services to the Navy under a five-year contract that has an estimated total contract value of up to $220 million.

DHS puts finishing touches on $22B opportunity

Vendors are looking over changes that the Homeland Security Department plans for a contracting vehicle that its agencies have used to buy information technology worth billions.

Centuria provides IT power for Energy hydroelectric project

Centuria Corp. will provide a wide range of information technology services to the Energy Department’s Western Area Power Administration, Rocky Mountain Region, under a three-year contract valued at approximately $5 million.

Seeking disaster relief? Who you gonna call?

FEMA chief architecture talks about DisasterAssistance.gov success stories at GTRA.

Army backs off $243M enterprise e-mail contract

The Army is putting on hold its plans to pursue an enterprise-wide e-mail system and calling an about-face on the project.

NARA's chief information officer to retire

As CIO, Martha Morphy oversees deployment of the initial parts of NARA's $550 million Electronic Records Archives system. Her retirement is effective July 2.

HP's $1B data center investment sets stage for growth

Hewlett-Packard Co. will spend $1 billion to automate data centers and other company functions of its Enterprise Services business, a move analysts say will affect some 9,000 employees between now and about 2013.

11 to battle for $6.6B in intelligence work

The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded contracts to 11 companies who will now compete for $6.6 billion in IT task orders.

ACS to manage California Medicaid info system

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will assume the management of California’s Medicaid Management Information System under a 10-year, $1.6 billion contract.

Top DISA information strategist John Garing retires

DISA's director of strategic planning and information, John Garing, was instrumental in developing and advancing the information technology services DISA's provides the military through its Defense Enterprise Computing Centers.

Harris IT award keeps DOD commissaries well stocked

A new $35 million contract will permit Harris Corp. to continue to deliver network operations support to the Defense Commissary Agency and its distribution of commissary goods to nearly 12 million customers in military communities around the world.

7 hot IT projects for 2011

An analysis of the 2011 budget proposal finds a few gems inside what is otherwise a slow-growth budget.

L-3 to deliver counter-terrorism support services

A unit of L-3 Communications Corp. will furnish products and technical services to enhance federal information technology counter-terrorism capabilities under a five-year Navy contract.

Federal IT market poised to hit $111.9B by 2015

Input predicts that the federal market for information technology contractors will grow at a faster rate than the overall federal IT budget, hitting $111.9 billion by 2015.

SAIC's support award strengthens EPA information office

Science Applications International Corp. will provide technical services and information technology to the Environmental Protection Agency under a five-year contract that could be worth more than $26 million if all options are exercised.

ManTech supplies Navy center with technical support

ManTech International Corp. has won an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract worth $40 million to supply the Navy with engineering and technical support.

FAA looks to crack IT 'sound barrier'

The agency's information technology is at a crossroads, according to the agency's IT chief.