Air Force gives eight a PASS

The Air Force has picked eight small businesses for contracts worth a total of $800 million to provide services for its Electronic Systems Center.

Panel: Funding battles ahead for state IT initiatives

Despite revenue growth across state government in recent years, funding for IT will face stiff competition with other priorities over the next several years.

Terrorists use net for recruiting

Terrorists are using the Internet to spread radical ideologies. Countering that movement will require sophisticated communications and online investigations, experts testified at a Senate hearing today.

RetrievalWare customers search for transition advice

Convera Corp. is selling its RetrievalWare search business to a Norwegian company, and Convera's federal government customers are bracing for the change.

Companies dispute HSPD-12 award

XTec and the Computer Literacy Team have protested GSA's award to EDS to run the agency's HSPD-12 Managed Services Office.

X-Feds gets Seaport-e task order

X-Feds Inc. will support the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's capability evolution process under a new task order.

L-1 snaps up Advanced Concepts

L-1 Identity Solutions will acquire ACI, a provider of IT services to the U.S. intelligence and military communities, for $71.5 million cash.

AT&T touts small business opportunities

As AT&T Government Solutions begins to develop business based on its March win of the GSA's Networx Universal contract, it is recruiting small business partners.

Twenty-four companies get GSA Satcom II awards

GSA awarded Satcom II contracts today to 24 communications companies, including nine small business contractors, to provide next-generation, worldwide satellite services to federal civilian and defense agencies.

Coalition attacks Real ID Act regulations

Civil liberties and consumer groups have started a campaign against the Real ID Act regulations issued by DHS, believing the new ID system will have negative impacts on civil rights.

Dell names Peterson to head civilian sales

Dell Inc. has hired Max Peterson as the vice president who will lead its federal civilian sales group.

General Dynamics wins Air Force Smart Ops 21 deal

The Air Force's Air Combat Command has awarded a contract to General Dynamics to provide transformation and continuous process improvement support to the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century effort.

Attacks on federal networks lead to concern for DHS

The House Homeland Security Committee wants to know whether DHS' networks have been hacked.

BAE Systems signs Navy contract extension

BAE Systems has won a contract modification from the Navy to continue providing engineering and technical services in support of ID system programs.

Maximus grabs Alabama asset deal

Maximus will perform appraisals of structures covered by the Alabama State Insurance Fund and aggregate the data gathered through a new contract.

DHS data center to forge into new frontier

DHS plans to select a vendor this summer to build a second cross-agency data center, and has directed prospective contractors to propose locations in the Western U.S. to help shield the facility from any major East Coast blackout.

Raytheon to build Air Force satellite radios

Raytheon Co. won a $14.5 million Global Broadcasting Service contract from the Air Force's Electronic System Center at Hanscom Air Force Base.

McCarthy pushes for NICS improvements

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy is promoting her legislation to make improvements to a national database used to check potential gun buyers for criminal records or mental illness.

Sagitec unveils Kansas pension system

Sagitec Solutions has installed a new Web-based pension administration system for the state of Kansas.

NIST RFID report applies to private sector

NIST has issued guidelines and a set of best practices for the use of radio frequency technology by both federal agencies and private corporations.