Merlin gets nod to centralize Interior security software management

Merlin International Inc. of Denver has won a blanket purchase agreement from the Interior Department to help the agency centralize its acquisition of Symantec security software and services.

VA turns to Four Points, InterSystems for database help

Four Points Technology LLC won a contract with the Veterans Affairs Department to provide database software for the agency's health record system.

New EVM contract standard issued by NASA

An interim rule to apply earned-value management to NASA's major acquisition contracts and to those worth at least $20 million has been issued by the agency.

GSA ponders merging Governmentwide Policy office

The General Services Administration is circulating a draft proposal to merge its Office of Governmentwide Policy with the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.

Cubic stands up Eastern European combat training centers

Cubic Corp. will construct mobile combat training centers for the Romanian and Slovakian armed forces through two U.S. Army contracts valued at $13.6 million.

DHS proposes 'global' sharing on terrorist info

DHS has presented an ambitious proposal for internationally sharing biometric identification information of individuals who pose terrorist threats.

Raytheon to assist DHS with flight-route analysis

Raytheon won a contract with the Homeland Security Department to produce a system that analyzes risk on aviation routes to help choose the best ones for aircraft during emergencies.

Indiana welfare eligibility support award in sight for IBM

Indiana is inching closer to awarding IBM Corp. a 10-year, $1.1 billion contract to handle the state's welfare eligibility needs.

Lockheed Martin gains altitude with Army surveillance deal

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s tethered aerostat surveillance systems offer the Army and its soldiers a birds-eye view of warfighting action in real-time.

Biometrics conference focuses on privacy issues, limits press coverage

Senior Homeland Security Department officials joined their counterparts from foreign governments, other federal agencies, select IT vendors and pressure groups in the domestic and international privacy arena to discuss privacy policies and biometric technology at a conference in Washington this week.

General Dynamics to supply Marines with communications

General Dynamics Corp. as won a $45.6 million contract from the Marine Corps Systems Command for 150 communications units for Marine operations in Iraq.

BTA names Fisher acting director

David Fisher has been named acting director for the Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency.

IBM lands Texas data center pact

IBM Corp. won a data center outsourcing deal in Texas worth an estimated $863 million.

Army systems' decisions to be made in next six months

The Army will have a better idea of which of its 60-some legacy human resources systems will be discontinued and which will be integrated with the Defense Department's Integrated Military Human Resources System in about six months.

DSA wins knowledge management work

Data Systems Analysts Inc. won a $30 million contract to support knowledge management efforts in the Army's Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications Tactical.

CACI lends hand to Defense secretary's office

CACI International Inc. won a $59.5 million contract to continue providing managed network services for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

FBI may put squeeze on SAIC

Senators propose refund for failed VCF project.

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Big changes at VidSys and Augusta Systems ... other movers and shakers ...

Who's on first?

Big changes at VidSys and Augusta Systems ... other movers and shakers ...