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The new communications technology that's reaching the hands of first responders is nothing short of dazzling.

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Education, workforce lead concerns of IT firms ... General says networks key to anti-terror ... Agriculture seeks mobile encryption ... more briefs

News in brief

Education, workforce lead concerns of IT firms ... General says networks key to anti-terror ... Agriculture seeks mobile encryption ... more briefs

Mergers & Acquisitions

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Mergers & Acquisitions

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More woes for TWIC

Error rates could stall rollout of transportation ID program.

A giant leap for first response

Cities move beyond walky-talkies and toward interoperability.

Report: DHS needs to tighten contracting practices

The Homeland Security Department has been lax in following basic contracting rules, according to a private consultant's report obtained by the Washington Post.

GTSI threatened with delisting

Troubles on Wall Street continue for GTSI Corp., which yesterday announced that it received a letter from Nasdaq stating it could be delisted from the stock exchange for not filing its report for the quarter ended Sept. 30.

Troops swear by simulation tools

Training and simulation technology married with lessons learned in the Middle East over the past 18 months have improved dramatically ? enough to assist military forces set to deploy to Afghanistan later this year.

Meridio Inc. lands GSA SmartBuy software contract

Meridio Inc. of Waltham, Mass. has won a contract with the General Services Administration to establish an enterprise licensing agreement.

Indiana names Weaver CIO

As of Dec.r 1, Indiana CIO Karl Browning will become the state's new Transportation Department commissioner and current state chief technology officer Gerry Weaver will step into Browning's post as CIO.

Negroponte unveils new information-sharing strategy

Standards being developed for intelligence information sharing are expected to be fully incorporated into federal enterprise architecture reviews and budgets by fiscal 2009, according to a schedule submitted by National Intelligence Director John Negroponte.

GAO report: IT testing lacks consistency

A new report has found that federal agencies are not testing their security controls with any consistency or timeliness and may not be aware of the systems' weaknesses.

CGI-AMS changes name to CGI

Making good on a promise CGI Group Inc. made when it bought American Management Systems Inc. in May 2004, the Montreal-based company this month changed the name of its U.S. subsidiary from CGI-AMS Inc. to CGI Inc.

DHS in final deliberations on FirstSource awards

The Homeland Security Department is heading into the home stretch and expects to award the contract to multiple vendors by early December.

Army tries to make amends with ITES2-S protesters

The Army is looking to settle with the five companies that successfully protested awards made under the IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract.

McDonald Bradley buys SPS fed biz unit

Software Performance Systems Inc. won't be providing services to federal agencies anymore. McDonald Bradley Inc. of Herndon, Va., acquired the federal business unit of Software Performance Systems, Inc., for $15 million.

USDA in the market for encryption technology for mobile devices

The Agricultural Department expects to have a blanket purchase agreement, from which it will purchase encryption products, in place by Jan. 1, and anticipates purchasing 150,000 licenses.

WFI to guide Army aviation and missile support work

Wireless Facilities Inc. won a five-year, $36 million task order from the Army's Aviation and Missile Command for engineering and technical work.