For 16 years, Serco Inc. has ridden an accelerating trend of government agencies turning to contractors for work that goes beyond the realm of usual IT services.
Despite some reports of problems and delays in several states that used electronic voting, no reports surfaced of any elections being substantially affected by the difficulties.
Qwest Communications won a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide bandwidth transmission services for DOD's global information grid.
After six tumultuous years and persistent calls for his ouster by retired military commanders, Defense Department Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down.
Observers have said that under the new leadership in Congress, federal IT issues will receive closer scrutiny, but it is unclear whether the White House's e-government initiative will sink or swim.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color> Now that the Democrats have taken over at least one house of Congress, President Bush's competitive-sourcing initiative could be under heavy scrutiny.
ManTech International Corp. has completed the spin-out of its NetWitness information security product group. The new venture will consist of the core product team from the ManTech?NetWitness group. ManTech will maintain an ownership stake in the new company.
General Dynamics Information Technology won a contract from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation to set up a military battlefield training site in Jordan.
The Federal Communications Commission will not open an official proceeding on the Cyren Call public safety wireless communications plan, according to a Nov. 3 order signed by FCC Acting Public Safety and Homeland Security Chief Bureau Kenneth Moran.
SRA Inc. has been awarded a contract from the Agriculture Department for the development and implementation of a Web-based Supply Chain Management System to replace the current one.
Needing help processing more than 70,000 applications annually, the Florida Financial Services Department has tapped L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. to put in place a fingerprint processing network for insurance agents.
The inspector general at the Defense Department has said that both GSA and DOD are to blame for a string of procurement problems over the past several years.
