While speaking at the recent IT Security Training Conference in Washington, D.C., Arthur W. Coviello, president of RSA, called for government to become more proactive in its IT security.
Deloitte Consulting LLP of Reston, Va., has been awarded a $14 million contract from the U.S. Department of Education to develop a migrant student information exchange.
SRA International Inc. is revving up its acquisition engine again, this time to acquire RABA Technologies LLC, a provider of technical services to national security and intelligence agencies.
CACI International Inc. won a task order for software development and program management services for the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
A review of the effectiveness of information security controls used by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services found 47 weaknesses in its communication networks ? electronic access and other system controls.
The Election Assistance Commission has released a draft of its Testing and Certification Program Manual for voting systems and is seeking public comment throughout the month.
Homeland Security Department officials cited progress in securing IT systems across the sprawling organization and expressed confidence that the department would receive a passing grade for the first time in next year's federal IT security report card.
House and Senate conferees have authorized the Defense Department to spend $532.8 billion on its programs in fiscal 2007. Lawmakers reached agreement recently on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2007.
Perot recently won a five-year, $16.1 million Health and Human Services Department contract to run the Web sites for the Office of Women's Health and provide staff to answer questions via a toll-free number.
Pearson Blueprint Technologies Inc. won an $8.8 million contract to support the Health and Human Services Department implement an enterprise architecture.
A contract by the General Services Administration is being evaluated for the third time after the Government Accountability Office ruled the agency erred in evaluating the bidders' proposals and making its source selection decision.
Merlin International Inc. plans to open a new facility for national security work with the federal government in February, as well as delve deeper into state and local government business, the company's president and chief executive officer said.
After filing for bankruptcy protection in May, Silicon Graphics Inc. now has an approved reorganization plan and financing in place, according to company officials.
The sign must have said: "Only the hard-driving, logistically inspired and tech-savvy need apply," because that's who caught the brass ring this month.
The General Services Administration issued requests for proposals today for its 10-year, $65 billion Alliant procurement program designed to let federal agencies buy a wide range of IT services.
