While Florida's contract with Convergys Corp. of Cincinnati to consolidate and process human resource services for 32 state agencies has produced substantial benefits, it also serves as a stark example of what can go wrong when a government agency outsources certain functions to the private sector.
Lockheed Martin Corp. has acquired a radio-frequency identification company that sells its tracking technology to the Defense Department and other agencies.
Industry is cranking up the pressure on the Defense Department to resume processing applications for contractor security clearances by appealing directly to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to immediately resolve the issue.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving forward on a program to implement Net-enabled command capabilities, with a request for information due for release shortly.
Hewitt Associates of Lincolnshire, Ill., has won the Office of Personnel Management's long-awaited Retirement Systems Modernization contract?a program OPM hopes will revolutionize how the agency computes and releases federal retirement benefits.
Milcom Systems Corp. was awarded a $108.7 million contract that could grow to $577 million if all options are exercised. Amsec LLC walked away with $58.9 million for the first year, with a ceiling of $312 million.
Nearly half of the $11 billion in federal IT contract awards in the second quarter of fiscal 2006 were made for professional services or maintenance support services, according to a new report from Input Inc.
Just eight days into his new role at Sun Microsystems Inc., former CEO Scott McNealy used a hockey stick to launch spongy balls into a Washington crowd that included many of the people he will be courting to buy products from the Santa Clara, Calif., company.
Merlin Technical Solutions Inc. won a $2.5 million contract to maintain and support the hardware and software operations for a key data collection arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> The federal government may ask contractors to help pay for processing security clearance applications for their workers, industry sources said following the Defense Department's recent decision to temporarily stop processing clearances for contractors.
Ten companies were awarded contracts late Friday under the Army's $4 billion Infrastructure Modernization program that will update the fiber-optic cable and wireless communications lines at major bases and installations.
Results of a recent influenza pandemic simulation show that telecommunications systems could be overwhelmed, and the Internet could shut down within two to four days of an outbreak.
The Office of Personnel Management is seeking to sign a firm, fixed-price contract that will provide 100 percent coverage of the FEI's three buildings, including bedrooms, classrooms, lounge areas and office areas.
IT infrastructure services company Avocent Corp. has acquired LANDesk Group Ltd. for $416 million in a cash and stock transaction. Avocent expects to complete the acquisition within 75 days.
Police and other emergency response departments in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., have standardized on common 800MHz communications systems. What remains to be done in establishing interoperable systems is getting everyone on the same page.
Federal investigators are pursuing evidence that federal contractor Mitchell Wade and others may have supplied former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham with prostitutes and use of limousines and hotel rooms, according to a story in the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>.
CACI International Inc. today reported record revenue of $435.4 million for its third fiscal quarter ended March 31, an increase of $20.4 million, or 4.9 percent, over revenue for the same period in fiscal 2005.
