The Government Printing Office has formally released its solicitation for a chief integrator to lead and incorporate all aspects of the agency's massive content management and data storage project.
The Homeland Security Department is seeking contractors for the fourth phase of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, expected to enroll 850,000 port, dock, transit and other transportation workers.
Computer Sciences Corp. expects to cut upwards of 5,000 jobs as part of a strategic plan to boost shareholder value, and may even wind up selling the global information technology and systems integration company.
Officials hope the combination of OSEC's custom software applications, engineering services and hardware products and Apogen's IT integration and program management services will create a company that can compete on enterprisewide projects.
Business Objects Inc. acquisition of FirstLogic Inc is part of a long-term strategy by the company to offer its customers a satisfactory data foundation for enterprise information management.
<font color="CC0000"><b>(Updated)</b></font> Telecom equipment makers Alcatel and Lucent Technologies Inc. will create a separate subsidiary to perform sensitive R&D work for the U.S. government and handle certain federal contracts as part of a planned purchase by the French company.
Ericsson has acquired Marconi Communications Federal Inc., a networking and telecom firm, in a move designed to expand the company's networking and telecommunications offerings to the U.S. government.
Swedish-owned Ericsson Inc. is making one of its first major forays into the U.S. homeland security government market by assembling a team to seek a prime contract for the anticipated $2 billion Secure Border Initiative-Net surveillance system.
The General Services Administration Friday posted responses to questions it received from industry about its revised strategy for the 10-year, $65 billion Alliant program.
The drive to centralize IT resources, consolidate IT operations and outsource non-essential government functions is expected to feed substantial growth in the state and local market over the next five years, according to Input Inc.
Despite increased spending on security and health IT, the mounting impact of consolidation, budget pressures and the Lines of Business initiatives are dampening growth rates projected for federal IT spending over the next five years.
A project to improve predictions of climate change and weather moved forward this week when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded contracts for the system's conceptual designs.
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> Justice is relying on the "Mega 2" contracts for automated litigation support systems, but seeks to to shift to the "Mega 3" series of multiple award contracts for the litigation case management technology.
WorldCell Inc. acquired Mobile-Mind Inc., a developer of subscriber identity module and smart-card technologies. The purchase will enable WorldCell to provide more global managed wireless services to customers.
Democrats on the House Small Business Committee, concerned over President Bush's proposed fiscal 2007 budget, released a report detailing the effect of the proposed cuts on small-business development programs.
The 13 winners and two grand prize winners of the Best of FOSE Awards at the 2006 FOSE trade show in Washington illustrate the ever growing role of technology in the federal government.
Federal IT services stocks have been up following the past month's fourth quarter earnings reports. Quarterly results and the near-term outlook were not exciting for investors, but contract awards seem to be picking up. Most of the public federal IT service companies are expecting accelerated growth in revenue and earnings per share.
