Contract roundup

Alion Science and Technology Corp., McLean, Va., won a $3.9 million contract from the Defense Department to support DOD's training and transformation initiative, helping to develop and implement interagency tasks and update and revise Transformation Training plans and department policies.

Contract roundup

Alion Science and Technology Corp., McLean, Va., won a $3.9 million contract from the Defense Department to support DOD's training and transformation initiative, helping to develop and implement interagency tasks and update and revise Transformation Training plans and department policies.

Mergers and acquisitions

McNeil Technologies Inc. of Springfield, Va., closed a pair of deals: one for a government contractor and a second for the government contracts held by another company. Terms of neither deal were disclosed.

Mergers and acquisitions

McNeil Technologies Inc. of Springfield, Va., closed a pair of deals: one for a government contractor and a second for the government contracts held by another company. Terms of neither deal were disclosed.

London, Volgenau among honorees

Jack London, chairman and chief executive officer of CACI International Inc., and Ernst Volgenau, chairman of SRA International Inc., shared an award for large contractor of the year at the third annual Greater Washington Contractor Awards dinner Oct. 19.

The news in brief

The new Defense Business Transformation Agency, established Oct. 7 by the Defense Department, will manage some of the agency's largest business programs.

The news in brief

The new Defense Business Transformation Agency, established Oct. 7 by the Defense Department, will manage some of the agency's largest business programs.

CHANNEL LEADERS: Top of their game

As the water within their Pensacola, Fla., building began to reach ankle depth ? thanks to 2004's Hurricane Ivan ? Computer Sciences Corp.'s employees working with the Navy put aside personal worries and focused on how to keep the operation running.

NCI makes public debut

NCI Information Systems Inc. of Reston, Va., makes its debut on Wall Street Monday. The company is the first federal IT company to go public in nearly two years.

Harris tunes in Marine radio deal

Harris Corp. received a $205 million contract to provide radio systems to the U.S. Marine Corps multiband, multimission radio standardization program.

Inserso nets Air Force contracts

Inserso won two contracts to perform application development services for the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General.

Reveal gets deal for baggage explosive detection

Reveal Imaging Technologies Inc. has won an order from the Transportation Security Administration for its automated explosive detection systems for checked baggage.

DOJ appeals judge's order to pull Interior computer systems off Internet

A district court judge has directed the Interior Department to disconnect computer systems housing Indian trust data from the Internet, after computer specialists said they had been able to penetrate the systems without detection.

Williams leads list of honored contractors, executives

Earle Williams, considered one of the founders of the government IT services industry, headed the lineup of winners recognized at the third annual Greater Washington Contractor Awards dinner Oct. 19.

The Analysis Corp. wins DOD terrorist watch list deal

The Analysis Corp. has won a contract from the Defense Department to deliver a terrorist watch list solution.

MTC tapped by Air Force for communications support

MTC Technologies Inc. won a contract to provide telecommunications certification office support systems for the Air Force Communications Agency.

NASCIO recognizes top-flight state IT projects

A 911 Web portal for Amber Alerts in Washington state was among eight state IT projects selected for recognition by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.

The calendar

Conference: Border Management 2005, on use of biometrics and other technologies in border control, with keynote speaker Tom Ridge, former secretary of the Homeland Security Department, at Georgetown University Conference Center, Washington.

Who's on first

At <b>Social and Scientific Systems Inc.</b>, Silver Spring, Md.: <b>Mary Tondreau</b> to chief administrative officer

Who's on first

At <b>Social and Scientific Systems Inc.</b>, Silver Spring, Md.: <b>Mary Tondreau</b> to chief administrative officer