Smart cards are making life easier for commuters using public transportation, but more difficult for transit authorities that must manage the complex deployment of the technology, said a new study from Accenture Ltd.
Systems integrators should gear up for a busy 2006 as the federal government makes plans for major contracts from the Defense, Homeland Security, Justice and Veteran Affairs departments as well as the General Services Administration.
IT recruiter Greg McElroy returned from a job fair in a Washington suburb recently with resumes from a handful of top candidates for Northrop Grumman Corp.'s 1,200 vacant positions. The candidates' most striking qualification: All of them hold federal security clearances.
With about 125 of its 600 employees deployed across the United States, computer password problems and lockouts were a major issue for the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
Locution Systems Inc. has introduced CADVoice ZoneTracker, a device that lets firefighters and paramedics use a wireless touchpad to access a fire station's alert system and update their location, said officials from the Golden, Colo., company.
Locution Systems Inc. has introduced CADVoice ZoneTracker, a device that lets firefighters and paramedics use a wireless touchpad to access a fire station's alert system and update their location, said officials from the Golden, Colo., company.
Alion Science and Technology Corp., McLean, Va., won a $1.4 million, one-year contract to provide IT database management services to the Defense Department's Joint Spectrum Center.
Raytheon Co. has won a subcontract with the New York City Fire Department that gives the defense company an initial step in the first-responder market.
Business development managers have told me over the years that picking teammates is a lot like dating: You see who you are compatible with, who's easy to work with, what benefits or disadvantages the potential partner brings.
High-profile biometrics contracts such as U.S. Visit, Registered Traveler and the Transportation Workers Identification Credential program grab all the headlines, but they're not where all the money is.
When sales in Affiliated Computer Services Inc.'s commercial operations hit rock bottom four years ago, the company took immediate action. The leadership of the Dallas company integrated its commercial IT and business process outsourcing operations into a single organization under one executive.
About 200,000 first responders in the Washington metropolitan area will receive biometric smart card IDs that will allow secure cooperation at sites where federal, state and local first responders are mobilized.
Sprint Nextel Corp. has teamed up with Lockheed Martin Corp. to bid on the General Services Administration's $20 billion Networx telecommunications and IT contract.
The committee will be made up of 20 members and will provide recommendations on the development, implementation and use of the Electronic Records Archive system.
Computer Sciences Corp. has won a contract from the Air Force Air Education Training Command to provide base maintenance and operations support services.
