Northrop Grumman to perform information security work for State

Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a $22.9 million contract from the State Department to provide information assurance and security support services.

Proposed amendment deemed harmful to small business

Industry group complains that prime contractors will be much less likely to use subs if a pricing amendment sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is approved as part of the Defense authorization legislation.

SANS releases new list of significant vulnerabilities

Popular applications from Veritas Software and Computer Associates that back up data are among several products that appear on the organization's cybersecurity vulnerabilities list.

Lawson inks software deal with Connecticut city

Lawson Software Inc. has won a contract from the city of Waterbury, Conn., to provide human resources software.

Oracle Fusion platform coming into focus

Government program managers are finally starting to get a glimpse of the next-generation enterprise resource planning platform from Oracle Corp.

NOAA to seek consolidated IT support services

The Commerce Department agency will seek IT services for help desk, seat management, Web programming and development, network operations center, e-mail operations and other services supporting the IT infrastructure.

Registered Traveler takes off from Florida

The nation's first privately sponsored Registered Traveler program sanctioned by the Homeland Security Department began operating this week at Orlando International Airport.

Veterans Affairs posts Peaches 3 contract opportunity

The Veterans Affairs Department has issued a draft request for proposals for its five-year, $1.4 billion Procurement of Computer Hardware and Software contract

SI's Oleson turns over CEO title to Antle

Bradford Antle was appointed president and CEO at SI International Inc., replacing the founder, Ray Oleson, who will become executive chairman.

L.A. County extends Unisys eligibility work

Unisys Corp. has won a contract extension from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services to continue supporting its benefit eligibility system.

IBM to acquire PureEdge

IBM Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire PureEdge Solutions Inc., a provider of electronic-forms-based business process management software and services.

Contract reopened for FedBizOpps.gov upgrade

After issuing an amendment diminishing the requirement for integrated IT security between the system and other agency applications, GSA asked companies bidding on the contract to resubmit the portion of their proposals that the new amendment affected.

CherryRoad protests Army AKO contract with Lockheed

The contract to consolidate and upgrade the Army Knowledge Online enterprise Web portal is on hold.

New Jersey re-ups Unisys for Medicaid services

Unisys Corp. has won a three-year contract extension from New Jersey to continue managing Medicaid administrative services for the state.

Boeing to upgrade more C-17s with defensive system

Boeing Co. won a $31.2 million contract modification from the Air Force to upgrade 25 additional C-17 Globemaster IIIs with Northrop Grumman's LAIRCM defensive system.

Number of e-learning vendors octupled under OPM contract

OPM finally awarded the new GoLearn contract, expanding the number of e-learning vendors from seven to 59.

IBM expands partner program

IBM Corp. has launched a program to recognize and reward business partners for expanding their skills, services and solutions.

CSSI, Evolve win Navy air traffic control deals

CSSI Inc. and Evolve Inc. will work together to develop an air traffic control simulation program to be used to train Navy and Marine Corps air traffic controllers.

Perot Systems makes deal for DOE supplier

Perot Systems Corp. has purchased safety, environmental and engineering services company PrSM Corp. for $7.2 million in cash.

Transit advocates push for video surveillance

Toronto's mass-transit system needs a networked, digitized video surveillance system that would guard against terrorism much better than the existing closed-circuit TV technology, according to the president of a public transportation advocacy group.