SI International gets call for federal retiree call center

SI International Inc. won a contract from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to provide a new call center and support services for a retirement plan for federal employees.

ACS wins New Jersey electronic benefits deal

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a $24 million contract from the New Jersey Department of Human Services for electronic benefits transfer services.

DRC to work with Army's Future Combat Systems program

Dynamics Research Corp. was awarded a $6 million contract to perform training analysis as part of the development of training products for the Army's Future Combat Systems.

HHS issues RFI for health-care worker qualifications portal

The Health and Human Services Department wants to develop a portal to provide access to the public and private data repositories that contain the qualifications of government medical incident officials.

ReserveAmerica wins Forest Service contract ? again

The award is the result of a recompete for the National Recreation Reservation Service after a bidder protested the original award by the Agriculture Department agency to ReserveAmerica.

Maximus inks Massachusetts Medicaid services deal

Maximus Inc. won a four-year, $72 million contract from Massachusetts to provide a full range of customer services for the state's Medicaid program.

General Dynamics sails into Navy warehouse award

General Dynamics won a $4.8 million Navy contract to develop and demonstrate a land-based, automatic warehouse system to be used aboard ships.

General Dynamics to upgrade Abrams tanks

General Dynamics' Land Systems business unit has won a contract to upgrade 60 M1A2 Abrams tanks with new command and control systems and other technology updates.

Subcontractor plans may be added to past FAR performance evaluations

Government contractors would be evaluated on past performance as well as on how they handled subcontracts, under a proposed rule change to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Army Knowledge Online support service contract awarded to SNVC

The service has awarded a support services contract for the Army Knowledge Online's Program Office to veteran-owned company SNVC LC.

Draft guidelines issued for PIV card issuers

The new ID cards will be interoperable smart cards that can be used across agencies, and will incorporate a common set of identity proofing and issuing standards and technologies.

Symplicity wins bid to run FedBizOpps.gov

Symplicity Corp. has been awarded a three-year, $17.4 million best-value contract to run the federal government's online procurement portal.

Census releases $300 million RFP

The U.S. Census Bureau has issued a request for proposals for its Field Data Collection Automation program as it prepares for the next decennial census.

Unisys wins California licensing, case-management work

Unisys Corp. has won a contract from the California Department of Industrial Relations to provide an automated licensing and case-management system.

Retailers join DHS information network

Retailers are among industry groups being invited to join a recent incarnation of the federal Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) intended for critical infrastructure owners and operators and designed to share unclassified information to guard against terrorism.

NIST launches accreditation program for e-voting system evaluations

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has begun an accreditation program for laboratories that want to evaluate voting systems.

Raytheon VP Grimes on deck for Defense CIO post

If confirmed, John G. Grimes, vice president of Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, will replace Linton Wells.

Security expert: Cyberspace digital arms race threatens U.S.

The number and sophistication of potential weapons such as password-cracking software, viruses and worms, key loggers and spyware demonstrate the risk, according to Chet Hosmer.

Input: State, local governments warm to open source

State and local governments are giving more consideration to use of open source code as another way to help them relieve continuing budget pressures, according to a market research.

L-3 responds to mismanagement allegations

L-3 Communications Inc. today rebutted allegations by the inspector general of the General Services Administration that a company it owns mishandled a federal contract to install and integrate surveillance cameras and sensors along U.S. borders.