Air Force buys Gateway PCs

Under an $8 million contact, the U.S. Air Force bought Gateway E-4300 desktops and services for bases around the globe.

Mythics Inc. lands $23 million SmartBuy pact with DHS

The Homeland Security Department has awarded a contract for Oracle Corp. software and services initially worth $23 million under the General Services Administration's SmartBuy program.

Special Ops Command taps media advisers

Three companies were selected by the U.S. Special Operations Command to compete for task orders under a five-year, $100 million contract to devise a media campaigns for foreign audiences.

Burlin to lead ACS' new government group

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has hired Tom Burlin as president of its newly reorganized Government Solutions Group.

AT&T takes on prison bed work

AT&T Government Solutions of Vienna, Va., won a five-year, $3 million contract extension to continue providing support for the National Repository for Detention Space Availability program.

ManTech to study ship noise levels

ManTech International Corp. won a five-year, $8.9 million task order from the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide engineering and technical support services for surface ship radiated noise trials.

GAO: Agencies must pay more attention to cybersecurity

Federal cybersecurity programs run the risk of becoming static and unresponsive in the face of emerging threats, according to the findings of a study by the Government Accountability Office.

L-3 to upgrade Air Force air crew trainers

L-3 Communications Inc.'s Link Simulation and Training division won two delivery orders to perform upgrades to the Air Force's B-2A Spirit Aircrew Training System and Maintenance Training System.

EDS snares Massachusetts Medicaid system deal

EDS Corp. has won a seven-year, $48 million contract from the state to implement and maintain a new Medicaid management information system.

Avineon wins HUD task-order contract

Avineon Inc. won a task order contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide software development and maintenance services.

CGI-AMS wins Kentucky financial ERP deal

CGI-AMS has won a contract from Kentucky to implement an enterprise resource planning solution to streamline business processes and improve productivity.

Study finds slowing e-gov adoption

The Presidential e-Government Initiatives have lost steam because people still prefer to interact with agencies over the telephone, according to a new report.

Army taps DataPath for satellite equipment

DataPath Inc. won a contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command for satellite equipment specifically designed for sustained field operation with minimal maintenance by forward deployed warfighters.

ViaSat lands Navy tactical network terminal deal

ViaSat Inc. has won a $60 million task order from the Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide airborne and ground-based tactical network terminals.

Industry to GSA: More specifics needed about reorganization

Two industry associations said the draft strategy released earlier this month didn't address of the issues surrounding the reporting structure of the new Federal Acquisition Service and the guiding principles of the reorganization.

AT&T unit wins GIG-BE support work

AT&T Government Solutions won a subcontract to provide engineering and installation work at key locations in the United States and abroad for the Defense Department's Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion project.

Cyberterrorism hyped, overblown, industry guru says

Cyberterrorism is a myth and a tool being used by security professionals to ensure they get part of the post-Sept. 11 funding stream ? that's the argument offered by the security chief for Tenable Security Inc.

CDW-G to deliver Microsoft software to Navy overseas bases

CDW-G will provide the software for 28,000 desktops and 884 servers in the Naval Network Warfare Command's One-Net, a single enterprise network covering 16 shore installations in Europe, the Middle East and Far East.

DISA seeking vendor for transaction monitoring system

In a request for proposals issued June 6, DISA's Computing Services is searching for an automated tool to monitor and troubleshoot transaction performance from end-user locations.

Morocco calls on Cogent for ID system

Cogent Systems Inc. was awarded a contract for about $34 million to install its Automated Fingerprint Identification System for a criminal and civil deployment supporting a national identification program in Morocco.