DOD re-ups with ICF's Synergy division

ICF Consulting's Synergy division won a $9.4 million contract with the Defense Contract Management Agency to provide software development services

Northrop backs away from Los Alamos work

Northrop Grumman Corp. has dropped out of the running for the multibillion-dollar federal contract to operate Los Alamos National Laboratory.

ACS completes Mellon HR deal

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of the human resources consulting and outsourcing business of Mellon Financial Corp.

Raytheon tapped for mission system work on DD(X) destroyers

Raytheon Co. won a $3 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to continue designing mission systems for a new class of destroyers.

Treasury pulls $1 billion TCE contract

Treasury notified the Government Accountability Office in a letter May 20 that it intended to terminate the Treasury Communications Enterprise contract with AT&T.

Davies joins ACS government solutions unit

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has hired consultant and <i>Washington Technology</i> columnist Tom Davies as senior vice president of business development for its Government Solutions Group.

Congressman calls for synergy between security technology, productivity

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has called on technology vendors to develop products that would assist both safety and productivity.

L.A. County re-ups CGI-AMS for ERP work

CGI-AMS has won a five-year, $33 million contract renewal from Los Angeles County to continue providing enterprise resource planning software and services

ACT honors innovative federal-state IT projects

The American Council for Technology announced the Intergovernmental Solutions Award winners during the 2005 Management of Change conference.

Deadline Extended 3rd Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards

The deadline for submitting nominations for the 3rd Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards has been extended one week to June 8.

Horizon wins DLA food-service management contract

Horizon Software has been awarded a $48 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide food-service management software to the dining facilities of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.

RFID market set for strong growth

Global sales of radio-frequency ID services and equipment are expected to exceed $2 billion in 2005, according to a new marketing study.

Lockheed tapped for next phase of antenna development

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $19.5 million contract from DARPA to continue developing new space-based radar antenna technology.

Small firms form joint venture

Access Systems Inc. has formed a small business joint venture with Diamond Data Systems and Ultimate Solutions Inc. to pursue a contract at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center.

House approves GSA reorg

The House of Representatives today unanimously approved the General Services Administration Modernization Act, which will combine the Federal Supply Service and the Federal Technology Service into a single organization.

AEP to acquire V-One

AEP Networks Inc, a networking and security company, is planning to buy V-One Corp., an Internet security firm.

M/A-Com wins two Army mobile radio deals

M/A-Com Inc. has won contracts totaling $3.6 million to provide radio communications systems for Fort Sill the U.S. Military Academy.

Acceptance of IP v.6 drags

Internet Protocol Version 6 has captured few early converts among IT executives and policymakers in the United States despite its many benefits.

AT&T re-ups Marine testing lab

AT&T Government Solutions won a one-year, $1 million task order to continue operating the U.S. Marine testing lab responsible for transitioning legacy and emerging software applications to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.

Qwest taps Gowen as new senior vice president

Diana Gowen has been appointed as Qwest Communications International Inc.'s new senior vice president for government services and sales.