Serco finishes RCI buy

Serco Group plc has completed it acquisition of RCI Holding Corp., doubling the size of its North America operations.

Senate keeps eye on GSA effort to fix schedule

Sen. Susan Collins has vowed to keep a close eye on the General Services Administration as it works to resolve the long-standing problems in Federal Supply Service contract practices revealed by the Government Accountability Office.

Corrections

In the March 7 issue, the Who's Who list of top companies in the state and local government market, <i>Washington Technology</i> published an incorrect Web address for Covansys Corp. The correct address is www.covansys.com.

Market Share: Fourth quarter reports hold promise of strong 2005

The fourth quarter earnings reporting season has wrapped up with the public federal IT service firms posting solid results.

Founders bought out at Datatel

Datatel Inc.'s executive team signs an agreement to acquire the company from its founders.

Drop the candy bars, and put your hands over your head

New security doors at Swedish National Police headquarters are embarrassing portly users.

M&A Roundup

BAE Systems North America Inc. has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire United Defense Industries Inc. of Arlington, Va., for $4.2 billion, company officials said.

GAO: Treasury agreement with GSA, OMB changed TCE proposal

The Government Accountability Office has thwarted a $1 billion Treasury Department award to AT&T Corp. after it learned that agency had entered into an agreement that encouraged it to let the contract expire early.

IBM protests Accenture eligibility contract

IBM has protested a tentative award by the Texas health commission of a contract for integrated eligibility and enforcement for Medicaid and other state health services to Accenture.

RGS to provide business process, IT services to Navy

RGS Associates Inc. gets five-year, $26 million contract to offer programmatic, business process management and technical support.

L-3 wins airborne sensor work

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems has won a $16 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to support MDA's airborne sensor mission operations program.

GSA expects draft reorg plan in May

By the end of May, the General Services Administration will have the first draft of its plan to merge the Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service, a GSA official told House lawmakers today.

NCI wins knowledge management work

NCI Information Systems has won a multiyear, $35 million contract from the National Security Agency to provide knowledge management solutions and expertise.

ACS to acquire Mellon Financial's HR business

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. is buying the human resources consulting and outsourcing business of the Mellon Financial Corp. for $445 million.

FATS wins Marine Corps virtual training work

Firearms Training Systems will provide virtual training systems to the Corps to improve Marines' marksmanship and other weapon skills.

Microsoft enlists Air Force as tester of security patches

The department will receive beta patches before they are officially released to test the programs in environments, configurations and against applications.

Evacuated contractors await word on anthrax

Contractors in the Falls Church, Va., office complex that was closed because of suspected anthrax are waiting on test results to confirm whether contamination occurred and when they can return to their offices.

Evacuated contractors await word on anthrax

Contractors in the Falls Church, Va., office complex that was closed because of suspected anthrax are waiting on test results to confirm whether contamination occurred and when they can return to their offices.

IBM, Sun offer utility computing services to government

IBM and Sun Microsystems are marketing on-demand computing services to agencies with a backlog of high-performance computing tasks, such as the departments of Energy and Defense.

Visual Analytics wins money laundering support work

Visual Analytics will support the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's analytical and information-sharing systems that help combat money laundering.