The General Services Administration today increased the minimum revenue guarantee to $50 million from $25 million for the Enterprise part of the 10-year Networx contract for telecommunications and data services.
Qwest Communications International Inc. can keep competing for federal government work, after the General Services Administration declined to debar the company following a two-and-a-half year probe.
Bioscrypt Inc., a provider of identity verification technology, announced that its Bioscrypt Core algorithm has been licensed by 3M-AiT for use in the Belizean Machine-Readable Passport System.
A recent decision by the Government Accountability Office reflects the federal government's scrutiny and continued oversight of purchases from General Services Administration Schedule contracts.
When the first reports of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal identified a CACI International Inc. employee as involved in the abuse of Iraqi detainees, the company quickly was sucked into the uncontrollable vortex of controversy.
Al Edmonds' retirement from EDS Corp. hasn't turned out quite as he planned. He wanted to use his experience as an Air Force general and as the leader of EDS' federal government business to help small companies grow. He originally intended to buy companies that had a CEO to run them.
Carly Fiorina's departure as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s chairman and chief executive -- with no permanent replacement lined up -- could be a marketing boon for HP competitors in the government market, one analyst suggested.
BearingPoint Inc. has promoted Ron Salluzzo, vice president of the McLean, Va., company's state and local government and education practice, to its newly created position of chief risk officer.
Unisys Corp. has hired former Missouri Chief Information Officer Gerry Wethington as vice president for homeland security and justice and public safety programs.
Unisys Corp. has hired former Missouri Chief Information Officer Gerry Wethington as vice president for homeland security and justice and public safety programs.
Don't be fooled by the 7 percent increase in IT spending proposed in President Bush's fiscal 2006 budget request. Although the IT budget request of $65.1 billion boosts spending by more than 20 percent each at the departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Veterans Affairs, most agencies received only modest increases, and six had their IT budgets cut.
Lockheed Martin Corp. is planning to buy the Sytex Group Inc. for $462 million. Sytex offers IT solutions and technical support services to the Defense Department and other federal agencies.
SRA International Inc. won a $59.9 million task order from the Health and Human Services Department to manage and monitor its expanded Federal Parent Locator Service system.
The Defense Department inspector general will take a closer look at eight contracts that fell under the authority of Darleen Druyun, the recently convicted former Air Force acquisition manager.
Recent telecommunications merger announcements will reduce the number of carriers in the government marketplace, but will let the surviving companies offer more comprehensive services to the federal customers.
Orizon Inc. has won a five-year, $4.5 million contract from the Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing to provide programming and analytical support for Web development.
The departure of Carly Fiorina as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s chairman and chief executive ? and no permanent replacement lined up ? could be a marketing boon for HP competitors in the government market, one analyst said.
