CSC announces $427M in federal contracts

Computer Sciences Corp. has won 65 contracts and subcontracts worth a total of $427 million dollars since October. The company had not previously announced the wins, CSC officials said today.

IBM lands SmartBuy deal with GSA

The General Services Administration has hooked a big one for SmartBuy, its enterprise software licensing program. IBM Corp. software including Rational, Informix and DB2 are now available through the vehicle.

Auditors slam FBI's case management system

The Justice Department's Inspector General Ofice has concluded that the FBI's Virtual Case File project?on which the bureau has spent almost $170 million since June 2001?won't succeed.

GSA to charge $2,500 for Web services access to procurement data

The General Services Administration made it official yesterday, setting a one-time fee of $2,500 for vendors and the public to receive a direct, continuous feed from the new Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation via Web services.

Report: Service-disabled contracting on the rise

Contracts set aside for businesses owned by service-disabled veterans will pull in nearly $2.8 billion in spending by fiscal 2009, according to a report issued this month by market research firm Input Inc.

MTC makes another deal

MTC Technologies Inc. is buying Manufacturing Technology Inc. in a $61 million deal that will bring MTC increased capabilities to support military electronics and other systems.

L-3's CFO and president to retire

Robert LaPenta, president and chief financial officer of L-3 Communications Corp., will retire April 1.

A hit list of the year's top viruses

A malware hall of fame is the latest addition to the year's what's in and what's out lists. The Noomy.A worm nabbed the most sophisticated honors and the Zafi.D the most opportunistic.

Government regs weigh on IT security professionals

Complying with increased government regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is taking up the time of computer security professionals, leaving them with less time to secure networks, according to a survey released by Pittsburgh-based RedSiren Inc.

Massive hiring of controllers may delay new FAA systems

If it has to, the Federal Aviation Administration will forgo some of its systems modernization to cover salary and training for the 12,500 air traffic controllers it expects to hire during the next 10 years.

SI completes Bridge deal

SI International Inc. has completed its purchase of Bridge Technology Corp. for $30 million in cash, adding defense intelligence agency customers.

IBM partners with software vendors serving government customers

More than 500 software vendors have joined an IBM program that gives the companies access to resources ?- such as technical and marketing ?- to assist with the development of open solutions based on IBM technology.

Despite spinoff of PC group, IBM to scale up PC manufacturing

When IBM spins off its PC teams to Lenovo Group next year for about $1.75 billion, "there will be a large number of collaborative elements," IBM's PC chief says.

Lockheed to build advanced Navy ship

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $188.2 million development contract from the Navy to design and build the first Flight 0 Littoral Combat Ship, a vessel that will use advanced information systems to improve its warfighting capability.

RCI to be acquired by U.K. firm

<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color> Long-time federal contractor Resources Consultants Inc. is being acquired for $215 million by a British company that specializes in government outsourcing.

Accenture's Gutkowski named PSC chairman

Accenture Ltd. executive Stan Gutkowski was elected chairman of the Professional Services Council by its board of directors yesterday.

DISA drafts solicitation for $10b buying vehicle

The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a draft request for proposals for a sweeping IT buying vehicle that will help convert legacy systems to the Network Centric Enterprise Services program.

GSA will revive security working group

The General Services Administration will re-establish a governmentwide working group to evaluate telecommunications security and draft standards. The effort is part of GSA's Multitier Security Profile Program to package security services for agencies.

Lockheed Martin to buy network communications provider

Lockheed Martin Corp. will acquire Stasys Ltd., a U.K. network communications and defense interoperability services provider, that should strengthen Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin's network-centric capabilities.

Qwest, Northrop Grumman protest $1 billion TCE award

<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color>Qwest Communications Inc. and two other vendors have protested the award to AT&T Corp. of the potentially $1 billion Treasury Communications Enterprise contract.