The Army is developing requirements for the IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract and expects to release a request for information next month on the billion-dollar program.
Science Applications International Corp. has bought Presearch Inc., a provider of services such as signal processing, software and hardware engineering, intelligence analysis and antisubmarine warfare and mine countermeasures.
Three affiliated companies merged today to form a new entity specializing in information technology services and solutions for the federal marketplace. Arlington, Va.-based Centurum Inc. brings together Techplan Corp., TDS Inc. and Klein & Stump Inc.
Ira Hobbs took the job as Treasury's chief information officer after seven years as acting CIO for the Agriculture Department. Here is the complete interview with Managing Editor Evamarie Socha regarding Hobbs feelings about his new role and what he sees for the future of Treasury technology.
Contractors are trying to enlist state chief information officers in a campaign to get state governments to lift unlimited liability clauses from contracts.
Federal agencies talk "best value," but go with lowest price when they actually buy -- so say the many technology vendors voicing this complaint to me recently. Companies that pride themselves on delivering innovative products, services and solutions are frustrated by contracting officers who don't differentiate between one offering and another, except by price.
The good news for industry is that 83 percent of the fiscal 2005 federal budget for information technology, or $50.5 billion, will go to government contractors.
The successor to the 802.11g wireless networking standard won't be finalized for almost two years, but the Wi-Fi Alliance isn't taking any chances. It's message: Any vendor claiming to use next-generation 802.11n technology may be stripped of its Wi-Fi certification if the claim is made before the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers signs off on the new standard.
Dan Bannister began working for California Eastern Airways Inc. in 1953 as a $1.65-per-hour electronics technician. He stayed 52 years with the company, which later changed its name to DynCorp, rising to become its chief executive officer and chairman.
The government has released a detailed description of its plan for the multibillion-dollar Integrated Wireless Network and is asking vendors for comments. The network is an effort of the Homeland Security, Justice and Treasury departments to build a wireless voice and data communications network for law enforcement users.
Two companies have meshed their products and provided the integrated tools to the government for tests sharing sensitive geospatial data. ESRI is contributing its ArcGIS software for geospatial information systems and Swan Island Networks Inc. will provide security and digital rights management.
Lockheed Martin Corp. will supply personnel and equipment to handle voice, video and data communications services in the United State and overseas for the Defense Department's Central Command.
Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. today announced they will make their security architectures interoperable to keep out viruses, worms and other network threats.
Saflink Corp. has won $700,000 in orders from the Defense Department to provide ovide hardware, software and support orders for the Defense Message System.
Three companies, four executives and a long-time major player in the government contracting industry were honored Wednesday night for their leadership and influence in the industry.
Despite no change in strong business trends among the federal IT service companies over the past few quarters, investors have been driving stocks higher in the past couple of months.
Although election officials agree that e-voting security measures need strengthening, no clear consensus has emerged over how it should be done, analysts and government officials said.
