Battelle Memorial Institute today demonstrated its Disaster Management Interoperability Service, a network backbone for connecting first responders that has quietly gained nationwide acceptance over the past year.
Market opportunity will be driven by dedicated short-range communications, like e-toll collection, and homeland security initiatives for logistical management and tracking and control.
Report says companies incorporated in overseas tax havens are likely to hold a competitive advantage over domestic competitors in pursuing federal contracts.
When <b>Robert Beyster</b> stepped down in July as chairman of Science Applications International Corp., he became the latest retiree among the first generation of executives who built the government systems integration industry. When industry insiders are asked to identify the early movers and shakers, they invariably point to seven names, including the former SAIC chief. Washington Technology profiles these Titans in a special report that includes "what are they doing now" updates and Q&As.
In my view, the attributes of the government services industry reduce the risk in mergers and acquisitions to a level well below what is prevalent in other business sectors. The recent history and pace of industry transactions supports this thesis. With few exceptions, government services mergers and acquisitions have added value to the acquirers business, quantitatively, qualitatively or both.
CACI International Inc. acknowledged but partially disagreed with the findings of the Army's latest report that three of its contractors took part in or did not report the abuse of Iraq prisoners at the Abu Ghraib detention center.
<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color> Access to all of the raw contract data through the Federal Procurement Data System?Next Generation will be provided for a one-time $2,500 fee.
ManTech International Corp. has won a five-year, $3.3 million contract from the Environmental Protection Agency to design, develop and implement a national security information program for the agency.
Cisco Systems Inc. plans to acquire privately held P-Cube Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., for $200 million in cash and options. P-Cube develops software for analyzing and managing network traffic.
Honeywell International Inc. completes testing of an unmanned air vehicle that the Defense Department hopes to use for gathering surveillance and protecting troops.
The federal market for enterprise resource planning solutions will grow to $7.7 billion in fiscal 2009, according to a research report from Input Inc. due out next week.
Internal investigation of CACI International interrogators in Iraq has not yet found any "credible or tangible" evidence to indicate they were involved in the abuse of prisoners.
