Report: Federal IT awards up 50% in second quarter

Federal agencies awarded more than $23 billion in IT-related prime contracts in the second quarter, according to a new report from Input Inc.

  • By Gail Repsher Emery

Symbol buys RFID tag maker in $230M deal

Symbol Technologies Inc. is buying Matrics Inc., a maker of radio-frequency identification systems, for $230 million cash.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

IBM to build Navy supercomputer

The Defense Department has tapped IBM Corp. to build a supercomputing cluster at the Naval Oceanographic Office Major Shared Resource Center.

  • By Brad Grimes

Forecast says federal IT spending to slow

Slowdown marks a fundamental shift in how government views technology purchases, market researcher says.

  • By William Welsh

Report: CACI interrogators lacked training, but met contract

Army inspector's report concludes CACI International met the military's statement of work, which did not require military interrogation training.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

Manugistics hires new CEO

Manugistics Group Inc., which sells supply chain management solutions to government agencies, named Joe Cowan its chief executive officer.

  • By Brad Grimes

FTS looks to combine offices

The General Services Administration will combine its service development and service delivery offices into a single entity.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

Performance-based contracting rules debut

Proposed rule tells industry and agencies how to do performance-based contracting for services.

  • By Gail Repsher Emery

State and local e-gov spending to double by '08

The state and local market for e-government products and services will soon reverse its dramatic decline.

  • By Gail Repsher Emery

ManTech lays off 100 at investigations unit

ManTech International Corp. lays off 100 employees at its MSM Security Services Inc. unit, warn of quarterly loss.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

Partnership offers new way to find old parts

Solution combines technical, lifecycle and supply chain information for on parts from databases, vendors and aftermarket suppliers.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

L-3 to provide new aviation security technologies

New technologies and systems designed to screen baggage, passengers.

  • By William Welsh

Recruitment One-Stop contract bidding reopened

The Office of Personnel Management will recompete the contract for the Recruitment One-Stop project.

  • By Jason Miller

McAfee completes sale of network management company

Network General Inc. opens, offering hardware and software to monitor network performance, sniff out problems.

  • By Brad Grimes

Market Share: IT firms need action on supplemental funding bills

After three consecutive quarters of improvement in business performance, commercial IT spending dropped in June. Dozens of commercial software and hardware companies preannounced weak second-quarter results, blaming customer purchase delays and a lack of large sales.

  • By Bill Loomis

Six contractors picked for share-in-savings deal

<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color>Six companies get blanket purchase agreements worth up to $500 million to help federal agencies develop share-in-savings contracts.

  • By Jason Miller and Gail Repsher Emery

Alliance issues RFP for emergency directory

Procurement calls for continued development of a geographic information system-enabled electronic directory.

  • By William Welsh

WebMD aims to bolster government business

WebMD Corp. signs a definitive agreement to buy healthcare software developer ViPS Inc.

  • By Roseanne Gerin

Arinc to start managed services business

Unit will handle outsourcing of government operations.

  • By Brad Grimes

Agencies show marked improvement on OMB scorecard

In the midyear evaluation released today, OMB awarded agencies 19 new green scores, including three in the e-government category.

  • By Jason Miller
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