A coalition of public- and private-sector organizations today released a set of guidelines to help nongovernmental organizations manage IT security issues.
Lockheed Martin Corp. will open an office dedicated to homeland security, in advance of the government's award next month of a hotly chased, $10 billion contract to track the entry and exit of foreign visitors, the company said today.
Computer Sciences Corp. created a Global Security Solutions organization to bring together its Global Information Security Services unit and the security capabilities of DynCorp, the Reston, Va., company that CSC bought last year for about $930 million.
Howard Stern was appointed chief executive officer of Federal Solutions Group LLC, the company announced today. Stern previously was senior vice president for the market research firm Federal Sources Inc.
More than $115 billion in federal information technology contracts were awarded in 2003, according to Reston, Va., IT market research firm Input Inc. The Defense Department's more than $83 billion in contract awards dwarfed the civilian agencies' $32 billion in contract awards.
The $1.9 billion agreement between Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. promises interoperability between the company's product lines, company executives said today.
Titan Corp. shareholders will vote April 12 on whether to accept Lockheed Martin Corp.'s offer to buy the company, but allegations that Titan made illegal payments to foreign officials could still scuttle the deal.
Drew Ladner submitted his resignation as Treasury Department chief information officer to President Bush. Ladner is returning to industry and will leave his post April 30. He became CIO in March 2003.
Although the technology industry still insists that market forces will lead to more secure software products, it admits that the government may need to step in under certain circumstances.
Systems integrator CACI International Inc. plans to compete for federal contracts two to three times larger than those it has won in the past, after it completes its acquisition of American Management Systems Inc.
The skies of tomorrow's battlefields will be darkened by swarms of networked, self-propelled attack aircraft, if research that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants comes to fruition.
Government has made substantial progress in getting citizen services online, but greater effort will be needed if it is to catch the next wave of technology, the head of Accenture's government group said at FOSE in Washington last month.
The continuing strength in merger and acquisition activity in government IT and defense services must be viewed with a clear understanding that acquisitions are a strategic necessity.
For three days last month, tech companies took center stage at the 2004 FOSE trade show in Washington. They demonstrated products, discussed the government IT market and sought business partners for contract bids.
State and local governments have not bought electronic voting systems because they can't afford to and because they fear buying a system that won't meet future mandates, but security concerns haven't been a deterrent.
