Information technology companies may not build fuselages or jet engines, but they still might grab a healthy chunk of the $200 billion Joint Strike Fighter project.
Computer Sciences Corp. won a $229 million contract extension from the Education Department's Office of Student Financial Assistance for work at the student loan data center, the company announced Dec. 5. The extension pushes CSC's work to 2011.
Computer Sciences Corp. has transitioned more than 1,000 federal and contractor employees to the private sector as part of its outsourcing contract with the National Security Agency. Moving employees is a common practice in commercial outsourcing projects but is relatively rare in government, said Paul Cofoni, president of the federal sector for CSC.
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board said it will seek an expedited appeal of a district court decision throwing out its $350 million lawsuit against American Management Systems Inc.
A new technology training program in California has given Jessica, 18, and Lauren, 17, hope for a better life. The teen-agers live and study at Camp Joseph Scott, a facility for youthful offenders in Los Angeles County. The 4-month-old program, spearheaded by a Covansys Corp. manager, is funded with state and local dollars and supported by a network of public- and private-sector organizations. Jessica and Lauren will be its first graduates.
A U.S. District Court dismissed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against American Management System Inc. Nov. 30 for lack of jurisdiction, according to the company. In July, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board sued the Fairfax, Va., information technology firm for $350 million in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The agency accused AMS of bungling a contract to create a new system to track retirement savings for federal employees. AMS denied any wrongdoing.
IBM Corp. and electronic imaging systems provider Agfa-Gevaert N.V. have each been given a green light to provide up to $250 million of imaging network products and services to defense hospitals and federal medical treatment facilities.
A new technology training program in California has given Jessica, 18, and Lauren, 17, hope for a better life. The teen-agers live and study at Camp Joseph Scott, a facility for youthful offenders in Los Angeles County.
Within hours of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon Sept. 11, Unisys Corp. officials were huddling to discuss how the terrorist attacks would change the dynamics in the federal market.
Compaq Computer Corp. was awarded a contract worth up to $2 billion to supply the U.S. Postal Service with information technology products and services.
Science Applications International Corp. will launch an educational portal for teachers nationwide under the Hospitals, Universities, Businesses and Schools program.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department wanted its deputies to get out of their cars and interact directly with the community. But to do this effectively, officers would have to take their computers with them, and that meant building a mobile communications network.
