Schambach joins CSC

Former Transportation Security Administration CIO Pat Schambach has joined Computer Sciences Corp. to run the company's homeland security business.

Telkonet, Mainline team on IP video surveillance

Telkonet Inc. and Mainline Information Systems Inc. have formed a partnership to provide IP video-surveillance technology to the public sector and other markets.

Vangent to upgrade Labor pension-filing system

The Labor Department has awarded Vangent Inc. a new contract to upgrade the system that collects workers' retirement benefits information.

CACI wins Navy CIO support deal

CACI International Inc. will provide support to the Navy chief information officer under a new contract.

DOD vows to reduce contractor role

The move comes in the wake of a GAO report that was critical of how many contract employees are working for the Army's Contracting Center of Excellence.

Alliant contract bids to be reconsidered

GSA is expected to announce today that it will re-evaluate all 62 of the bid proposals for its Alliant contract after a decision from the Court of Federal Claims.

Mantech to assist Navy on warfare analysis

ManTech Systems Engineering will help support warfare analysis for the Naval Air Systems Command on a contract valued at up to $83 million.

DOD to double-check contract type

Defense Department officials must determine if they have been using time-and-materials contracts and task orders when other types of contracts might have worked just as well.

CSC to aid EPA research office

Computer Sciences Corp. will supply information technology and information management services to the Environmental Protection Agency under a $110 million contract.

GD to build data system for Marines

General Dynamics C4 Systems will put together a data distribution system for the Marine Corps under a $375 million contract.

Northrop to upgrade FAA airspace system

Northrop Grumman will help the Federal Aviation Administration continue to improve air traffic control operations under a new contract.

Raytheon gets NASA training extension

A subsidiary of Raytheon Co. will continue providing services to NASA's astronaut training facilities in Houston under a contract extension.

Motorola splits off two business units

Motorola Inc. will create two independent, publicly traded companies in a structural and strategic realignment of its business units.

In-Q-Tel invests in CoreStreet

In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community's investment arm, is putting funds into a company that makes a new type of access control system.

MPC to sell computers to DLA

MPC Corp. will continue to supply desktop, notebook and tablet computers to the Defense Logistics Agency through a new sole-source contract.

Advocacy groups cry foul over spectrum auction

Advocacy groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate claims that an official adviser asked for millions of dollars in fees that might have scared off bidders for the D Block of radio spectrum.

BAE wins more Navy communications work

BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services Inc. won a contract modification to provide the Navy with work related to shipboard communications.

NCI to support Transportation Command

NCI Inc. will provide support for classified information systems to the U.S. Transportation Command.

Feds issue disaster plan blueprint

The Bush administration has revised its blueprint for dealing with natural and man-made disasters, with a focus on gaps identified by state and local emergency managers and other stakeholders.

Ariz. lawmakers balk at new driver's licenses

Opposition is building in Arizona's Legislature to a plan to authorize a hybrid driver's license that also would serve as a border-crossing card and would comply with the Real ID Act.