After less than 10 minutes of debate, the House passed the defense spending bill for fiscal 2008 that contains a resolution to continue funding the government through Dec. 14.
ATS Corp. has won a $40 million subcontract from Perot Systems Corp. to help provide Web development, applications support and related services to the DOE.
GSA has awarded its Washington Interagency Telecommunications Systems 3 contract to Verizon Business Network Services Inc. and Level 3 Communications LLC.
The Senate passed unanimously its version of a bill to alleviate many problems with federal contracting. The House passed a similar bill in March. Lawmakers will now work on the differences between the bills.
Computer Sciences Corp. will provide support to the national customer service center of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under a new task order.
CGI Federal has been awarded a contract from the IRS that expands support work it has been doing for the agency's Filing and Payment Compliance system implementation.
DRS Technologies has received a $20 million task order for satellite-based Internet broadband service and VoIP from the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center.
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded contracts for developing advanced computer display consoles with a combined maximum value of $146 million to a unit of General Dynamics and to DRS C3 Systems.
The Information Technology Association of America and the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association are heading toward a merger in 2008.
