Group sets up crisis network for private sector

A group led by former DHS Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson that aims to organize private-sector crisis response has set up a new network to share information during disaster rescue and recovery.

ACS wins D.C. Medicaid renewal

Affiliated Computer Services has won an $111 million contract renewal from Washington, D.C., to continue operating the city's Medicaid management information system.

Rules of engagement

Use of task-order contracts expands as the Defense's IT vehicle of choice.

How to measure everything

Last byte | A conversation with Douglas Hubbard, the creator of applied information economics, a methodology for measuring things others say cannot be measured.

Gary Arlen | Tailor made

Harris is looking for small businesses to handle tasks ranging from geospatial engineering to cable subassembly. Its small-business-supplier Web site is the best way for companies to initiate contact.

Bill Scheessele | Hunting for a dream team

If you are asking yourself whether you would hire the same people for your business development team if you could do it over, something has gone wrong. It might be a miscommunication.

Jerry Grossman | Acquisition path under major construction

We can expect to see larger merger-and-acquisition transactions in the federal market during the next year or two. The aggregate dollar volume of deals is likely to increase while the number of transactions may decline.

Jonathan Cain | A bill of rights for subcontractors

Government subcontractors aren't necessarily at the mercy of their prime contractors in obtaining payment for goods and services delivered by the subcontractor to government customers.

GAO: U.S.-Canadian border needs tighter security

Congressional investigators easily snuck into the U.S. from Canada three times carrying duffel bags simulating smuggled radioactive materials, according to a new GAO report.

Cubic to design JSF combat training system

Cubic has won a $50.3 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin to design and integrate an air combat training system for the Joint Strike Fighter.

OPM: Progress made on security clearances

OPM wants the Government Accountability Office to have another look at the situation.

Scitor bought by equity group

Scitor Corp., a 1,200-person, employee-owned company, has been acquired by a private equity group.

USCIS enhances E-Verify with photo tool

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' voluntary online program lets employers check job-applicant photographs against photos in federal databases.

Lawmakers get tough on Deepwater

House Homeland Security Committee approves legislation to toughen the requirements on the Coast Guard's Deepwater program and improve the roll out of the Transportation Worker Identification Card.

DLT Solutions wins Energy BPA

DLT Solutions Inc. has won a five-year, $45 million blanket purchase agreement with the Energy Department to provide information technology products and services.

AT&T lands $270M Networx task order

AT&T has won a contract worth as much as $270 million from the Treasury Department to provide network services under the General Services Administration's Networx Universal contract.

DISA needs help to clean up its books

Efforts by the Defense Information Systems Agency to clean up its financial books could mean money for its contractors.

Unisys under fire over TSA network security

Unisys Corp. denies allegations that it failed to properly install security systems for the Transportation Security Administration and did not notify agency officials of security breaches stemming from repeated cyberattacks.

General Dynamics tasked with USCG computer security

General Dynamics Corp. will provide 24-hour technical and operational support to the Coast Guard's computer networks under a $10.5 million contract awarded by DHS.

DHS deputy secretary steps down

Michael P. Jackson, second in command to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, announced his resignation today.