CACI to buy intel firm

CACI International Inc. plans to strengthen its intelligence capabilities with the acquisition of Athena Innovative Solutions Inc.

TSA to use maritime spec for worker ID

TSA announced it has adopted a maritime industry specification for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential biometric reader and the contactless smart card.

G&B Solutions to support HUD program management

G&B Solutions has received a contract from the Housing and Urban Development Department to provide program management services and institutionalize program management approaches departmentwide.

Lawmakers zero in on high-risk IT projects

Lawmakers today expressed frustration over the continued shortcomings of IT projects. They questioned how much of the $65 billion agencies spend on IT is being wasted.

Giuliani: Technology as a multipurpose tool

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani wasted little time in putting tech issues at the center of his speech this morning at a Northern Virginia Technology Council breakfast.

SAIC delivers Stryker trainers to Army

Science Applications International Corp. has delivered the last of nine Stryker simulators to the Army under a contract awarded three years ago.

DHS to begin worker ID enrollment in October

DHS is aiming for early October to begin enrolling individuals for the Transportation Workers Identification Credential, a top homeland security official said.

Connecticut sues Accenture over lost data

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said this week that he is suing Accenture Ltd. over the loss of confidential taxpayer data and hundreds of state bank account and purchasing card numbers.

Microsoft launches PerformancePoint Server 2007

The integrated application offers planning, programming, budgeting and execution capabilities.

Velazquez: Weed out HUBZone's bad apples

SBA's program to develop businesses in underutilized business districts is riddled with holes, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee, said Sept. 19.

Border Patrol tie-in delays SBInet launch

Boeing will not receive the final payment for the first portion of the border surveillance system until DHS determines that the system is working properly, a department spokesman confirmed today.

Cross Match gets U.K. fingerprint scanner deal

Cross Match Technologies Inc. has won an award to provide fingerprint scanners to the United Kingdom's Home Office Biometrics Framework Agreement.

Stanley to support Marine network

Stanley Inc. has won an $8 million contract from the Marine Corps to provide computer network support for its recruiting operations.

FBI picks Lockheed for HP upgrades

Lockheed Martin will increase the processing power of FBI computers under a new contract that could be worth up to $16 million over five years.

Input: State and locals gradually warm to Schedule 70

State and local government purchasing through the GSA Schedule 70 is steadily increasing and may lead the governments to use other federal schedules when allowed to do so, reports Input Inc.

General Dynamics rolls forward with WIN-T

General Dynamics Corp. has won $921 million worth of new business to improve Army battlefield communications.

Competition heats up for U.K. identity card work

Several U.S. companies are expected to participate in bidding for the upcoming $2 billion biometric national ID card system being developed in the United Kingdom.

N.Y. county taps Tyler for assessment software

Tyler Technologies Inc. won a $5.5 million contract to supply software for property valuations and taxes to Nassau County, N.Y.

Group of 16 wins $4B CMS deal

A group of 16 contractors were awarded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' $4 billion Enterprise System Development contract.

Thales targets command and control market

Thales Communications Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the French defense company Thales Group, has launched a new unit focused on command and control technologies.