Five to vie for counter-narcoterrorism work

DOD has picked five companies for a five-year contract in support of DOD's counter-narcoterrorism activities. The contract could be worth up to $15 billion for the awardees.

Terrorist Screening Center fails to redress errors, audit says

A DOE audit of the Terrorist Screening Center found that the flaws begin with the fact that the center is maintained on two separate database systems that are supposed to contain identical data but don't.

Purvis wins pair of Navy contracts

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center has awarded two contracts that could be worth a combined total of $36.7 million to Purvis Systems Inc.

Alion gets Army Battle Command deal

Alion Science and Technology has won a contract worth up to $47 million to provide the Army Battle Command Directorate with analytic, engineering, programmatic and scientific expertise.

Apogen to retool IRS chief counsel intranet

Apogen Technologies has won a contract from the IRS to enhance the intranet used by the Office of the Chief Counsel.

FAA award makes ITT a more competitive integrator

ITT Corp. scored a major coup when it won a contract to replace the FAA's antiquated radar-based air traffic control system with a state-of-the-art satellite communications system.

Firm adds security testing service

SysTest Labs Inc. has added software security testing services to its offerings through a partnership with Fortify Software Inc.

Rossotti picked for Hall of Fame

Charles Rossotti, co-founder of American Management Systems Inc. and former commissioner of the IRS, is the Hall of Fame recipient for the 2007 Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards.

Translation device company lands Navy contract

Voxtec International, which manufactures mobile speech-to-speech translation devices, has been awarded a $45 million contract from the Naval Air Systems Command Aircraft Division.

KBR adds three business units

KBR Inc. has created three new business units ? Technology, Downstream and Services ? to target the latest market trends and named a trio of executives to lead them.

GAO: Lack of clear policy impairs DHS acquisition

Despite heightened scrutiny of its contracting practices, DHS' chief procurement office has made only modest progress in achieving its objectives, according to a GAO audit.

With five new protests, Alliant disputes total eight

The new protests on GSA's major IT contract Alliant include a second filed by STG, along with Client Network Services, Nortel Government Solutions, Advanced Technology Systems and Artel, bringing the total to eight.

Forsythe grabs Information Security Technology

Forsythe Solutions Group Inc. has acquired Information Security Technology Inc., a provider of information security solutions.

SAIC picks new chief operating officer

Lawrence Prior III will become the new COO at Science Applications International Corp. on Oct. 1.

EDS to modernize Ky. tax system

Electronic Data Systems has won a contract from the commonwealth of Kentucky to develop an automated tax system.

U.S.-VISIT needs stronger management controls: GAO

DHS' U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program is top-heavy in management costs but shows a persistent pattern of management shortcomings, according to a new report.

SRA gets AF transport command work

SRA International will provide new critical infrastructure support to the Air Force Transportation Command under a competitive task order awarded by the GSA Federal Supply Schedule.

CACI to support Navy supply system

CACI International Inc. has won a contract from the Naval Supply Systems Command to provide technical support for an integrated supply and maintenance information system.

Audit: Katrina cleanup costs varied widely

Agencies sometimes paid significantly more for the same debris removal and demolition work because they didn't share contracting information, an audit has found.

ProSource to aid GSA property management

ProSource Consulting LLC has begun providing Spatial Data Management services to GSA under an contract with a potential value of $4.2 million.