Twenty-three companies have won the right to compete for task orders under a $3 billion blanket purchase agreement awarded by the Marines Corps Systems Command.
More Office of Management and Budget memos are on the way that will temporarily freeze information technology spending, according to a White House official.
Integrated Resource Technologies Inc. will provide administrative support to the Defense Intelligence Agency. McNeil Technologies Inc. will work as a subcontractor.
Government officials are optimistic Congress will approve the president's request for a $45 million e-government fund in the fiscal 2003 budget this fall.
Information technology firms could rake in $3 billion helping state governments comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, according to the market research firm Input Inc. of Chantilly Va.
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In the wake of the Enron scandal and the obstruction of justice verdict against Arthur Andersen, corporate conduct and compliance are coming under increasing scrutiny. Government contractors, such as WorldCom Inc. and Global Crossing Ltd., are having their contracts reviewed or have lost contracts because they have been found not to be responsible in light of financial and ethical problems.
Information sharing and data mining are integral IT components of the White House's newly released national strategy for homeland security, said Steve Cooper, chief information officer of the Homeland Security Office. Three pilot projects have already been identified by the office to ramp up new technologies, he said.
The Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command wants a monitoring, management and audible alarm notification system for a developing telelogistics program.
Harris Corp. scored a major coup last month, besting both Lockheed Martin Corp. and incumbent WorldCom Inc. to win the Federal Aviation Administration's multibillion-dollar telecommunications infrastructure project, called FTI.
Systems integrators could see a surge in outsourcing and large-scale information technology projects under proposed changes in how the states are allowed to spend federal funds earmarked for IT programs.
Computer Sciences Corp. has been appointed program manager for the Land Warrior Consortium, a group of companies developing the Army's next-generation networked infantry gear.
Last month, staff members in the House Office of Legislative Counsel began signing on to their network by gazing into iris-recognition cameras atop their computers.
The NRC is responsible for protecting the public and the environment from the effects of radiation from nuclear reactors, materials and waste facilities through regulations, security, licensing and monitoring.
As the president and Congress work toward a consolidated approach to homeland security ? including a massive new federal agency to supervise and coordinate protection of American citizens and strategic national assets ? it has become abundantly clear that the government's success depends on the active participation of U.S. industry.
Information technology vendors are fuming over a Bush administration proposal to restrict the types of contracts available on the General Services Administration schedules.
The Business Software Alliance and the Information Technology Association of America are pushing for the creation of a cybersecurity agency as part of the proposed Department of Homeland Security.
Long known for its aerospace capabilities, the Boeing Co. has quietly emerged as a leading systems integrator in the Army's effort to transform its soldiers into 21st century warfighters.
