The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants a contractor to provide technical assistance for systems engineering, design and review, integration and project management support activities for its Information Technology Services Directorate.
Battelle Memorial Institute won a $350 million contract to provide logistics support to the Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, the Army National Guard and other Defense Department, federal, state and local agencies.
Presidential cybersecurity adviser Richard Clark announced two federal initiatives for improving the security of the nation's information infrastructure.
CACI International Inc. won a $5.7 million contract with the Navy to develop a tracking system for monitoring hazardous materials."This new contract positions CACI to take a leading role in penetrating this market and delivering the benefits of [ultra wideband] technology to many new communities of users," said chairman and chief executive officer John "Jack" London.
Blackboard Inc. has formed a Government Solutions Group to serve federal, state and local agencies in their efforts to train current employees and attract others.
The Army Recruiting Command has chosen e-RecordsManager software from Impact Systems Inc., Chadds Ford, Pa., to manage record keeping for its 10,000 Army guidance counselors. The system will track recruit information from first interview to enlistment.
As Operation Enduring Freedom enters its second month and the reality of a lengthy military campaign looms ahead, the Defense Department continues its shift to a full, wartime posture.
Within hours of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon Sept. 11, Unisys Corp. officials were huddling to discuss how the terrorist attacks would change the dynamics in the federal market.
The Defense Information Systems Agency will issue a solicitation for global scientific, engineering, integration and technical services to support its missions and other Defense Department and federal agencies. This program will replace the Joint Information Engineering Organization Systems Engineering contracts, the Defense Information Infrastructure Integration contract and other contracts within DISA that are due to end.
KEI Pearson, a wholly owned subsidiary of NCS Pearson Inc.'s government solutions business unit, has been selected to manage a Navy program that provides postsecondary education to Navy sailors deployed worldwide.
iXP Corp.'s contract to maintain the emergency 911 system for the New York City Police Department allows the company exactly 5.26 minutes of downtime each year. That's less than one second every 24 hours.
As U.S. lawmakers take up a raft of bills affecting the information technology industry, anthrax scares and the temporary closing of congressional offices have exacerbated the normal confusion that accompanies the legislative process.
President Bush's $20 billion emergency appropriations request is loaded with funding proposals for information technology initiatives to bolster computer security, improve airport security and provide training to counter biological and other threats.
Imagine this scenario: Upon arrival at the airport, you show the ticket agent your government-issued identification card, place your thumb in a fingerprint reader to verify your identity, and it gets checked against a database of known terrorists.
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va. next week will introduce legislation to give government agencies greater access to the commercial marketplace and encourage the use of commercial best practices in procurement.
To pinpoint the identities, strategies, habits and even locations of known and suspected terrorists, America's cyberwarriors are using Internet-derived technologies to track financial transactions, e-mail exchanges, satellite-borne transmissions and telephone records.
A broad agency announcement calling for new techniques in fighting terrorism was jointly released Oct. 23 by the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics and the Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office Technical Support Working Group. The solicitation is aimed primarily at research and other profit or nonprofit organizations meeting federal eligibility for contract work.
