ACS acquires Patient Accounting Services Center

Affiliated Computer Services of Dallas has acquired Patient Accounting Services Center LLC of Kent, Wash., for $94 million.

Stanley Associates acquires Fuentez Systems Concepts

Deal combines the advanced systems engineering, production, integration and command and control expertise of FSC with Stanley's network engineering, software and technical support capabilities.

NCI acquires Scientific & Engineering Solutions

NCI Information Systems Inc. of Reston, Va., acquired Scientific & Engineering Solutions Inc. of Annapolis Junction, Md., NCI officials announced today.

TechTeam Global buys Digital Support Corp.

TechTeam Global Inc. has acquired Digital Support Corp., a provider of information technology services.

SAIC acquires Atlantic Coast Telesys

Science Applications International Corp. has acquired Atlantic Coast Telesys Corp., a Maryland-based provider of solutions to intelligence, defense and commercial customers. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.

Education Department requests research proposals from small businesses

The Department of Education is looking for research proposals from small businesses in the areas of consulting at the state and local level and development of educational products.

SBA simplifies small-business registration, launches database to verify info

Beginning Jan. 1, small businesses will no longer need to register in both the Small Business Administration's Pro-Net, a database of small businesses, and the Central Contractor Registration, the government's database of all contractors.

L-3 Communications acquires Ipitek

L-3 Communications Corp. of New York acquired the assets of Ipitek, the defense and aerospace division of Ipicom Inc.

SI International to buy Matcom International

SI International Inc. is buying Matcom International Corp., a deal that will give it more information technology and engineering services capabilities.

VeriSign to buy managed security service provider

Network security company VeriSign Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., has agreed to acquire Guardent Inc. for approximately $140 million in stock and cash.

Federal IT companies see their worth rise

Market valuations for publicly traded government IT companies rose an average of 17 percent over the last six months, according to Input Inc., a Reston, Va.-based IT market research firm.

Access denied: Industry association excludes competitors, critics charge

Washington revolves around relationships. Knowing the right people and belonging to the right organizations are critical to getting business done. <b>Steve Charles</b>, executive vice president of immixGroup Inc., wants to join the Coalition for Government Procurement, a well-connected industry group representing companies that hold contract schedules with the General Services Administration. The coalition's close ties with GSA make it a key organization for schedule-holders such as immixGroup. But the coalition won't let immixGroup join, Charles said.

Tyler Technologies buys Eden Systems

Tyler Technologies has acquired Eden Systems Inc., a provider of financial, personal and citizen services applications software for local governments.

Rockwell Collins acquires flight simulation firm

Rockwell Collins Inc. has completed its acquisition of NLX LLC, a company that builds flight simulators and training systems, for $125 million.

Lockheed Martin closes ACS deal

Lockheed Martin Corp. and Affiliated Computer Services Inc. finished their asset swap, with Lockheed Martin picking up most of ACS' federal business.

Buy Lines: Competitive sourcing ? Yeah, right

In October, the Agriculture Department issued a report on its competitive sourcing program, from which one could infer that competition at DoA is, indeed, DOA.

Report: IT spending continues strong growth

While Congress has not yet completed its appropriations work for fiscal 2004, one market research firm believes the upcoming year is going to be a strong one for information technology and technology-based services.

Report: IT spending continues strong growth

While Congress has not yet completed its appropriations work for fiscal 2004, one market research firm believes the upcoming year is going to be a strong one for information technology and technology-based services.

DHS seeks research proposals from small biz

Small businesses can now submit to the Homeland Security Department research proposals that address high-priority technology areas.

CDW-G extends small-biz consortium

CDW Government Inc. has opened its small-business consortium to state and local governments in seven states.