Two of the nation's top IT defense companies are entangled in the Iraqi prisoner-abuse scandal that has sparked international outrage and caused a diplomatic crisis for the United States.
Government is not paying enough attention to protecting the nation's IT infrastructure, even as threats continue to mount. But agencies are increasing their awareness of new security technologies and are creating a growing opportunity for vendors and systems integrators, said John Deutch, who was CIA director from 1995 to 1996.
We've got a big issue with even bigger stories. One, of course, is our annual Top 100 ranking, the bible for companies that provide IT products and services to federal agencies. Senior Editor Nick Wakeman directed our coverage and wrote the lead article examining the companies that year after year have steadily climbed in the rankings.
The Homeland Security Department and the National Science Foundation will sponsor and expand the NSF Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service program.
For the last eight years, Bill Colligan has carefully managed the growth of CSSI Inc. to ensure that the Washington company would retain its status as a small-business contractor until it was ready to compete with larger firms. This meant holding CSSI's annual revenue under its small-business revenue cap of $21 million, even while the number of employees grew to 210.
General Services Administration officials are asking agencies for their help in negotiating enterprisewide software licensing agreements under the SmartBuy program, said Neal Fox, assistant commissioner for commercial acquisition at GSA's Federal Supply Service.
The Air Force's Office of Space Command wants contractors that can provide research, development and program analysis support for the Atmosphere and Space Division of the Air Force Technical Applications Center. The division is responsible for collecting and exploiting satellite-borne remote-sensor data and providing national command authorities with nuclear weapons explosion data.
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego is searching for companies interested in contracts for the next-generation Global Positioning System navigation system with enhanced security and open-system architecture.
The Marine Corps is looking for a vendor to provide wireless network equipment for its Sea Viking war game. Future war games will also require these wireless technologies, which will be incorporated into all unclassified games. The Sea Viking war game requires a large, powerful local area network.
EDS Corp. has fired a verbal broadside at its health services rival Affiliated Computer Services Inc., protesting the award to ACS of a Medicaid replacement system contract in North Carolina.
Legislation this year may force the Defense Department to speed its process for granting security clearances to private contractors and government personnel who need access to classified information on the job.
The Office of Personnel Management has told agency heads it has identified several federal employees who claimed to have undergraduate and graduate degrees but had obtained their credentials from diploma mills.
