A district court judge has directed the Interior Department to disconnect computer systems housing Indian trust data from the Internet, after computer specialists said they had been able to penetrate the systems without detection.
While Qwest Communications International Inc. is vying with three other telecom contenders for a piece of the federal government's multibillion Networx Universal telecommunications contract, the carrier also is busy battling its challengers on another front.
The General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service is gearing up for a busy winter with initiatives dealing with satellites, Networx and Alliant.
Once every decade or so, a contract comes along that has the potential to remake an industry. If you win, it's a validation of your strategy as well as a confidence and financial booster for several years to come. If you lose, well, you have to make what can be painful adjustments.
New York has put stringent measures in place to ensure contractor performance on its statewide wireless network, but the winning contractor is confident it can meet the demands of the massive project.
The federal government's effort to establish the national anti-terrorism Information-Sharing Environment is being slowed by complexity, limited resources and possibly a lack of clear goals.
Hurricane Katrina has left in its wake a heightened awareness of the many IT-related gaps in emergency response systems in the Gulf Coast regions, and most likely in other communities throughout the nation.
They've spent years and millions of dollars preparing for this moment, and now the four teams chasing the federal government's largest ever telecommunications contract are ready to go head to head.
Multimax Inc. won two task orders under the Air Force Network-Centric Solutions contract for on-site IT, networking, telephony and security services, solutions and products supporting 24,000 users.
Qwest Communications International Inc. on Tuesday will announce a team that includes major systems integrator and telecom partners to pursue GSA's $20 billion Networx telecommunications contract.
The Lockheed Martin-General Dynamics team has demonstrated key technologies to the Army for the $10 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-related IT systems are not integrated, and its IT strategic plan may not comply with the Homeland Security Department's strategic goals, according to DHS Inspector General Richard L. Skinner.
DRS Technologies Inc. won a contract to provide joint tactical terminals under the Army's Joint Tactical Terminal-Integrated Broadcast Service program.
