Networx deadlines pushed back again

The General Services Administration is granting another one-month extension for industry responses to its 10-year, $20 billion Networx telecommunications contract.

Army turns to SYColeman for communications support

SYColeman Corp. won a seven-year, $71 million contract from the Army for strategic and public communications support.

General Dynamics wins secure phone-PDA contract

General Dynamics Corp. won a contract from the National Security Agency to design and develop a secure mobile phone-personal digital assistant

Northrop Grumman lands Air Force communications deal

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a $19 million contract from the Air Force to integrate the service's telephone and network operations.

Future wars could be IT-based

There could be "pre-emptive achievement of military objectives strictly by information-warfare techniques," according to an Auburn University professor.

Raytheon wins incident command subcontract

Raytheon Co. has won a subcontract from iXP Corp. to help modernize the New York City Fire Department's incident command system.

NSF grants target cybersecurity research projects

The National Science Foundation awarded $36 million in grants for cybersecurity research projects to protect computer operations and critical infrastructure networks.

New York taps Gateway for computer hardware

Gateway Inc. has won a six-month, $25 million contract from the state of New York to provide computers to state agencies, local governments and political offices

MCI team set for Networx race

MCI Inc. has put together a team of large and small businesses to pursue the General Services Administration's 10-year, $20 billion Networx contract.

Ringing through

State and local governments are beginning a major retooling of their telecom infrastructures, replacing legacy systems, boosting connect speeds and, with an array of state-of-the-art wireless devices, untethering deskbound civil servants.

Security in a box

Greater security needs place a proportionally greater burden on agency IT managers.

GTSI wins mobile, wireless pacts from USDA

GTSI Corp. has been awarded blanket purchase agreements from the Agriculture Department for mobile and wireless services for employees who work remotely.

EPA releases information request for geospatial data hosting

The agency is seeking information about industry ability to host geospatial data sets from a variety of sources.

AT&T unit announces its Networx lineup

AT&T Government Solutions Inc. has announced its team for the General Services Administration's $20 billion Networx telecommunications and IT contract.

Indiana taps Haverstick for unemployment insurance work

Haverstick Consulting Inc. has been selected by the state of Indiana to provide a new unemployment insurance processing system.

Report: Open source makes strides in federal arena

A growing number of federal IT managers at U.S. civilian and defense agencies are choosing open-source Linux over proprietary Unix operating systems, according to a new survey.

Navy looks at IT management perspective beyond NMCI

During this week's Navy Enterprise IT Industry Symposium, officials hope to put Navy systems, applications and initiatives into a broader context.

DHS, FBI initiate major IT procurement projects

The Homeland Security Department will launch two new programs for IT acquisitions, while the bureau will accept proposals for its Sentinel system.

MPC wins state supply contract

MPC Computers has become a certified supplier of Sun Microsystems products for an association of states to supply local governments with computer systems.

BearingPoint wins CDC support contract

BearingPoint Inc. won a contract with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that potentially could be worth $15 million over five years.