The 13 winners and two grand prize winners of the Best of FOSE Awards at the 2006 FOSE trade show in Washington illustrate the ever growing role of technology in the federal government.
To manage data from the Energy Department's license application for a commercial nuclear-reactor waste-storage facility at Nevada's Yucca Mountain, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has built digital courtrooms for the agency's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
Science Applications International Corp. won a three-year, $148 million contract renewal to furnish safety and mission assurance support services for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Federal Network Services Inc. will install and maintain a public video security system for the city of Santa Monica, Calif. A key feature of the project will be the integration of the system with the city's security network.
Orizon Inc. won a five-year, $3.6 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to provide systems engineering and technical assistance support services for the acquisition directorate of University Business Affairs.
Technology assessments, concept development and architecture design are among the services Computer Sciences Corp. will provide for the Transportation Department under a five-year, $178 million contract.
As the storm surge began to spill over and lay waste to New Orleans' levees, the flood waters wiped out much of the city's communications systems that the wind and rain hadn't destroyed.
Tucked into a quiet corner of the FOSE government IT trade show conference this week was a selection of products that many government customers use, but would prefer no one knows they buy.
From disaster planning solutions to disaster recovery applications, technology aimed and responding to emergencies dotted the Washington Convention Center floor at the FOSE 2006 show in the nation's capital.
Unisys Corp. won a six-year, $31.6 million contract to upgrade and expand the tax engineering and modernization systems for the California Employment Development Department.
Viisage Technology Inc. has won a contract increase from the State Department to continue producing highly secure credentials through the company's Trans Digital Technologies unit.
Harris Corp. won a three-year, $27.8 million contract from Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors to develop and integrate an undersea communications system.
