Even with a comprehensive IT security plan in place, one of the Federal Aviation Administration's first Federal Information Security Management Act compliance scores was a lowly D.
On the battlefield, even the best laid plans may need to be changed in an instant. A routine scouting mission can turn into a firefight, leaving a unit of soldiers low on fuel, ammunition or other supplies.
Advanced Technology Systems Inc. was awarded a five year, $20 million contract from the General Services Administration to support the Architect of the Capitol's Information Technology Division.
BearingPoint Inc. has won a contract potentially worth $9.8 million with the National Center for Public Health Informatics, an organization within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In a step to help improve its ability to conduct network-centric warfare, the Army Communications-Electronics Command awarded DataPath Inc. a $42.4 million contract for custom satellite terminals and associated services.
The Air Force Family Advocacy Program has awarded DefenseWeb Technologies a new one-year, $1.3 million contract to deliver family services online to Air Force families worldwide.
A $153 million, five-year contract awarded to Northrop Grumman Corp. by the Social Security Administration will focus on advancing the agency's network infrastructure and making it secure.
Serena Software Inc. has won two contracts totaling more than $45 million over a five-year period to help the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency manage its security initiatives.
Telos Corp. will assist the General Service Administration with IT security in the agency's effort to merge the Federal Technology and Federal Supply services.
In its first months of operation, an Education Department effort that gives students and parents a way to apply for federal student aid online attracted 35,000 applications.
When Red Hat Inc.'s Tom Rabon was in Malaysia recently, talking with government officials about open-source technology, he was surprised by one of the first questions he was asked by the media there: What's going on with Massachusetts' state government's decision to adopt the OpenDocument format?
Netsmart Technologies Inc. has won a three-year, $4.8 million software and services contract from the Human Services and Public Health Department of Hennepin County, Minn.
IBM Corp. will align many of the company's resources to go after the growing business opportunity presented by the need to make the shipping of freight, movement of people and similar commerce-related activities more secure and reliable.
With more than 45 million facial images, the State Department likely operates the world's largest facial recognition identity management program. And its work in that area will continue with the help of Identix Inc.
Project Performance Corp. will continue its systems development and analytical program support services for the Energy Department under a five-year, $10.2 million contract.
A collection of technology?low light cameras, fiber optic links and video analytics?will be brought together to protect the Port of Baltimore in a new technology project.
As Army officials evaluate proposals for $20 billion worth of contracts for technology services and products, one prime contractor vying for the work announced the companies that make up its team.
