Northrop Grumman Information Technology won a task order from the General Services Administration to deliver middleware that allows smart cards to communicate with computers and computer applications for the Army's Common Access Card program.<br>
When <b>Dave Zeppieri</b> joined the Office of Justice Programs last March as its chief information officer, he knew almost immediately that he needed help putting together budget plans that would pass muster with the Office of Management and Budget.
Competing against each other on the Army Forces Command's $650 million Operations, Planning, Training and Resource Support Services contract are Anteon, CACI, SAIC, Eagle Group, ICI Solutions, TRW, Booz Allen Hamilton and Computer Sciences Corp.
<FONT SIZE=2>Frank Pugliese Jr. was appointed managing director of DuPont Government Business Development, a new business based in DuPont's Washington office, as the Wilmington, Del., company increases its emphasis on the federal government.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2>	Convera Corp. has landed a $1.5 million investment from In-Q-Tel Inc., the CIA-funded, private venture capital group. Convera develops search, retrieval and categorization software for enterprises and government agencies. </FONT>
New procedures for public-private competition of government jobs likely will omit a provision for direct conversion of public-sector work to the private sector.
At a Senate hearing today, federal officials said efforts to unbundle contracts and ease the effects of necessary bundling on small businesses could work if properly implemented and monitored.
Congress should give the president fast-track authority to reorganize government agencies to prevent the squabbling that hampered the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, a key House lawmaker said today.
Prime contractor IBM Corp. appears to be performing well on the Customs Services' Automated Commercial Environment, the agency's new trade processing system, according to a GAO report.
Information technology training is "a strategic element in achieving corporate objectives," not just a support function, according to a new GAO report.
<FONT SIZE=2>The Information Age has spawned an archivist's nightmare. Computers make it easier to create records, whether e-mail or formal documents. But storing them for the long haul wasn't part of the original plan.</FONT>
Share-in-savings contracting can be highly effective in motivating contractors to generate savings and revenue for their clients, but it's especially difficult to do in the federal government, a new report says.
In a bid to expand its work with the U.S. intelligence community, CACI International Inc. acquired Applied Technology Solutions of Northern Virginia Inc.
President Bush has ordered development of a National Incident Management System that governments will use to work together in preparing and responding to domestic security incidents.
Northrop Grumman Corp. will fully automate the Federal Aviation Administration's telecommunications invoice process under a contract worth an estimated $79.6 million over 15 years.
