The former co-president of Quarterdeck Investment Partners Inc. is an expert in mergers, acquisitions and financing in the aerospace and defense sector.
A task force on national security Oct. 7 called for the new Department of Homeland Security to take the lead in shaping domestic information and intelligence priorities to inform policy-makers, rather than the FBI. The recommendation was made in a report issued by the Markle Foundation's Task Force on National Security in the Information Age. The report, "Protecting America's Freedom in the Information Age," calls for a networked information technology system that shares information among local, state, regional and federal agencies.
Dynamics Research Corp. was awarded $3.5 million for the first year of a proposed six-year effort to provide continuing services to Air National Guard offices in Arlington, Va., and at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
<font SIZE="2">Even though Congress has failed to agree as of this writing on any of the 13 spendingbills for fiscal 2003, lawmakers are expected to approve the president's $52 billionspending request for information technology products and services.</font>
<font SIZE="2">When Americans next year begin the ritual of completing annual tax forms, the nation'sblind and visually impaired citizens will be able to fill out 50 of the most-used formsonline for the first time. </font>
A group of private-sector information technology security service vendors and experts joined federal officials Oct. 2 to announce the latest list of Top 20 Internet security vulnerabilities, along with new tools to test for and remedy those vulnerabilities. The Top 20 are the vulnerabilities most often exploited by hackers and other cyber criminals.
The House version of the E-government Act of 2002, H.R. 2458, moved out of the Government Reform subcommittee on technology and procurement policy Oct. 1, and is scheduled for markup by the full Government Reform Committee Oct. 9, said Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the subcommittee. Davis introduced an amendment substituting for the original bill, which the subcommittee approved. The substitute differs from the original in several respects.
Anteon International Corp. of Fairfax, Va., won a five-year contract worth up to $94 million to support the U.S. Navy Missile Defense Support Office, company officials announced Sept. 30.
Science Applications International Corp. won a contract worth up to $40 million from Sandia National Laboratories to provide desktop computer support to more than a third of the lab's users.
L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. acquired Technology, Management and Analysis Corp. of McLean, Va., for approximately $50 million in cash, plus consideration of up to $7 million.
Government Micro Resources Inc. has won a five-year, $9.65 million Department of Education contract to develop advanced Web systems for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. will buy Wescam Inc., a Canadian provider of wireless visual information systems for the military, for about $118 million. The deal should close by the end of 2002.
<FONT SIZE=2>Rodney Hunt, president and chief executive officer of RS Information Systems Inc., expects only 10 percent of his company's $200 million in 2002 revenue will come from contracts set aside for 8(a) firms. </FONT>
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won a seven-year, $63 million task order to provide network services for the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, ACS announced Sept. 16.
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Russell Anarde will join CACI International Inc. of Arlington, Va., to lead its Space Operations and Systems Support organization.
The Senate is expected to take up legislation establishing a Department of Homeland Security this month. The House has already passed its version of the legislation, called the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
