Just a month into their joint venture partnership, SRA International Inc. and Safeguard Scientific Inc. have begun spinning off commercially focused IT companies.
Washington and the surrounding suburbs might be regarded as the heart of government contracting, but a look at Washington Technology's Top 25 8(a) companies for 2000 shows that the pulse is strong across the country.
DynCorp came away the winner of the first portion of the FBI Trilogy project, which the agency will use to modernize its IT infrastructure and applications. The Reston, Va., company outbid teams lead by Computer Sciences Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. to land the $132 million, three-year task order, a spokesman for the General Services Administration said.
The demise of the dot-coms and the pullback of many high-flying, commercially focused information technology companies have many businesses in the government market looking positively young and vigorous ? and attractive.
IBM Corp. has snagged the $1.3 billion Customs Service modernization contract to build the Automated Commercial Environment system to streamline the processing of goods across U.S. borders.
Information technology companies Litton PRC and Litton TASC will become part of Logicon Inc. as a result of Northrop Grumman Corp.'s acquisition of Litton Industries Inc.
Even though DynCorp is more than 50 years old, the veteran government contractor still has some new tricks up its sleeve. Paul Lombardi, president and chief executive officer, attributes much of the recent success to its acquisition of GTE Information Systems.
Even the countries that top Accenture's ranking of electronic government capabilities still have a long way to go, according to the recently released study.
Electronic Data Systems Corp. announced April 2 plans to purchase Systematics AG of Hamburg, Germany, a move that will double the company's presence in Germany.
Electronic Data Systems Corp., Plano, Texas, has named Albert J. "Al" Edmonds president of U.S. government accounts in the company's Information Solutions line of business. He will oversee EDS' business relationships with the federal government, including strategic growth planning and delivery of services.
The General Accounting Office is recommending that GTSI Corp. be reinstated on the Army Maxi-Minis and Databases contract that has been the subject of dispute since August 2000.
McGuire Woods LLP, a law firm specializing in technology, has formed McGuire Woods Capital Group to provide business consulting services to emerging and midmarket companies.
An alliance by Sun Microsystems Inc. and Netscape Communications Corp. has been tapped by the Defense Department to supply server software to be the platform for a new portal.
An alliance by Sun Microsystems Inc. and Netscape Communications Corp. has been tapped by the Defense Department to supply server software to be the platform for a new portal.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Dallas, and Recourse Technologies Inc., Redwood City, Calif., formed a strategic alliance to bring Recourse security products to the federal market.
The institutional brokerage firm and investment bank Jefferies & Company Inc. of Los Angeles has bought a 16 2/3 percent interest in Quarterdeck Investment Partners LLC, the companies announced March 21. The value of the investment was not disclosed.
