The Transportation Security Administration is being asked to go from zero to 50,000 ? people, that is ? in one year. Signed into existence by President Bush Nov. 19, 2001, as one of the first homeland security initiatives, the TSA was created in part to provide the infrastructure for protecting the nation's airports and travelers.
The General Accounting Office has ordered NASA to reconsider the January award of a $143 million contract to DynCorp after a subsidiary of Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls Inc. protested the choice, claiming the agency's "best value" determination was flawed.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking information on commercial products with metadata search engine capability for the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network.
Federal spending on telecommunications will grow 8 percent annually from $10.8 billion in fiscal 2002 to $16.1 billion in 2007, according to estimates by a market research firm.
As more agencies consider policies that would prevent contractors from using foreign nationals on some government projects, an industry group is complaining that companies are not being consulted on the impact of restrictions. Even Richard Clarke, cybersecurity adviser to President Bush, has said restricting the use of IT professionals who are non-U.S. citizens is an ineffective approach.
WorldCom Inc., the Clinton, Miss., telecommunications and networking services giant that has been battered on Wall Street for months, is now fighting off rumors that it is in discussions with AT&T Corp. to be acquired.
Signal Corp. has won a $100 million contract to provide a wide range of information technology services to Senate offices on Capitol Hill and in 450 field offices across the country.
As more agencies consider policies that would prevent contractors from using foreign nationals on some government projects, an industry group is complaining that companies are not being consulted on the impact of restrictions.
The Marine Corps is looking for a small, lightweight, rugged computer and is requesting product information from companies. The computer will be used as a bridge between imagery acquisition and imagery transmission. It must weigh less than 3 pounds, including the battery. Performance and component specifications are in the solicitation at <a href="http://fedbizopps.gov">fedbizopps.gov</a>, solicitation no. M67854. Contract specialist Robert Celeste can be reached at (703) 784-5822, ext. 244 or <a href="mailto:celesterm@mcsc.usmc.mil">celesterm@mcsc.usmc.mil</a>.
Signal Corp. has won a $100 million contract to provide a wide range of information technology services to Senate offices on Capitol Hill and in 450 field offices across the country. The company's president and chief executive officer, Roger Mody, resolved Signal would be prepared to win the work.
Harris Corp. unveiled May 23 the team that will compete for the Federal Aviation Administration's 10-year, $500 million Next Generation Air/Ground Communications program, called Nexcom.
