Signal Corp. won a task order to provide knowledge management and technical support to the Army's Office of the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers.
Qwest Communications International won permission from the General Services Administration to offer Web-hosting services throughout the federal government. Jim Payne, senior vice president for Qwest's government systems division, said that once the company and GSA's Federal Technology Service sat down to negotiate, the process moved quickly.
One sure sign the government market is gaining respectability is the attention coming from Wall Street, as two government technology companies prepare to go public amid talk that other private firms soon will follow.
The General Services Administration, by putting a massive $35 billion ceiling on the Connections telecommunications program, has all but guaranteed that large numbers of systems integrators and telecom providers will vie for a spot on the new program.
Lawmakers are moving to beef up the nation's information security with legislation that would provide more than $870 million over five years for a wide range of research and education grants. Critics say the Bush administration needs to spend more to carry out programs. However, some feel confident that Richard Clarke, the cybersecurity czar, may persuade the White House to give more funds for needed programs.
Science Applications International Corp. won a subcontract potentially worth $172 million to provide systems and software engineering services to the Army's Communications & Electronics Command.
The General Services Administration, the lead agency on several electronic government initiatives announced by the Office of Management and Budget, is concentrating more on team building than on technology, at least in the early stages of development.
Lawmakers are moving to beef up the nation's information security with legislation that would provide more than $870 million over five years for a wide range of research and education grants.
Science Applications International Corp. has received a three-year extension on its industrial prime vendor contract with the Defense Logistics Agency.
For the second time in a month, a firm focused on the government market has decided to join the ranks of publicly traded companies. Anteon International Corp. is looking to raise up to $230 million in an initial public offering of stock.
The Internet is providing new life for one of the military's most popular programs?Operation Dear Abby. Security concerns nixed the mail program, but the Web is bringing it back in time for Christmas.
The General Services Administration released its request for proposals for its new program to provide telecommunications infrastructure equipment and services.
