Within hours of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon Sept. 11, Unisys Corp. officials were huddling to discuss how the terrorist attacks would change the dynamics in the federal market.
The Defense Information Systems Agency will issue a solicitation for global scientific, engineering, integration and technical services to support its missions and other Defense Department and federal agencies. This program will replace the Joint Information Engineering Organization Systems Engineering contracts, the Defense Information Infrastructure Integration contract and other contracts within DISA that are due to end.
Computer Sciences Corp. won a contract potentially worth $60.3 million to replace Human Resources Development Canada's network operating system with new hardware and software.
Attorney General John Ashcroft is proposing the creation of a comprehensive information technology plan as one of the cornerstones of his plan to reorganize the Justice Department.
Science Applications International Corp. will provide the Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command with systems engineering and integration technical support.
KEI Pearson, a wholly owned subsidiary of NCS Pearson Inc.'s government solutions business unit, has been selected to manage a Navy program that provides postsecondary education to Navy sailors deployed worldwide.
President Bush's $20 billion emergency appropriations request is loaded with funding proposals for information technology initiatives to bolster computer security, improve airport security and provide training to counter biological and other threats.
An Interior Department organization is getting ready to release a request for proposals for a new contract that would allow federal agencies to purchase end-to-end telecommunications services.
CACI International Inc. completed the acquisition of Digital Systems International Corp., moving the company closer to its goal of $1 billion in revenue per year by 2005.
The Homeland Security Council wants recommendations from the nation's top technology, intelligence and justice agencies for using advanced technology to prevent terrorists from entering the United States.
Lockheed Martin Corp. is buying OAO Corp., a move that will bring Lockheed Martin additional intelligence and NASA business and bolster its already formidable place in the government information technology market
Science Applications International Corp., CACI International Inc. and Resource Consultants Inc. have each won a place on the Naval Supply Systems Command's contract for technical support services.
Squabbling among major telecommunications providers apparently has ended a collective industry push to make telecom services more widely available to government agencies.
The Defense Information Systems Agency has released the request for proposal for the next Defense Enterprise Integration Services contract. The RFP can be found at <a href="https://www.ditco.disa.mil/dcop/Public/ASP/dcop.asp">https://www.ditco.disa.mil/dcop/Public/ASP/dcop.asp</a>.
