A House subcommittee will examine June 17 whether intellectual property issues add to the problems facing the federal government in fostering innovation and research and development in information technology.
The General Accounting Office said the Interior Department's lack of information security measures is placing financial, personnel and other sensitive information at risk of being manipulated, corrupted or otherwise compromised.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is preparing to test cutting-edge "third-generation" wireless technology that will make possible the high-speed transfer of data over mobile devices.
The General Services Administration's plan for opening both federal long-distance and local services contracts to more competitors is receiving mixed reviews from the telecommunications industry.
The Defense Department has selected a unit of Global Crossing Ltd. to provide advanced wide-area network services for its Defense Research and Engineering Network.
The Air Force selected JT3 LLC, a joint venture equally owned by EG&G Technical Services and Raytheon Technical Services Co., for the Joint Range Technical Services contract.
WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Communications Corp. are likely to reach their FTS2001 minimum revenue guarantees, worth a combined $1.5 billion, by fiscal years 2003 and 2004, respectively.
As federal officials gear up for what is expected to be another dangerous wildfire season, they will have a new firefighting tool, thanks to a geographic information system application created in response to last year's crisis. GeoMAC, short for Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination, is a multilayered GIS system that maps fire conditions against a wide range of variables, such as topography, weather forecasts, population centers, roads, buildings and habitats.
The General Accounting Office ruled June 25 that Qwest Communications International Inc. had no legal standing to protest the General Services Administration's award of so-called "bridge" contracts to AT&T Corp. and Sprint Communications Corp. in December 2000.
The Energy Department chose Wackenhut Services Inc. for a five-year, $163 million contract to operate the Nonproliferation and National Security Institute in Albuquerque, N.M., and other related activities in the Washington area and outside the United States.
As federal officials gear up for what is expected to be another dangerous wildfire season, they will have a new firefighting tool, thanks to a geographic information system application created in response to last year's crisis.
The General Services Administration is moving to fix problems in the much criticized Metropolitan Area Acquisition telecommunications program, but the telecom companies holding MAA contracts also need to improve their performance, said Sandra Bates, commissioner of the agency's Federal Technology Service.
The District of Columbia is soliciting proposals for a contractor to provide an automated field reporting system and records management system for its Metropolitan Police Department.
Northrop Grumman Corp. is preparing an all-out assault on government systems integration contracts. The company is eyeing opportunities with the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration and state and local government agencies.
The Internal Revenue Service awarded a task order worth about $20 million over the next five years to Dynamics Research Corp., the company announced June 26.
Titan Corp. is acquiring Datron Systems Inc., a provider of radio and satellite-based communications systems and broadband communications products for government and commercial markets.
Anteon Corp. won a five-year, $29 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, for diving, salvage and life support, ocean engineering and chemical and biological engineering services.
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service picked Affiliated Computer Services Inc. to provide a range of data processing and payroll services for military retirees and annuitants. The 10-year outsourcing project is worth up to $346 million.
Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., has received a five-year contract extension worth $300 million to $400 million to provide information resource management services to the Department of Energy's Hanford site in the state of Washington.
