Computer Sciences Corp. won a contract with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to modernize accounting systems that support the U.S. Army's wholesale logistics, depot maintenance and munitions operations. The contract is worth more than $38 million over nine years if all options are exercised.
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Microsoft Corp. announced May 24 they have formed a strategic alliance to pursue new business opportunities in the federal information technology market.
Verizon Communications Inc. won a five-year, $45 million contract from the Treasury Department for maintenance and support of the agency's voice communications network in the Washington area.
The twin effects of a general economic slowdown and the change in administration have clouded business prospects for government information technology companies in the upcoming fiscal year. For example, although the ad-ministration has said it wants to beef up information security, "there are some real questions whether the dollars are there to match the rhetoric," said Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America.
Motorola Inc. of Schaumberg, Ill., announced May 15 it is "exploring strategic alternatives, including a potential divestiture," of its government communication and information technology unit, the Integrated Information Systems Group, based in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The twin effects of a general economic slowdown and the change in administration have clouded business prospects for government information technology companies in the upcoming fiscal year.
The Navy has selected General Dynamics Corp.'s Worldwide Telecommunication Systems unit for a $102 million project to upgrade the telecommunications infrastructure at naval installations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the company announced May 17.
A year into the General Services Administration's 10-year, $1.5 billion smart-card program, federal agencies are quietly plugging away, still struggling to figure out how to use the new technology to strengthen security, streamline procedures and save money.
The Navy has awarded a 42-month contract to Anteon Corp. of Fairfax, Va., and Titan Corp. of San Diego to provide logistics, engineering and technical services to the Naval Sea Logistics Center.
The Air Force has awarded a 10-year, $17.6 million time-and-materials task order to CACI International Inc.under the General Services Administration's Millennia Lite contract.
The Naval Sea Systems Command has chosen 21 vendors for its multiple award task-order contract to provide professional support services. The contract has a $14.5 billion ceiling over fifteen years, assuming two five-year options are exercised.
PEC Solutions Inc. has been chosen by Mecklenburg County, N.C., to develop a conceptual design for an integrated criminal justice information system that may be implemented statewide.
The Navy has awarded three contracts totaling more than $109 million to Anteon Corp., DynCorp and Systems Engineering Associates Corp. for engineering and technical services for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, R.I.
The lure of the world's largest information technology market ? the U.S. government ? is attracting more and more companies that have primarily played in the commercial marketplace.
The General Services Administration's FTS2001 telecommunications contract is facing increasingly strong attacks from Capitol Hill and industry critics who want the contract opened up to more competition.
Accenture Ltd. has won a six-year contract worth more than $33 million to develop and install the Air Force's first fully integrated financial information system.
