Navy Picks Two for $491 Million Contract

The Navy has selected Resource Consultants Inc. and AMSEC LLC for a five-year contract, potentially worth $491 million, to provide integrated installation support services for a wide range of Navy militarized and off-the-shelf systems.

Lucent's Gov't Team Likely to Escape Large Layoff

Lucent Technologies Inc.'s plan to reduce its work force by 10,000 and take a one-time charge of between $1.2 billion and $1.6 billion likely will have little effect on the company's government sales operation.

GAO Gives IRS Plan Qualified Thumbs Up

The General Accounting Office reported to the Senate and House Appropriations committees the Internal Revenue Service is making significant progress in its systems modernization efforts, but still faces challenges ensuring that new systems meet operational and cost goals.

Anteon Wins $115 Million in Military Orders

Anteon Corp. has received two task orders, valued at a combined $115 million over five years, under General Services Administration schedules for information and engineering services.

Qwest Challenges GSA's Stance on Competition

In protesting a General Services Administration contract extension to its competitors, Qwest Communications International Inc. wants the agency to open the playing field so more companies can pursue government telecommunications business.

Lockheed Martin Gets $400 Million Pentagon Order

Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a 10-year task order that could be worth up to $400 million to provide a broad range of information technology services to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

SRA Wins $77 Million Order for Health Databanks

SRA International Inc. has received a six-year, $77 million task order to operate, maintain and enhance the National Practitioner Data Bank and the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank for the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.

Anteon Wins $83 Million Air Force Contract

The Air Force has awarded Anteon Corp. a 15-year contract potentially worth $500 million to provide a broad range of professional services to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.

Customs Sets Schedule for Oral Presentations

The teams chasing the $2 billion Customs Modernization contract will make oral presentations at the agency between Feb. 26 and March 9, according to a procurement schedule released by the Customs Service.

VSE Buys Tech Business From Group Decision Support Systems

VSE Corp. has acquired the collaborative technologies and environments business of Group Decision Support Systems Inc., VSE announced.

GAO: INS Needs Stronger IT Investment Management

The Immigration and Naturalization Service needs to better manage its investment in IT to maximize its return on hundreds of millions of dollars in purchases, operations and maintenance of new and existing information systems, according to a new report by the General Accounting Office.

Justice Dept. Awards $300 Million ASSIST II Contract

Compaq Computer Corp., DynCorp and Unisys Corp. have each won a piece of a $300 million Justice Department information technology support and maintenance contract.

Ezenia to Buy General Dynamics Unit for $21 Million

Ezenia Inc. has signed an agreement to buy InfoWorkSpace, a unit of General Dynamics Corp., for cash and common stock totaling $21 million.

SAIC Joins GSA's Logworld Logistics Contract

Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a place on the General Services Administration's Logistics Worldwide (Logworld) contract to provide a variety of logistics solutions to federal agencies, the company announced today.

Northrop Grumman to Buy Litton for $5.1 Billion

Northrop Grumman Corp. has vaulted into the top tier of defense and information technology companies with its planned purchase of Litton Industries Inc. in a transaction worth an estimated $5.1 billion.

Corbett Technologies Lands Army Info Security Business

The Army Materiel Command awarded Corbett Technologies Inc. a five-year, $40.6 million blanket purchase agreement to provide information security services for the AMC chief information officer, acquisition and technology division, information assurance program.

EDS, Litton PRC Grab Defense Department's First Smart Card Order

The Department of Defense has awarded its first task order for smart cards under the General Services Administration's $1.5 billion smart card program to Electronic Data Systems Corp and Litton PRC Inc.

NIH Awards $19.5 Billion CIO-SP2 Contract to 48

The National Institutes of Health has awarded contracts to 48 companies for its $19.5 billion, 10-year contract for information technology products and services.

GTSI Files Protest of Army Contract Withdrawal

GTSI Corp. has filed a protest with the General Accounting Office, challenging the Army Materiel Command's granting of a protest that stripped GTSI of its share of the $1.4 billion Maxi-Minis and Databases 1 contract.

Manugistics Group Scores With NATO

Competitive intelligence firm Current Analysis Inc. is bullish on prospects for Manugistics Group Inc., following the announcement that Manugistics has been awarded a basic order agreement by the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency.