The General Accounting Office is expanding its investigation of federal employees who hold degrees from unaccredited schools to include the Defense Department.
Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a multi-year contract to develop an information exchange to assist criminal investigators throughout the Puget Sound region.
The Education Department is considering the creation of a master list of accredited colleges and universities in the United States, as a way to protect prospective students and employers from diploma mills.
Wireless Facilities Inc. has bought High Technology Solutions Inc., a company offering communications systems engineering and operational outsourcing services to federal agencies.
Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a contract from the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services' public health division to direct installation and implementation of the Delaware Electronic Reporting Surveillance System.
Federal and state officials plan to meet Jan. 15 in Washington to brainstorm approaches for dealing with government employees who claim educational degrees from unaccredited institutions or diploma mills.
For three top-tier government contractors ? the Boeing Co., Computer Sciences Corp. and Electronic Data Systems Corp. ? the new year provides a chance for correction following an unpleasant end to 2003.
Science Applications International Corp. has acquired Atlantic Coast Telesys Corp., a Maryland-based provider of solutions to intelligence, defense and commercial customers. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.
Electronic Data Systems Corp. has won a series of contract modifications and a two-year extension of its Medicare Part B Standard System Consolidation contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The changes are anticipated to generate more than $40 million in revenue.
EDO Corp. has won a contract from the Army Communications-Electronics Command to provide electronic force-protection equipment. The contract is worth up to $35 million, with final details to be negotiated in early 2004.
The work is under the Federal Aviation Administration's Broad Information Technology Services II vehicle for a centralized local area network and help-desk support for several operations.
About a thousand troops a day in Iraq are getting a chance to call home, thanks to calling centers WorldCom Inc. has established at strategic military sites around the country.
Seven companies have won a spot on the Defense Department's Intelligence Information Systems Integration and Engineering Support Services Contract 3, called DIESCON 3. The blanket purchase agreement is slated to last up to five years.
