After more than two years in Iraq, U.S. contractors involved in reconstruction work may have seen the peak of exorbitant costs of insurance and private security, even as insurgents continue their kidnappings, convoy attacks and suicide bombings.
Industry is voicing cautious optimism about the General Services Administration's plans to reorganize and consolidate its purchasing management, but Congress could delay the agency's action.
AT&T Government Solutions Inc. has announced its team for the General Services Administration's $20 billion Networx telecommunications and IT contract.
CACI International Inc. won a seven-month task order worth up to $31 million to continue supporting the Army's Trojan satellite communications systems.
Paul Cofoni was appointed president of CACI International Inc.'s federal division after his former employer, Computer Sciences Corp., announced he would retire as head of its federal sector.
General Dynamics Corp. won eight delivery orders worth $79.3 million to continue providing engineering, technical and administrative services for work involving joint military operations.
Computer Sciences Corp. won a two-year, $22 million task order to develop and support the Defense Department's Biometric Identification System for Access.
The General Services Administration has issued a request for information for the follow-on contract for local telecommunications services in the Washington metropolitan area.
BearingPoint Inc. won a five-year contract to provide program management support to the organization that serves as the Defense Department's central repository of personnel data.
Diana Gowen has several targets in her sights as the new head of Qwest Communications International Inc.'s government business. The first is winning the General Services Administration's $20 billion Federal Technology Services Networx contract. Also in her crosshairs is the $500 million Defense Information Systems Network Access Transport Services contract.
The Veterans Affairs Department has issued a draft request for proposals for its five-year, $1.4 billion Procurement of Computer Hardware and Software contract
Boeing Co. won a $31.2 million contract modification from the Air Force to upgrade 25 additional C-17 Globemaster IIIs with Northrop Grumman's LAIRCM defensive system.
CSSI Inc. and Evolve Inc. will work together to develop an air traffic control simulation program to be used to train Navy and Marine Corps air traffic controllers.
Sun Microsystems Inc. is retooling its global government business with new leadership and a new structure to chase growing opportunities in systems modernization, information sharing and secure networks.
When the Census Bureau's enumerators go door to door to survey households for the 2010 census, they will be equipped with handheld computers instead of pencils and note pads.
