CACI International Inc. of Arlington, Va., will acquire the government solutions division of Condor Technology Solutions Inc., the company announced July 10.
San Diego County and Computer Sciences Corp. have settled a contract dispute that seriously threatened to derail the county's seven-year information technology outsourcing agreement, the county announced July 11.
Like many business relationships, the strategic partnership between systems integrator IBM Corp. and mobile computing provider Xybernaut Corp. was sparked by compatible goals. In this case, each company wanted to strengthen its position in the homeland security market.
The state of Virginia is tweaking the funding model for its electronic procurement system to provide temporary relief to vendors that found paying both a subscription fee and a transaction fee to use the system was unduly burdensome, state officials said.
Federal lawmakers are moving to streamline the approval process for grants to allow states more flexibility to spend money on information technology infrastructure that supports programs across multiple agencies. The July 9 hearing uncovered some glaring problems with the federal IT grants process that must be addressed, said Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the House Government Reform subcommittee on technology and procurement policy.
Covansys Corp. has won a two-year, $17.8 million contract from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to operate the state's child support computer system.
On Jan. 29, New York Gov. George Pataki unveiled a plan for a new communications network, enabling law enforcement officials to share counter-terrorism information with every one of the 543 police departments in the state. Designed in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the first phase of the New York State Counter Terrorism Network was deployed just a month later by systems integrator IBM Corp.
The state of Georgia may be forced to find more bidders for its huge outsourcing communications project if troubled telecommunications and Internet services giant WorldCom Inc. cannot sustain its bid, according to state officials and industry observers. WorldCom is leading one of two teams pursuing the Georgia Convergent Communications Outsourcing, a 10-year deal worth $1.87 billion. The other team is led by Electronic Data Systems Corp.
A successful plan for wireless interoperable communications for a specific metropolitan region or state takes years to develop, and typically requires a special committee to help agencies work through the associated issues and problems, according to public safety and wireless experts.
On Jan. 29, New York Gov. George Pataki unveiled a plan for a new communications network, enabling law enforcement officials to share counter-terrorism information with every one of the 543 police departments in the state. Designed in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the first phase of the New York State Counter Terrorism Network was deployed just a month later by systems integrator IBM Corp. of Armonk, N.Y.
Lockheed Martin Corp. said it has been selected to provide up to 12 Air Force bases with technical services and data storage solutions to support the Air Force Materiel Command.
Anteon International Corp. has won a $35 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center for scientific and technical information technology network maintenance and operation services.
The Boeing Co. announced June 24 that the Army's Communications-Electronics Command has selected its team as the system engineering contractor to develop the Joint Tactical Radio System, a new communications system to serve as the foundation for all future Defense Department tactical radios. The value of the contract plus options could exceed $2 billion for the initial system development and demonstration and low-rate initial production phases of the program, referred to as Cluster 1 and scheduled to last up to six years.
Anteon Corp. has won a five-year, $93 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to help move new technologies from research and development to shipboard use.
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a one-year, $1.3 million contract extension for consolidated outsourcing services from two local governments in the state of Indiana, the company announced June 24.
