Tyler Technologies buys Eden Systems

Tyler Technologies has acquired Eden Systems Inc., a provider of financial, personal and citizen services applications software for local governments.

Report: Feds must build homeland security network

The federal government has not yet taken full advantage of private-sector technology expertise to fight the war on terrorism, according to a new think tank study.

General Dynamics wins new submarine work

General Dynamics Electric Boat Inc. has won a $10.4 million contract modification for nuclear submarine work.

Navy taps GD for submarine system modification

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Inc. has won a $34.7 million contract modification from the Navy for the continued development of the submarine tactical control system.

SAIC wins DEA information security support deal

Science Applications International Corp. has won a contract from the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide the agency with information security support.

Army taps Cubic for warfighter ed services

Cubic Defense Applications Inc. has won a one-year contract from the Army to provide education services and other support.

PlanetGov nabs IRS hardware contract

PlanetGov has won a $50 million blanket purchase agreement from the Internal Revenue Service to provide server, storage area networks, blade servers and enterprise consulting services.

Harris wins Army, NOAA computer deals

Harris Corp. has won contracts with two government agencies to provide software to protect their computer networks against attack.

The homeland security opportunity

The billions of dollars the federal government has appropriated for state and local first responders is not expected to produce any major systems integration opportunities in the foreseeable future, according to analysts and company officials.

Shopping for wireless: SafeCom to fund new communications interoperability projects

The Department of Homeland Security early next year will issue a broad agency announcement soliciting applications for wireless communications interoperability pilot projects around the country.

N.C. county re-ups Dyntek for child support

Dyntek Inc. has won a contract renewal from New Hanover County, N.C., for child support services.

U.S. Courts tap PEC for technology migration

PEC Solutions Inc. has won a five-year, $9 million contract from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to migrate the federal judiciary's national information technology infrastructure to Linux-Intel platform, the company announced today.

Report: E-procurement spending on the rise

State and local governments will spend heavily on e-procurement over the next five years as the approach continues to gain in popularity, according to a new study. Spending on these systems will grow to $1.1 billion by 2008.

CACI wins Navy support system contract

CACI International Inc. has won a five-year, $133 million contract from the Navy to provide information technology support to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Systems Center.

L-3 gets F/A-18 trainer subcontract

L-3 Communications Corp. has won a $34 million subcontract from Boeing Co. to build and upgrade flight simulators.

Dems: Security grants not enough for 'high-threat' cities

A leading Democratic representative says the latest round of grants to protect U.S. urban areas is insufficient to guard those most threatened by terrorist attacks.

Los Angeles County re-ups ACS for child support services

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a three-year, $21 million contract extension from Los Angeles County to operate the county's centralized disbursement unit for child support payments, the company announced today.

CACI gets defense payroll and personnel subcontract

CACI International Inc. has won a subcontract from Northrop Grumman Information Technology Inc. to assist the company in providing an integrated human resources system for the Department of Defense.

Chinese province taps PlanGraphics for urban management

PlanGraphics Inc. has won a $2.1 million contract from Liaoning, China, to provide an urban management information system.

Analysis: Facial recognition market should rebound

Improvement in the performance and reliability of face recognition biometrics is likely to encourage further deployment of the technology, a consulting firm predicts.