GAO expresses doubts about FCS path
GAO has weighed in on the Army's Future Combat System program, and finds plenty of areas that continue to make this a high-risk acquisition.
Chertoff boosts Homeland Security CIO's clout
DHS secretary Michael Chertoff this morning unveiled a plan to give significant new powers to the department's CIO.
DHS selects businesses for high-tech research
DHS' Science and Technology directorate has selected 22 small businesses to participate in technology contracts aimed at the development of homeland security solutions.
Army tasks Raytheon with reconfiguring Patriot system
The Army has awarded Raytheon Co. a contract to make major hardware and software upgrades to reconfigure the Patriot Missile Air Defense System.
IRS taps General Dynamics for modernization work
The IRS has awarded a contract to General Dynamics Corp.'s IT unit to expand Transition Management Office outreach and support.
Agencies uncertain about move to Vista
Transportation, Army and possibly others put holds on Vista to await testing results.
Army can now jam IEDs without disrupting communications
The Navy helped the service remove conflicts from the frequency spectrum so that IED jammers and communications equipment can be used in the same environment.
Doan urges balancing rules and results
Lawmakers are busy offering legislative fixes for recent government contracting concerns.
New office to oversee data transfer across classification levels
The Unified Cross Domain Management Office will manage the technology used to shift information among various levels of classification for DOD and the intelligence community.
Navy project office to receive support from BearingPoint
The Navy will receive program management support and assistance with other critical functions for its office responsible for information systems through a contract with BearingPoint Inc.
Navy network deal goes to General Dynamics
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division has awarded General Dynamics a task order to manage the center's Aircraft Carrier Distributed Data and Control Network and the Navigation Critical Distribution System.
Pa. chooses PKI to manage first-responder access cards
Pennsylvania has chosen a public key infrastructure to manage their digital certificates for their First Responder Authentication Cards.
Network science is about more than computer systems
Government researchers are looking for common patterns in the systems they study, to see if they can be applied to the development of robust complex networks.
Meyerrose to helm new information sharing panel
The purpose of the new panel would be to help 'move the Intelligence Community beyond the 'need to share' philosophy and more to a 'responsibility to provide.''
Army awards SAIC battle center contract
The Army Contracting Agency has awarded SAIC a contract to operate and maintain the Battle Command Training Center at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Navy taps L-3 for F/A-18 training support
The Navy and Marine Corp will receive support with its F/A-18 training through a five-year contract with L-3 Communications Inc.
The battle for spectrum
Growing demand and a finite supply of radio frequencies could force confrontation ' and compromise ' between the U.S. government and competing global interests.
Finding a 'soldier in a haystack'
'Saving Private Ryan' may have been a fictional movie about soldiers looking for one of their own during WWII, but for the military services this is a real problem.
The tools of the master forecaster
Five business intelligence applications that can help agency managers track changes and make better decisions about their programs.
Army targets Lockheed for new Apache system
The Army has awarded a $311 million follow-on contract to Lockheed to produce the new Arrowhead electro-optical targeting and night-vision system for AH-64 Apache combat helicopter pilots.
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