Army commits to $2.7M in satellite data transceivers
The Army has purchased $2.7 million in new orders from Comtech Telecommunications Corp. for its mobile satellite data communications transceivers.
Air Force micro-satellite to test tactical data comms
The TacSat-2 is part of the Joint Warfighting Space initiative, which seeks to develop low cost, rapidly deployable space technologies to support tactical operations.
GCN's top news stories of 2006
The stories that affected agencies in 2006 were varied and wide reaching. We chose 12 stories that we think reflect the scope of events and the transformation agencies have experienced throughout this year.
IRS online training program to continue to be run by SYS
The IRS online training and certification program will continue to be maintained by SYS Technologies through a five-year subcontract from Unisys Corp.
DHS taps Battelle for $500M biodefense job
DHS has announced that it has awarded a contract to Battelle National Biodefense Institute to manage and operate a new biodefense analysis center at Fort Detrick.
IDC: Market analysts might have overestimated IPv6 spending
The mandated transition to IP Version 6 will bring money to the information technology community, but venders' forecasts may overestimate actually how much money, a new report found.
DOD announces new military health system governance plan
Deputy Defense secretary Gordon England approved a new conceptual framework for governance and management of the military health system on Nov. 27.
DHS policy chief Baker defends passenger data analysis system
The Homeland Security Department is stepping up its efforts to fend off criticism of the data analysis system it uses to pinpoint travelers entering the country who pose the risk of carrying out criminal or terrorist acts.
DCMA implements data management solution
The Defense Contract Management Agency has implemented a new backup and data management solution for its 30 locations worldwide to handle the agency's weekly backups of more than 11 terabytes of data.
Clinton: Pass card initiative needs 'rigorous' review
Sen. Clinton has said that a 'rigorous and comprehensive' review is necessary for the proposed border-crossing identification card.
GSA awards GWAC for veteran-owned businesses
For 44 small businesses, the holiday season opened with a bang when GSA today announced the awards for its $5 billion, 10-year governmentwide acquisition contract for IT small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
NASA, Google dock for data, image online sharing
NASA will make space exploration data and images easily available on the Internet through an agreement with Google Inc.
OFPP reauthorizes NASA's governmentwide contract
GSA administrator Lurita Doan's desire to consolidate and bring all governmentwide acquisition contracts under control of her agency met its first setback.
Air Force logistics support to be provided by Robbins-Gioia
A major Air Force logistics initiative at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will receive support from Robbins-Gioia LLC through a $3.8 million contract.
USPS extends contract to HP
Under the ID-IQ contract, HP will deliver hardware, software and services to upgrade the Postal Service's distributed computing systems.
VA names acting IT policy and portfolio oversight chief
VA has named Clarenton Furlow as acting associate deputy assistant secretary for policy, portfolio oversight and execution.
Military, agencies to phish their workers
The military and agencies such as the Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs Departments can now launch phishing attacks against their own workers.
Fee-for-service taking hold for e-gov: OMB
Agencies are expected to spend more than $300 million on services from many of the 25 E-Government initiatives in fiscal 2007.
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