Military Sealift Command drafts SAIC for support services
The Military Sealift Command has awarded a one-year, $11.9 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. to supply ashore IT and operations support services.
Texas funnels grants to homeland security projects
The state of Texas will direct funding to two high-priority IT projects as it allocates the $86 million it is due to receive in federal homeland security grants this year, according to Gov. Rick Perry.
Panel wants to increase competition for services
A public-private panel Congress mandated to improve how agencies buy services seems, to some observers, bent on returning procurement to the practices of the 1990s.
States go gently on e-health
A future in which electronic health records are available in real time nationwide could be as much as a decade away, but states today are looking at how to use e-records to improve the citizens' health, track diseases and lower their health care costs.
EPA seeks 30,000 PIV cards
The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to purchase 30,000 Personal Identity Verification cards under a firm, fixed-price contract so it can meet an upcoming deadline under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
EPA gets hold of its assets
With more than 24,000 desktops at 60 locations throughout the country, the Environmental Protection Agency has a considerable task taking inventory of its computer network backbone as part as the transition to Internet Protocol version 6.
VA orders encrypted data to go
Every Veterans Affairs Department notebook PC and mobile device will have software to encrypt data by mid-September.
The test of e-gov: efficiency and effectiveness
Although the Office of Management and Budget has long touted savings as the chief benefit of e-government initiatives, some current and former government officials say the White House could be leaving out a critically important measure'effectiveness'in their efforts to gain congressional support.
More bad news for Dell
The computer maker reported a 51 percent decline in profits and says the SEC is looking into some of its accounting practices.
Agencies lag on reporting data breaches
Only half of all major agencies have responded to a request from Congress to report any loss or compromise of sensitive personal information since 2003.
GPO names new general counsel
The Government Printing Office taps Greg Brower, the agency's inspector general, to become its top lawyer.
FlipSide
Another new and improved government search portal; FCW Time Machine.
Intercepts
NMCI wastes 22,500 man-hours on Dell battery recall; The enemy within; BlackBerry bandits redux.
IT as a prime target
An enemy of the United States could launch a cyberattack against a communications infrastructure, or initiate an assault on the country's banking and finance centers, transportation hubs, nuclear facilities, electrical grids and even food supply. If this cyberattack were to happen, would the Defense Department get involved? That decision would be made by the executive branch of the government.
Procurement conundrum | What's inside the box?
When the State Department purchased 16,000 ThinkCentre desktop computers earlier this year from a company partially owned by the Chinese government, critics warned of the potential risks to national security.
Red storm rising
A growing band of civilian units inside China is writing malicous code and training to launch cyberstrikes into enemy systems. And for many of these units, the first enemy is the U.S. Defense Department.
Air Force simulation deal goes to Gestalt
The Air Force has hired professional services firm Gestalt LLC to supply training and simulation technologies.
National Guard calls on CACI for software
The Army National Guard has awarded a five year, $14.4 million recompeted prime contract to CACI International Inc. to continue developing a software application for military construction.
Geospatial agency taps BAE for enterprise deal
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded a $17 million contract to BAE Systems to implement a program that supports the agency in furnishing the military with precision geospatial imagery and products.
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