Agilex hires 3 technology management, strategy pros

Three new hires at Agilex will focus on technology and innovation.

SAIC continues systems support for Navy warfare center

Science Applications International Corp. has been tasked by the Navy with providing systems engineering and life cycle integration services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division under a five-year award that could be worth more than $38 million.

ICF award helps FEMA prepare for radiological emergencies

ICF International Inc. has won a five-year recompete contract worth more than $15 million to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency implement its Radiological Emergency Preparedness program.

How Sept. 11 changed government contracting forever

The market underwent a rapid transformation after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Government contracting hasn't been the same since.

Finding our way, 10 years later

Ten years after Sept. 11, we look at how the market has changed and where we are headed.

$2.1B up for grabs in new grants by DHS

The Homeland Security Department announced its annual allocations for state and local agencies for disasters and terrorist attacks. What targets does DHS want protected?

Will a national alert system be ready for the next emergency?

Tuesday afternoon's 5.8 earthquake left hundreds of thousands of people along the East Coast temporarily without cell-phone service as circuits became overloaded and communications in many cases was reduced to texting or tweets. So what's a nation to do?

13 contractors targeted in massive cyber espionage campaign

McAfee's report says 72 organizations, including 13 contractors, have been compromised, and petabytes of sensitive data have been stolen. Some experts suspect China as the culprit.

How SAVA grabbed the top spot on the 2011 Fast 50

After David Poirier became general manager of SAVA Workforce Solutions in 2008, annual revenues and employee numbers began to increase almost immediately. Today it ranks at the top of the 2011 Fast 50.

SE Solutions acquires emergency response IT provider

Strategic Enterprise Solutions Inc. has completed its acquisition of Evolution Technologies Inc., which specializes in emergency and disaster process, systems support and electronic information exchange.

Deepwater costs hit $29B and rising, GAO says

It still is not smooth sailing for the Coast Guard's Deepwater program in which costs continue to go up, according to a new report.

Lockheed tasked with boosting TSA airport screening technology

Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide the Transportation Security Administration with new passenger screening and security equipment across the east and central United States under two, two-year regional task orders worth a combined $72 million.

'Idiots' simplify hacking, CSC director tells news agency

A DHS experiment to test the ease of hacking shows more than half the people who find unknown computer discs or thumb drives will plug them into their office computers to see what's on them, exposing the systems to viruses and hacking.

Terrorists target wrong contractor in assassination plot

Al-Qaida targets wrong CEO in uncovered terrorist assassination plot.

Terrorist plot to kill Lockheed CEO revealed

Al-Quaida group targed Robert Stevens for company's role in building drones.

Northrop gains $141M follow-on award for DOD ID system

Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a follow-on task order by the Defense Department valued at up to $141 million to continue developing an automated identification system to be used to spot suspected threats to U.S. national security.

7 communities win $26M for cross-border SOS messaging

The Homeland Security Department names seven communities as winners of a one-time demonstration program to help communities on the Mexican and Canadian borders acquire new technologies for interoperable communications.

Bin Laden's encrpyted data may be unreadable

One expert says good encryption could keep Osama bin Laden's data unreadable, but others say the Navy SEALs were prepared for extraction.

Let's make the most of bin Laden's death

The celebration around Osama bin Laden's death should be used for some long-term benefits, like getting Republicans and Democrats to work together, writes Editor Nick Wakeman.

Small biz wins $49M DOD disaster recovery software BPA

Virtual Corp., a New Jersey software and consulting company, has secured a $49 million Defense Department blanket purchase agreement for its disaster recovery software solutions.