Harris to upgrade first-responder regional network in Virginia
New communications system will link 184,460 residents in several counties and towns
Guident gains $18M EPA task order for software upgrades
Company gains first task order to install Oracle database for emergency preparedness
General Dynamics makes deal for wireless player
Move by defense company positions itself for new first responder networking opportunities.
Core Justice programs get 1.2 percent boost in 2013 budget
Overall, The president’s 2013 budget request calls for $27.1 billion in discretionary funding, a decrease of 0.4 percent below the 2012 level of $27.02 billion.
GovDelivery buy expands communications offerings
Company adds emergency alert solutions with acquisition of GovInteractive.
CSC tasked with continuing DHS emergency telecom services
Computer Sciences Corp. has won a four-year task order worth an estimated $86 million to continue providing emergency telecommunications services to the Homeland Security Department.
Raytheon combines units to strengthen public safety business
Raytheon Company is restructuring its Network Centric Systems division to boost its business in the public safety markets.
Northrop retains $207M wireless network contract for NYC agencies
Northrop Grumman Corp. will continue to provide operational and maintenance support for New York City's wireless network thanks to a five-year, $207 million contract renewal.
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.
Raytheon broadband award scores nation's firsts
Raytheon Co. has won the nation's initial competitive Public Safety Long Term Evolution contract, the first under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program for recipients of the FCC's 700 MHz Broadband Waiver.
Harris wins peach of a radio contract in Georgia
Harris Corp. will establish a digital radio system to support public-safety first responders across the 518 square miles of Floyd County, Ga., under a $23.6 million county contract.
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.
A-T Solutions sees explosive growth in counter IED technology
Since Dennis Kelly joined A-T Solutions Inc. as chief operating officer in May 2008, the government contractor has experienced a 45 percent annual growth rate. The success helped the company garner a contractor of the year award. Kelly sees even more growth ahead.
Harris to blanket Vermont with upgraded public safety radio links
Harris Corp. will deploy a public safety radio system throughout Vermont under a $14 million contract.
First responders embrace social media
Contractors see an emerging market developing social media solutions to address emergency response needs.
Feds remember Hurricane Katrina
Five years ago, the hurricane hit the Gulf Coast and feds arrived soon after to help with cleanup. Now an employee union wants to hear those stories.
Five years after Katrina, government IT still feels storm's fury
Five years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, the region continues to rebuild and the federal government is still trying to fix information technology-related problems that the storm and its aftermath exposed.
SAIC to provide IT assistance to Navy sealift command
Science Applications International Corp. will provide information technology services to the Navy under a five-year award that has a total value of more than $49 million.
Harris will build emergency radio network for NY county
Harris Corp. has received a $30 million contract to build a trunked emergency radio communications system and install terminal equipment to support up to 25,000 public-service and public-safety users in Monroe County, in western New York state.
Seeking disaster relief? Who you gonna call?
FEMA chief architecture talks about DisasterAssistance.gov success stories at GTRA.
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