Netsec secures funding, names new leader

Network Security Technologies Corp. has raised $10 million to expand its focus on global enterprise and government customers.

McDonald wins DoD semantic Web work

McDonald Bradley Inc. has won a $7.8 million contract to help unify Defense Department back-end intelligence systems.

NIST rates facial recognition systems

Software from three companies has been identified as the most reliable in tests of 14 facial recognition products by the National Institute of Standards.

Pugliese to lead DuPont fed business development

Frank Pugliese Jr. was appointed managing director of DuPont Government Business Development, a new business based in DuPont's Washington office.

HP sues Intelligent Decisions

Hewlett-Packard Co. has filed a lawsuit against government reseller Intelligent Decisions Inc., claiming the Virginia company sold government-discounted hardware to nongovernment buyers.

NAS investigates networking security legal solutions

A possible solution to computer security vulnerabilities may be to widen the scope of parties that could be held liable for the damage they do, according to a report from the National Academy of Sciences.

General Dynamics wins $20 million Army upgrade contract

General Dynamics Corp won a $19.9 million contract to upgrade a signals intelligence system.

LA County re-ups En Pointe for IT services

En Pointe Technologies Inc. has won a three-year contract from Los Angeles County for computer products and services.

Washington Technology, GCN receive Neal honors

Washington Technology was honored as a finalist in a national business journalism contest yesterday.

Unisys picks Reliable for TSA subcontract

Reliable Integration Services Inc. has been picked as a subcontractor to provide information technology support for networking more than 400 commercial airports for the Transportation Security Administration.

SRA to provide IT services to National Guard

SRA International Inc. of Fairfax, Va., today was awarded a $115 million competitive task order from the National Guard Bureau for a range of advanced IT products and services for five years.

Indiana taps PeopleSoft for statewide procurement system

PeopleSoft Inc. has won a contract from Indiana to provide a supplier relationship management solution to manage its statewide procurement process.

AT&T lands IRS toll-free service contract

AT&T Corp.'s government unit won a $180 million Internal Revenue Service contract to provide toll-free phone services for the 130 million calls made each year to the IRS.

KeyLogic to manage tech demonstration program

KeyLogic Systems Inc. has won a task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide program management for the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program.

Inkode targets government market with penny RFID tags

Inkode Corp. has introduced a chipless radio frequency identification tag that will cost less than 1 cent to produce.

CNSI navigates protest-filled path to Energy contract

For a Rockville, Md., IT services company, an $81 million contract comes after two protests, a cancellation and a stop-work order.

Homeland Security plans to issue firefighter grants

The Homeland Security Department will begin accepting applications from fire departments for $750 million in grants, including funds for technology initiatives.

International Trade Commission taps PEC for infrastructure upgrade

PEC Solutions Inc. has won a five-year, $5 million task order contract from the U.S. International Trade Commission to upgrade the agency's information technology infrastructure.

GAO: IBM performing well on Customs' ACE program

Prime contractor IBM Corp. appears to be performing well on the Customs Services' Automated Commercial Environment, the agency's new trade processing system, according to a GAO report.

Aether snags Nextel as police work partner

Nextel Communications and Aether Systems are offering cell phones that will allow police to query national crime databases.