Lockheed team rolls out next gen ID system for FBI

After a delayed start due to a contractor protest almost three years ago, Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Next Generation Identification team is beginning to fully develop and deploy its enhancement of the FBI's latent fingerprint matching accuracy and introduce palm print matching to the system.

Citizant expands cloud cover for GSA

Citizant Inc. will continue to provide cloud technology services to the General Services Administration under a recently awarded three-year contract worth $3.9 million.

SAIC wins FAA award for IT support to numerous agencies

Science Applications International Corp. will help the Federal Aviation Administration and other federal agencies operate their business services more smoothly thanks to a five-year FAA contract that could be worth more than $156 million if all options are exercised.

Harris completes purchase of health care info provider

Harris Corp. has completed its $155 million cash acquisition of Carefx Corp., a provider of interoperability workflow solutions for government and commercial health care providers.

ManTech tasked with software services for Army Guardrail systems

ManTech International Corp. has received a two-year Army task order worth $22.6 million for a variety of software engineering services.

HP ramps up data center services for Special Ops Command

Hewlett-Packard Co. has won a four-year, $68.1 million data center services contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to support its worldwide missions.

ManTech granted Navy extension for warfare analysis, software upgrade

ManTech International Corp. has won a $17.5 million Navy award that calls for a range of IT services under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.

2010, the year of the big comeback for IT M&As

Merger and acquisition activity in the IT and communications sector made a strong recovery in 2010, with more than 1,900 M&A deals, a new IDC survey finds.

Inside CACI's health care IT strategy

Within two weeks of retiring from the Army, Col. Keith Salzman, has begun to triage CACI's health care business. Where does he want to take health IT?

Alion wins award for Navy warfare systems assistance

Alion Science and Technology Corp. has won a five-year, $200 million delivery order to provide professional support services to the Navy Program Executive Office - Integrated Warfare Systems.

Government officials need to think, then speak

Too many government officials espouse solutions that don't consider the complexity of the problem.

Northrop team builds $1.1B DHS classified communications system

Northrop Grumman Corp. is leading a team that captured a seven-year task order for a classified DHS network.

Small-biz trio to vie for $495M in DOD task orders

Three D.C.-area small-business IT contractors will vie for task order work under a Defense Department contract that has a maximum value of $495 million.

$20B in IT projects need more oversight

The federal government must strengthen its oversight of IT spending, a Government Accountability Office official said.

Idaho contractor wins DOE contract to upgrade IT program

CRI Advantage Inc. will provide IT support services to the Energy Department Office of the Chief Financial Officer’s iManage Program under a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $36 million.

General Dynamics provides help desk support for DIA

General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded a five-year, $40 million task order under the Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise contract to support the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Harris buys government network telecom provider

Harris Corp. has acquired key infrastructure assets of Core180 Inc., a government telecom network integrator in Fairfax, Va. Financial terms were not reported.

SAIC sows $208M worth of IT services at USDA agency

Science Applications International Corp. will provide IT services to the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency under a five-year task order that could be worth as much as $208 million.

Harris unveils realignment of business units

Harris Corp. is realigning its operating business units, creating the Integrated Network Solutions unit to provide IT and managed services, among others.

Salient closes two-for-one deal

Salient Federal Solutions Inc. acquires two companies in a single deal as it adds software development and cybersecurity offerings.