Army halts insourcing initiatives
Proposals now must be fully documented and justified before they get senior officials' approval.
CSC gains $143M Labor award for workers' comp claims processing
Computer Sciences Corp. will continue to help the Labor Department process workers' compensation claims under a new seven-year contract that has an estimated total value of $143 million.
Contractors lack skills to help agency modernize, Customs official says
Ken Ritchhart, Customs' IT chief, is urging IT workers to get retrained. What advice is he offering his prime contractors?
Teradata sees revenue growth in data consolidation
Following 18 years of growth in the commercial sector, Terabyte is seeking to expand its footprint in a federal market that is intent on spending less on data centers.
Gartner dubs two Networx vendors security leaders
AT&T and Verizon Business earn spots at the top of Gartner's rankings of managed services providers.
Engle lands USDA contract
The Engle Group has been awarded a five-year, $49 million blanket purchase agreement from the Agriculture Department to supply systems development, operations and integration, and other IT services.
CSC takes on immigrant visa support services in Mexico
Computer Sciences Corp. will help secure the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of a new six-year, $115 million State Department task order that calls for non-immigrant visa support services in Mexico.
K4 wins pair of federal IT awards
K4 Solutions Inc., a woman-owned, 8(a) small-business government contractor, has won two federal contracts that have a combined value of almost $18 million.
SRA assistance continues on NIH cancer research
SRA International Inc. will continue providing bioinformatics support to the National Institutes of Health under a task order that could be worth as much as $17.9 million over five years if all options are exercised.
Cisco and Westcon pay $48M to settle GSA pricing dispute
Cisco Systems and Westcon Group North America will pay the government $48 million to settle claims that they made misrepresentations to the General Services Administration in violation of the False Claims Act.
ICF helps USDA propagate rural housing program
ICF International Inc. will continue to assist the Agriculture Department’s Rural Development Housing Voucher Demonstration Program under a $12 million recompete contract.
Contractor death toll surpasses military's in Iraq, Afghanistan
More contractors than military personnel are now dying in Iraq and Afghanistan.
New or old, computer systems don’t always behave
After a week when a data storage failure in a relatively new statewide system created havoc for Virginia agencies, the final three – including the 74 branches of the Department of Motor Vehicles – are expected to resume services today. But the problems of state agency computer systems are national in scope.
Microsoft tells Virginia, 'We will build it'
Virginia has enticed Microsoft Corp. to invest up to $499 million to locate its latest-generation data center in Mecklenburg County, Va.
Virginia IT repairs taking ‘longer than anticipated’
A failure in a critical component in a data storage unit at a state facility near Richmond, Va., last week led to a massive computer failure that affected the networks at 27 agencies. Most are back online now, but three are still experiencing problems.
ManTech tends USDA security ops center
ManTech International Corp. has received a five-year contract worth up to $10.8 million to support the Security Operations Center in the Agriculture Department’s Office of the Chief Information Officer.
HP aligns Alabama’s health care system with HIPAA regs
Hewlett-Packard Co. will bring Alabama’s state medical system in line with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act under an eight-year, $135 million technology services contract.
GSA's IG warns of risky acquisition support
As contracting increases and the acquisition workforce doesn't grow, agencies are looking for backup.
Defense cuts raise questions about strategy
Industry associations and government contracting experts are expressing skepticism about Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plan to reduce Defense Department spending by $100 billion over five years.
DOD contractor ethics rule enters critical stage
The proposed rule on organizational conflicts of interest is movning forward but what direction is it headed?
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