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ACS to manage California Medicaid info system
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will assume the management of California’s Medicaid Management Information System under a 10-year, $1.6 billion contract.
Inside Dell's $120M DHS immigration deal
The $120 million outsourcing contract Dell Perot Systems won to process citizenship and immigration applications is both a new contract for the company and sort of a follow-on.
More action, less talk from Congress needed to save tech jobs, industry group says
The U.S. high-tech industry lost 245,600 jobs in 2009, according to the TechAmerica Foundation.
Harris IT award keeps DOD commissaries well stocked
A new $35 million contract will permit Harris Corp. to continue to deliver network operations support to the Defense Commissary Agency and its distribution of commissary goods to nearly 12 million customers in military communities around the world.
General Dynamics to assist Interior with resource management
General Dynamics Corp. will furnish a variety of information management services to the Interior Department under a task order potentially worth $10.5 million over five years.
Raytheon reaches for the stars with $250M NASA contract
Raytheon Co. wins a five-year contract worth as much as $250 million to maintain and manage large volumes of sensing data and imagery from space instruments.
Justice IG knocks FBI's $450M Sentinel project
Rising costs and delays with the FBI’s project for a Web-enabled electronic case management system worry the Justice Department’s inspector general.
DHS undecided about exit portion of US-VISIT program
The Homeland Security Department is still undecided about pursuing a biometric system at airports to verify that non-U.S. citizens leave when required.
NIST to map road to digital record preservation
NIST is hosting the first of an important series of meetings next week as a first step toward developing a national road map to digital record preservation.
Northrop wins $100M OPM follow-on BPA award
Northrop Grumman Corp. will help the Office of Personnel Management electronically convert and store federal employee records under a follow-on five-year blanket purchase agreement that could be worth as much as $100 million.
Getting out in front of the burgeoning data deluge
We are now well into the exabyte-per-year era of data (1 billion gigabytes), with predictions that the size of the digital universe will double every 18 months. How do you store all of that data, let alone find ways to manage it so you can retrieve it and make use of it?
Holes found in DHS acquisition data
The Homeland Security Department is feeding some errors into federal procurement databases, according to an audit by DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner.
L-1 helps Kentucky create secure driver’s licenses
L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. will assist the Commonwealth of Kentucky in creating a secure driver’s license under a six-year contract that could be worth approximately $33.7 million.
Unisys works to build Mexico’s biometric ID system
Unisys Corp. will work with the government of Mexico and the Mexican communications company Axtel to develop an advanced national biometric identification system under a three-year contract valued at $50 million.
'The Guardian' of government data
On the heels of the United Kingdom's launch of its own version of Data.gov comes a new site developed by The Guardian newspaper that provides access to online government data sites from around the world.
SAIC infuses VA blood bank with tech support
Science Applications International Corp. will provide technical support to the Veterans Affairs Department under a five-year award that could be worth as much as $14 million.
Vangent hastens access to DOD medical records
Vangent Inc. will make it easier for Defense Department health care providers to access patient records and other data through a $20 million contract. The DOD award calls for Vangent to build an integrated single sign-on and context management capability throughout the Military Health System.
CSC builds cloud for Los Angeles city workers
Computer Sciences Corp. has begun work on a five-year, $7.25 million contract to replace Los Angeles’ current e-mail and other applications with Google’s Web-based productivity tools.
Deltek purchases mySBX to strengthen services offerings
Deltek Inc. has acquired mySBX, an online community that helps government contractors to rapidly identify opportunities, manage resources and expand their business. The financial terms were not reported.
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