Policy issues dominate 2011 landscape
From the budget to procurement and new technology initiatives, government contractors face no shortage of hot topics in the coming year.
Goodbye SBInet, hello Integrated Fixed Tower system?
The Homeland Security Department is seeking solutions for an Integrated Fixed Tower system at the border, which appears to have some similarities to the canceled SBInet system.
Dell's universe expands again with security acquisition
Dell says its deal to buy an information security company will expand its portfolio of on-demand IT services.
Denied! Event with White House leader closed to press
The Obama administration's cybersecurity leader delivered a speech to a trade group, and reporters were not welcome. We don't get it.
Denied! Event with White House leader closed to press
The Obama administration's cybersecurity leader delivered a speech to a trade group, and reporters were not welcome. We don't get it.
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.
WikiLeaks no-peeking order: Silly or serious?
Even though WikiLeaks has published pages and pages and pages of secret cables and documents, federal employees are under orders not to look at them.
SAIC systems assistance will strengthen US-VISIT program
Science Applications International Corp. will provide systems engineering to the Homeland Security Department under a task order that could be worth as much as $40 million over the course of the four-year, nine-month length of the award.
CACI upgrades data systems for Customs and Border Protection
CACI International Inc. has been awarded a five-year, $29 million task order from the Homeland Security Department to support the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. The work was awarded through the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions (EAGLE) contract vehicle.
TechAmerica urges action by lame-duck Congress on laundry list of IT wants
TechAmerica President and CEO Phil Bond today urged the upcoming lame duck session of the 111th Congress to take concerted action before adjournment on a range of unresolved IT issues.
NCI unveils twin-win NetCents task orders
NCI Information Systems Inc. has gotten two task orders from the Defense Department’s Network Centric Solutions contract that have a cumulative value of about $18.5 million.
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.
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.
CACI wraps up its 2 newest acquisitions
CACI International Inc. may have completed its Christmas shopping early this year, having wrapped up its separate acquisitions of TechniGraphics Inc. and Applied Systems Research Inc. on Nov. 1.
SAIC continues biometrics gate-keeping at Iraqi entry ports
Science Applications International Corp. will continue providing biometrics support to U.S. Central Command under a three-year task order that could be worth more than $23 million.
Unisys’ license plate-scanning award boosts border security
Unisys Corp. will build an advanced identification system for people and vehicles entering and exiting the United States across the borders with Mexico and Canada under a five-year Land Border Integration contract from U.S. Customs and Border Protection that has a ceiling value of $350 million over five years.
Motorola provides CBP with communications upgrades
Motorola Inc. will provide communications equipment and technology for the Homeland Security Department’s Customs and Border Protection agency efforts under a $30 million contract.
AT&T debuts mobile encryption app
AT&T offers new two-factor encryption service for mobile phone users for sensitive-but-unclassified voice communications.
Networx is hare fast, but awards are turtle slow
During the past month, only two statements of work have moved a step closer to transitioning services from the old FTS2001 system to Networx, and just three awards have been made.
Teetering on the brink of critical infrastructure protection
The new level of cooperation between the Homeland Security and Defense departments could be a positive development for cybersecurity, writes blogger Brian Robinson. But other signs are less encouraging.
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