DISA seeking vendor for transaction monitoring system

In a request for proposals issued June 6, DISA's Computing Services is searching for an automated tool to monitor and troubleshoot transaction performance from end-user locations.

Morocco calls on Cogent for ID system

Cogent Systems Inc. was awarded a contract for about $34 million to install its Automated Fingerprint Identification System for a criminal and civil deployment supporting a national identification program in Morocco.

DHS seeks info to get ID management off the ground

The Homeland Security Department is looking for ideas on how to launch a major enterprise-level Identity Management Project for its 180,000 employees, as well as for state, local and federal contractors and officials.

Army to issue contract for AKO portal, RFPs for GFEBS, ITES-2

The contracts represent roughly $1.4 billion in combined procurements and include the Army Knowledge Online enterprise portal and a consolidated approach for the service's financial-management systems.

VeriSign cleared to provide digital certificates for working with Defense

VeriSign Inc. said it has been approved by the Defense Department to issue digital certificates required for anyone who wants access to protected government Web sites and applications.

Ripon, Calif., taps Motorola for mobile network

Motorola Inc. has won a contract from the municipality for a mesh network for its citywide mobile broadband system.

HHS: Drug safety reporting system could be prototype for health data exchange

Secretary Mike Leavitt said an Rx drug adverse-event reporting system could be one of the first projects that a federal advisory group might take on as part of an initiative to build a national health information exchange.

Agencies move to fine-tune emergency XML

A group of emergency management agencies and IT industry representatives, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, are moving to refine their Extensible Markup Language protocol for emergency public warnings.

NEC, Tropos forge wireless mobile data alliance

NEC Solutions America Inc. has entered into a partnership with Tropos Networks Inc. to provide wireless mobile data systems to police, fire and emergency medical personnel.

New Hampshire taps xwave for offender management

The state Department of Correction awarded xwave a $1.4 million contract for the company's CORIS statewide offender management system.

House panel: FBI 'scrambling' to launch VCF project

A House Appropriations Committee report says the FBI is hastening to prepare its latest attempt at a case file system and is cutting corners to do.

SGI servers chosen for NASA environmental data work

A project to upgrade the computing and data management capabilities at the Goddard Space Flight Center includes servers from Silicon Graphics Inc.

ACT honors innovative federal-state IT projects

The American Council for Technology announced the Intergovernmental Solutions Award winners during the 2005 Management of Change conference.

RFID market set for strong growth

Global sales of radio-frequency ID services and equipment are expected to exceed $2 billion in 2005, according to a new marketing study.

Alien makes another RFID acquisition

Alien Technology Corp. has acquired Quatrotec Inc., a provider of solutions and project management to the air transportation industry.

Ontario chooses Maximus for child support payment work

Maximus Inc. has won a four-year, $5.7 million contract from the province of Ontario to provide an integrated case management solution to support the enforcement of child and spousal support payments

DISA seeks enterprise tools to manage security data

The Defense Information Systems Agency is in the market for enterprise tools to sift through the hundreds of terabytes of security-related data it collects.

Tachyon broadens its VoIP offering

Tachyon Networks Inc. has introduced an expanded voice over IP service to its enterprise and government customers.

NCI wins knowledge management work

NCI Information Systems has won a multiyear, $35 million contract from the National Security Agency to provide knowledge management solutions and expertise.

Microsoft to acquire Groove Networks

Microsoft Corp. announced plans to acquire collaboration software vendor Groove Networks Inc. of Beverly, Mass.