Contracts totaling $700M will ensure DISA is on demand

Five contracts awarded earlier this month under the Defense Information Systems Agency SPE program will bring scalable, on-demand processing capabilities to DISA's computing service data centers.

New Real ID Act pointer system may be modeled after trucker database

A database used to keep track of hazardous-material truckers has been recommended as the pattern for a pointer system for information sharing required by the Real ID Act.

Guident snares GSA financial modernization

Guident Technologies Inc. won a task order to deliver services to help modernize and standardize systems for the chief financial officer of the General Services Administration.

SI International hauls in Navy logistics system deal

SI International Inc. won a contract to support a Defense Department logistics system that supports a wide host of databases and data services world-wide integral to supporting American war fighters.

Security, procurement top Davis' agenda in spite of upcoming election

Information security and streamlining federal procurement will still be top priorities for the House Government Reform Committee ? no matter which party controls Congress after next month's elections.

Intel IT is coming together

Dale Meyerrose, CIO for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said yesterday the attempt to bring the national intelligence machine out of the IT shadows is starting to pay off.

Intelligent Decisions helps out with TSA tech refresh

Intelligent Decisions has won a contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide equipment that will be used to upgrade and expand the agency's technology infrastructure.

Capgemini captures $400M UK database deal

Capgemini UK plc has won a contract from the United Kingdom's Education and Skills Department to design a national database covering all 11 million children in England.

BAE Systems refuels for Navair communications

BAE Systems won a contract potentially worth $109 million from the Naval Air Systems Command to continue delivering communications electronics support.

SRA wins pension system work

SRA International Inc. won a contract to develop a transactions-based system to process premium payments for retirement plans for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Aquilent to spark USGS Web improvement

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a blanket purchase order agreement for Web development, management and services to Aquilent Inc.

TechTeam to shore up IT support at NIH

TechTeam Government Solutions Inc. won a five-year, $28 million contract to deliver IT computing support and services to the National Institutes of Health.

Got commercialization? Center wants applicants

A Defense Department-funded group that helps to accelerate commercializing military technologies is accepting applications from government laboratories, academic researchers and small entrepreneurs and businesses that have developed new technologies.

Wyoming re-ups CGI-AMS for ERP apps

CGI-AMS will continue hosting its proprietary enterprise resource planning system for Wyoming under a contract worth $22.6 million over five years.

BAE wins $482M future-warfare center deal

BAE Systems Inc. will deliver comprehensive systems integration and engineering services to the Space and Missile Defense Command for its future-warfare center under a 10-year contract potentially worth $482 million.

Transition support services needed for DOD move

Tricare Theater Medical Information Programs is looking for a vendor to help it move.

SAIC to look out for HHS unit's IT needs

Science Applications International Corp. won a $33.9 million contract to perform Web and database application development for a Health Resources and Services Administration grant program.

Intel agencies going to 'war' over IT security

Starting Tuesday, the CIO's office in the Office of the National Director for Intelligence is going into the war room.

Aquilent wins VA portal improvement work

Aquilent Inc. will continue its e-health portal work with the Department of Veterans Affairs under a new contract worth $2.1 million.

DHS progresses in IT security

Homeland Security Department officials cited progress in securing IT systems across the sprawling organization and expressed confidence that the department would receive a passing grade for the first time in next year's federal IT security report card.