IG audit reveals own laptop security lapses
The Homeland Security Department's shortcomings in information security extend to its own Office of the Inspector General.
Data protection is on its way
There is no magic bullet for executive branch requirements for protecting personal data being accessed and downloaded by government employees. But pieces of the puzzle are coming into place.
GSA re-ups Perot Systems for building design apps
Perot Systems Corp. won a five-year, $7 million contract from the General Services Administration Public Building Service to deliver system maintenance and support for users of the agency's Computer-Aided Drawing Library Project.
CSC wins $3.7B U.K. health care IT services deal
Computer Sciences Corp. will lead a team that will furnish IT services to the United Kingdom's National Health Service in three of five regions through a contract potentially worth $3.7 billion over nine years.
BBN Technologies snares DARPA research deal
BBN Technologies won a new round of funding to continue building a system to send and receive data reliably, even when stable end-to-end paths do not exist.
Transparency in health IT pursued by HHS
In an effort to make health care quality and prices more transparent, HHS is seeking the help of physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, employers and consumers for a new health IT initiative.
Enterprise systems design affected by Web 2.0
The ease with which consumers routinely network and share content over the Internet-and the emergence of new companies enabling them-are forcing business and government executives to rethink development plans for their own enterprise systems.
Multimax to tackle Air Force financial management work
Multimax Inc. won a four-year, $9.5 million task order to maintain the Air Force's global financial management system.
NIH agency extends software pact
Aquilent Inc. has been awarded a five-year, $25 million contract from the National Library of Medicine for continued software support services to NLM's Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communication.
Navy taps Teradata for data center support
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded a 12-month recompete contract to Teradata, a division of NCR Government Systems LLC, for support services to a naval logistics data center.
Report: Real ID will cost states more than $11 billion
A report released this week by several state government leadership organizations pegs the cost of implementing the Real ID Act of 2005 at more than $11 billion over the first five years.
General Dynamics to retool HHS grants portal
General Dynamics Corp. won a five-year, $18.8 million contract from the Health and Human Services Department to deliver systems integration services for a federal grants portal.
Hansen wins Fla. municipal software deal
Hansen Information Technologies Inc. won a contract to install its community development and regulation software suite in Sarasota.
Swainson: Greatest challenge lies in effective technology management
The increasing complexity of IT systems should result in tremendous business opportunities for IT companies, CA Inc.'s President and CEO John Swainson said at the Interop New York trade show.
Telos to set up Coast Guard messaging system
Telos Corp. won a four-year contract, potentially worth more than $3 million, to deliver its automated messaging system for the Coast Guard.
Kriens: SOA next big thing for IT spending
Service-oriented architecture is looking like the next big IT spending driver, Juniper Network Inc.'s Chairman and CEO Scott Kriens said in a keynote speech at the Interop New York trade show.
Cogent slated for Md. automated fingerprint work
Cogent Systems Inc. will supply an automated palm print and fingerprint identification system to the Maryland Public Safety and Correction Services Department through a five-year contract worth $4 million.
BearingPoint hooks North Carolina HR and payroll deal
The state of North Carolina has tapped BearingPoint Inc. to implement a new human resources and payroll system that will replace antiquated computer systems.
BearingPoint and FileNet chase Real ID together
BearingPoint Inc. and FileNet Corp. have forged a teaming agreement for process automation and records management solutions aimed at improving state motor vehicle departments.
HP blade PCs to be offered to the channel
Hewlett-Packard will make available to the reseller and integrator channel a product that until now has been only available direct from HP.
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