Three win wireless expense management work

Booz Allen Hamilton, iSYS and Avalon Technology have won contracts from GSA to help federal agencies manage their wireless devices.

Rome Research to support Navy station in Guam

Rome Research Corp. will operate and maintain communications facilities for Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Guam under a new award.

Unisys wins Customs RFID tag work

Unisys Corp. has won a task order from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency to deploy readers and other technologies to support the use of RFID on new ID cards at U.S. borders.

Networx vendors asked for TIC suggestions

GSA and DHS issued a RFI to the five companies on Networx Universal and Enterprise asking how the Trusted Internet Connections initiative should be implemented.

Harris to support AF satellite control network

Harris Corp. will provide operations and maintenance support to the Air Force 50th Space Wing's satellite control network under a contract that could be worth as much as $410 million.

Data Computer picked for Medicare work

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has chosen Data Computer Corp. of America to provide technology services for the agency.

Defense community on same page for secure e-mail

Defense officials and contractors in the U.S. and U.K. recently endorsed standards for secure e-mail circulated by the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program.

Forecast 2008: Cybercrime increasing

Cybercriminals have been increasingly successful at stealing data, and experts predict their attempts will increase in 2008.

Forecast 2008: States seek health IT prognosis

States want to use IT to improve the quality of health care services and reduce health care costs in response to President Bush's mandate for an improved national health care system.

Frontline Wireless shuts down

Frontline Wireless LLC, a prominent prospective bidder for the upcoming auction to create a national wireless network for first responders, abruptly shut down this week.

What your customers are thinking

Managing or replacing older systems; and formulating or implementing an enterprise architecture are among the top 10 CIO challenges.

Hughes Communications snaps up Helius

Hughes Communications Inc. will acquire Helius Inc., a provider of business Internet protocol TV solutions and a portfolio company of Canopy Ventures.

Cisco, Anystream team up for video streaming

From flat-screen TVs in offices and homes, to video-capable handheld devices everywhere else, the drive to have ubiquitous video streams has never been bigger.

Stanley added to Alliant

The General Services Administration added a company to its Alliant contract that it initially passed on, the company said today.

Telephonics to help Customs with ground surveillance

Telephonics Corp. will supply a fully integrated mobile ground surveillance radar system to the Customs and Border Protection agency.

EDS to keep Californians moving with DMV work

EDS Corp. will work with California to provide better services to the state's 23 million licensed drivers through a new $76 million contract.

Solid-state memory makes splash with government users

Flash memory thumb drives played a major role in the demise of floppy-disk drives. Now it looks like flash memory could significantly cut into the use of hard drives.

QinetiQ to continue DOD security work

QinetiQ North America will continue to provide security services to the Defense Department under a new $30 million follow-on contract.

EDS to upgrade Indiana health care system

EDS has won a $209.9 million contract from the Indiana Family Social Services Administration to modernize and manage the state's Medicaid management information system.

Tyler to upgrade tax collection for Tennessee

Tyler Technologies will provide Tennessee with a new property tax management system that will enable its counties to access the database and software from one location.