Group issues first-responder network requirements

A public safety communications umbrella group has published its recommendations for setting up and operating the 700 Mhz broadband network that the FCC is establishing for first responders.

Global Analytic gets Army telecom work

Global Analytic IT Services Inc has won $3 million worth of Army contracts to perform telecommunications work at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., home of the Army Intelligence Center.

EMC, Canon say good-bye to GSA

Two more household names in the government IT market have walked away from the General Services Administration.

ATS nabs Education tech support subcontract

ATS Corp. has won a $40 million subcontract from Perot Systems Corp. to help provide Web development, applications support and related services to the DOE.

Two companies get WITS about them

GSA has awarded its Washington Interagency Telecommunications Systems 3 contract to Verizon Business Network Services Inc. and Level 3 Communications LLC.

Harris sells radios to Latvian military

Harris Corp. has received a contract from the Latvian Defense Forces for Falcon II tactical communications systems.

Building blocks

Contractors enlist to help build a national health network ? one piece at a time.

DRS wins SPAWAR broadband network deal

DRS Technologies has received a $20 million task order for satellite-based Internet broadband service and VoIP from the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center.

Tyler signs New Mexico courts deal

Tyler Technologies Inc. will provide its Odyssey software to manage cases for trial courts in the state of New Mexico.

Safe bet

Green IT is good for the environment and good for the bottom line.

Hardware makes a play

Vendors offer products designed to generate energy savings, reduce carbon.

Verizon to upgrade communications at Fort Huachuca

Verizon Business will modernize communications infrastructure and systems at the Army's Fort Huachuca in Arizona under a new task order worth up to $20 million.

SAIC to upgrade AF air traffic control systems

Science Applications International Corp. will help upgrade air traffic control radio systems for the Air Force under a new contract worth up to $80 million.

Council seeks comments on public safety network specs

Public safety officials and industry experts have until Friday to submit comments to van umbrella group of organizations developing specifications for the new public safety broadband network to be created by the Federal Communications Commission.

Centurum gets SPAWAR network tasks

Centurum Inc. has received task orders totaling $5 million from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in Charleston.

CSC lands NAVAIR range support work

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide technical support to the Naval Air Warfare Center's Aircraft Division at Patuxent River, Md., under a new task order worth up to $430 million.

GAO: Fresh approach to infrastructure security needed

Electric power grids, water utilities and other critical control systems often lack the computer processing power needed to implement traditional IT security controls, according to a new GAO report.

Pragmatics to support Army Surgeon General

Pragmatics Inc. has won a task order from the Army Surgeon General's Office for information technology support, logistics and other services.

GEIA: Several factors to keep fed IT spending down

Federal IT spending will continue to grow over the next five years, but at a much lower rate than during the past five, according to an industry study.

Army issues software RFI

Army officials are surveying industry for systems that could help revamp the service's automated contract-writing processes.