Unisys to continue Justice asset tracking system work

Unisys Corp. will continue supporting a consolidated asset tracking system used by the Justice Department to monitor property seized from criminals under a new contract.

Report: Global homeland security surge seen

Global homeland security spending is projected to rise by 46 percent to $34.8 billion by 2011, according to a new report.

Unisys wins $110M Australian IT outsourcing deal

Unisys Corp. will furnish a wide range of outsourced desktop services to the Australian Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Department through a new contract.

Lockheed wins CDC bioterror response deal

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue providing logistical and operational support to the agency's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response.

House moves to streamline Safety Act application process

Senior members of the House Homeland Security Committee on Jan. 19 introduced legislation to streamline implementation of Safety Act liability protections for anti-terrorism technologies.

NIST recommends two labs for voting system testing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has recommended that two Colorado laboratories be accredited to test voting systems against federal standards.

NIST to release IPv6 profile

The National Institute of Standards and Technology will release the federal government's Internet Protocol version 6 profile by the end of the month.

Kansas re-ups EDS for Medicaid fiscal services

EDS Corp. will continue administering fiscal agent services for the state of Kansas through a $91.7 million contract extension.

Skinner: DHS financial systems lack strong security

The Transportation Security Administration has inadequate computer security controls on its financial systems, according to a new report.

BAE Systems to head up next phase of DARPA satellite research

BAE Systems will lead a team of companies in the next development phases of the Novel Satellite Communications program.

Federal Signal buys Codespear

Federal Signal Corp. has acquired Codespear LLC, a provider of emergency management software, for about $17 million.

Picarelli leaves behind a legacy of caring

Executives and other officials around the government IT industry mourned the death of Al Picarelli in late December.

Q&A | The network is still the computer

Don't buy the hardware and the software, buy the services. That's been the mantra in recent years for Scott McNealy and other executives at Sun Microsystems Inc.

Hot topics for the New Year

Politics, must-have technologies and major new contracts are front and center in 2007. Permeating these issues is the continuing war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Don't gamble with success

Outsourcing, customer relationships and people are the best bets for 2007.

On the edge

The new version of Insightix Ltd.'s network access control solution offers a straightforward approach for implementing a complete and real-time network access control policy across the enterprise network.

L-3's small-business partners roll with the changes

When a contractor changes its name three times in 18 months, something big is probably afoot. At L-3 Communications Corp., the $12 billion company that has been acquiring and reorganizing its government contracting units, the changes add to the challenges as well as the opportunities for prospective small-business partners.

Social and political returns on investments

A new study by the Center for Technology in Government describes the first steps toward measuring public return on investment. The center's methodology and its results hold great promise for agencies and governments at all levels.

Federal IT consolidation spills over into 2007

Senior executives and owners of federal IT services companies should pay close attention to a changing environment that provides both opportunities and uncertainties in 2007.