Perot wins work to run women's health site

Perot recently won a five-year, $16.1 million Health and Human Services Department contract to run the Web sites for the Office of Women's Health and provide staff to answer questions via a toll-free number.

Fear factor

Spike in malicious hacking creates need for vigorous action at state level.

AT&T bulks up

Deal with BellSouth puts more wireless, other services on tap.

Complexity breeds opportunity

Managing infotech fuels next big thing.

Conservative or progressive?

Telecoms juggle varying approaches to networking among federal agencies.

GSA seeks enterprisewide management of IT assets

The General Services Administration has released a highly anticipated draft solicitation for small businesses to help the agency streamline and support its IT infrastructure across the agency.

Raytheon nabs Army data communications integration deal

Raytheon Co. won a five-year, $48 million contract from the Army to standardize and integrate its communications systems.

Verizon opens government network ops center

The government may be the first beneficiary of the continuing integration of MCI with Verizon Communications Inc.

DHS awards Boeing SBI-Net contract

The Homeland Security Department will turn to Boeing Co. to provide the networking backbone for the department's highly anticipated Secure Border Initiative Network.

ITAA's Garcia to be Homeland Security cybersecurity chief

Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff announced the appointment of Greg Garcia to fill the open position of DHS assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications.

Prepare to survive

Experience shows planning critical to making Networx work.

Comms in a box

D.C. area turns to radio-bridging device to connect disparate first responders.

GSA flexes buying muscle to improve wireless deals

The General Services Administration is seeking the industry's perspective on buying cell phones, PDAss and cellular network cards, as well as services such as broadband and WiFi, through a volume-purchase program.

Agencies told to strive for a smooth Networx transition

Government and industry officials urged federal agencies to plan thoroughly for the transition from the govenmentwide telecommunications services contract to the new, complex Networx procurement that will be awarded next year.

Perot Systems hooks $200M data-center outsourcing deal

Perot Systems Corp. won a 10-year contract worth more than $200 million from the Education Department to furnish a technology system for processing federal student financial aid.

GSA releases RFI for strategic sourcing wireless initiative

GSA hopes to gain industry perspective on buying cell phones, personal digital assistants and cellular network cards, as well as services such as broadband and WiFi through a volume-purchase program.

IRS seeks mainframe support

The IRS is seeking maintenance, support and software services for its IBM mainframe systems.

Six firms chosen for satellite work

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>The Army has chosen six companies to compete for work under its five-year, $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems contract.

IPv6: The future is now

The clock is ticking on Uncle Sam's next-generation Internet implementation.

Commentary | Network demands restructure an industry

Defense consolidation focused on building IT capabilities to face down new and varied threats.