DISA awards three contracts for net-centric support
The Defense Information Systems Agency hired three small businesses to help the agency move, monitor and secure the Net-Centric Enterprise Services program as it migrates to the Web.
Future Combat Systems contract overhauled
For the second time in less than a year, the Army is restructuring its Future Combat Systems program, this time on the heels of sharp criticism from legislators and an unflattering report by the Government Accountability Office.
DISA awards contract to upgrade telecom network
Nortel Networks Federal Solutions division won a $20 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to improve the control and responsiveness of the Defense Switched Network.
DARPA taps Lockheed to give apps a boost
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is turning to Lockheed Martin Corp. for help improving the performance of its applications.
Army takes next step on large services buy
Seventeen companies have been picked by the Army to compete for a piece of its $20 billion enterprise services buy.
Anteon wins battlefield medical system contract
Anteon International Corp. has won a five-year, $117 million contract to support the Army's Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care program.
RGS to provide business process, IT services to Navy
RGS Associates Inc. gets five-year, $26 million contract to offer programmatic, business process management and technical support.
Microsoft enlists Air Force as tester of security patches
The department will receive beta patches before they are officially released to test the programs in environments, configurations and against applications.
Army to issue RFP for ITES-2S contract
The Army is expected to release a request for proposals for its $20 billion IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services (ITES-2S) contract by the end of March.
DOD awards contracts for auditing services
KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte & Touche are among a score of contractors the DOD hopes can help the department improve its financial record-keeping.
Kern joins Anteon's board
Anteon International has appointed the former commanding officer of the Army Materiel Command to its board of directors.
Army hires CSC for single logistics project
Computer Sciences Corp. has won a $199 million blanket purchase agreement to integrate the Army's field logistics system with its national logistics system.
Bush taps DOD deputy as interim Army undersecretary
President Bush has designated Raymond F. DuBois, former deputy Defense undersecretary for installations and environment, as acting undersecretary of the Army.
Army shuffles IT units
In a move the Army said reflects changes in how it provides equipment to warfighters, the service has realigned three communications and electronics organizations at Fort Monmouth, N.J., to form the Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command.
DISA reissues net-centric solicitation
The Defense Department has reissued a notice to buy products to help move its Net-Centric Enterprise Services program to the Web.
DOD awards personnel system training contract
SI International Inc. won a $1.9 million training contract to help users learn the new National Security Personnel System.
Defense expects big IT spending boost in 2006
The Defense Department today unveiled a $419.3 billion budget that calls for raising IT spending by the largest margin in the past four years.
Cebrowski retires from his job as Defense transformation czar
The Defense Department lost its chief champion for change yesterday when retired Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski stepped down from his job as director of the force transformation ? but not before he finished and signed the Future Force Architecture document and shipped it off to Congress.
Government releases specs for security checklists
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Security Agency have released a specification to standardize IT security checklists.
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