Comtech lands Army tracking system deal

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has won a $12.7 million contract from the Army for its Movement Tracking System.

New York dares to dream

New York has put stringent measures in place to ensure contractor performance on its statewide wireless network, but the winning contractor is confident it can meet the demands of the massive project.

Emergencies validate e-records

The back-to-back hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast this season are an object lesson on the importance of electronic medical records. Having electronic medical records might have cut the time needed to deliver health services to hurricane victims, and even reduced the cost of delivering those services, analysts and industry officials said.

Agarwal to be California's tech services director

California Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed P.K Agarwal to serve as the state's director of technology services.

BearingPoint wins USAID economic improvement deal

BearingPoint Inc. has won a contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to help implement a broad program of economic, financial and private sector reform in Egypt.

Va. Transportation Department re-ups Halifax for seat management

Halifax Corp. has won a three-year contract extension from the Virginia Transportation Department for seat management services.

DRS Technologies wins new battlefield computer work

DRS Technologies Inc. has won a contract to provide rugged Applique Computer Systems and peripheral equipment for the Army's Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below program.

ACS wins New Mexico deal, names Mark King CEO

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. won an eight-year contract from the New Mexico Human Services Department to provide fiscal agent services.

Colorado re-ups ACS for child health work

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a one-year contract extension from the state's Department of Health Care Policy and Financing for the Child Health Plan Plus program.

CompuDyne acquires investigative tools firm

CompuDyne-Public Safety and Justice Inc., a subsidiary of CompuDyne Corp., has acquired Xanalys Corp., a provider of crime-solving and data-sharing tools.

DOD re-ups Alion for analysis center work

Alion Science and Technology has won a $60.7 million, three-year contract extension from the Defense Department to continue running its Weapons Systems Information Analysis Center.

AT&T wins Air Force intelligence work

AT&T Government Solutions won a five-year, $95 million contract to provide engineering and technical expertise to the Air Force's intelligence center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Social Security taps Lockheed Martin for records scanning

Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a contract to provide IT services to the Social Security Administration under its Electronic Disability Initiative National Scanning Project.

Army taps DRS Technologies for battlefield computers

DRS Technologies has won $15 million in contracts to provide rugged Applique Computer Systems and peripheral equipment for the Army's Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below program.

Unisys lands Bureau of Prisons inmate phone system deal

Unisys Corp. has won a contract from the Federal Bureau of Prisons for nationwide deployment and operation of the next-generation federal inmate telephone system.

Harris wins Netherlands tactical radio deal

Harris Corp. has won a contract to supply the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps with high-frequency tactical radios.

The Real deal

Companies specializing in driver's licensing and biometrics see rich opportunities in helping states comply with the Real ID Act passed earlier this year. But new opportunities may be slow to come, as states crunch cost estimates and wait for the federal government to offer guidance on how they should comply.

Nebraska city taps Accela for e-gov project

Accela Inc. has won a $1.2 million contract from Omaha, Neb., to provide a Web-based, integrated permitting, licensing and inspection management system.

Maximus wins Georgia managed care deal

Maximus Inc. has won a contract from the Georgia Community Health Department to provide enrollment broker services for managed care.

Army taps DRC for mission requirements work

Dynamics Research Corp. has won a $2.8 million contract from the Defense Department's Defense Modeling and Simulation Office and the Army Research Laboratory.