$60B in IT-related contracts awarded in 2002, report says
The federal government awarded more than $60 billion in IT-related contracts in 2002, according to a new report.
Policy change would help small businesses
<FONT SIZE=2>The White House has proposed a far-reaching policy change that would require small businesses to recertify annually their eligibility for some contracts reserved for small business. </FONT>
Small-business deals under investigation
<FONT SIZE=2>The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington and the General Accounting Office are investigating whether large businesses are fraudulently pursuing -- and winning -- government contracts set aside for small businesses. </FONT>
Sugar named Northrop Grumman president and CEO
Ronald Sugar, a defense-industry veteran, will be Northrop Grumman Corp.'s next chief executive officer.
CSC-DynCorp merger vote set
DynCorp stockholders will vote March 7 on a proposed merger with Computer Sciences Corp.
Former senior Ridge adviser on IT now leads ITAA Homeland Security Task Group
Jim Flyzik, former senior adviser to homeland security director Tom Ridge, was named chairman of the Homeland Security Task Group of the Information Technology Association of America, officials of the Arlington, Va., organization announced today.
Cryptek closes $10M funding round
Cryptek Inc., a Sterling, Va., maker of network security products, has secured $10 million in Series B funding.
CACI to manage Navy data center
CACI International Inc. was awarded a $103 million prime contract to support Navy Enterprise Maintenance Automated Information System Data Center operations.
Savi gets defense deal for radio frequency ID tech
Savi Technology Inc. was awarded a three-year procurement contract by the Department of Defense, valued up to $90 million, for Radio Frequency Identification hardware and related software and services.
SAIC closes acquisition of Quality Research
Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego has bought Quality Research Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., SAIC officials announced this week. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
FTS to increase professional services help
Soon, federal agency contracting officers will be able to call on the staff of the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service for help with contracting for professional services, GSA Administrator Stephen Perry said Wednesday.
Outlook 'robust': IT funds flow to defense, homeland security
<FONT SIZE=2>Information technology services firms with significant work in the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security will be winners under the Bush administration's proposed $59.3 billion federal IT budget for fiscal 2004, industry executives and analysts said. </FONT>
SBA plays matchmaker
<FONT SIZE=2>Government buyers and large federal contractors will look for small-business partners at events nationwide this year through a new Small Business Administration program, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington and Hewlett-Packard Co. of Palo Alto, Calif.</FONT>
Lee warns Defense procurement personnel GAO will be watching
Deirdre Lee, director of defense procurement and acquisition policy, Wednesday put the department's contracting officers on notice that the General Accounting Office and Congress will be watching how they implement the requirements of Section 803 of the 2002 National Defense Authorization Act.
Homeland security gets top billing in budget
President Bush is making homeland security the top priority in his fiscal 2004 budget request to Congress, and promises intense scrutiny of how the funds are spent.
Proposed rules on contract bundling issued
The Federal Acquisition Regulation councils issued a proposed rule Jan. 31 to help small businesses by amending the regulation in an attempt to curtail contract bundling. The proposed changes would implement Office of Management and Budget's recommendations for increasing federal contracting opportunities for small businesses by unbundling contracts where possible and mitigating the effects of bundling when it's necessary.
Key committees get new leaders
<FONT SIZE=1>	Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., was appointed chairman of the House Government Reform Committee. Davis had led the Government Reform subcommittee on technology and procurement policy. He succeeds Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., who stepped down because of term limits. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has taken over the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., lost the chairmanship because the Senate lost its Democratic majority. Collins reportedly has said she wants to improve cybersecurity and maintain privacy while encouraging agency data sharing.</FONT>
First aid for first responders
<FONT SIZE=1>	Two bills introduced in the Senate could ease deployment of anti-terrorism and emergency warning technologies. </FONT>
Industry fears new liability bill
<FONT SIZE=1>The board of directors of a company that produces anthrax-detection sensors said last fall that it could not sell the technology to the U.S. Postal Service because its liability protection was too low.</FONT>
OMB: Agencies improve but management goals still tough to meet
Agencies are making progress on key administration management goals such as e-government, financial management and competitive sourcing, but plenty of work still needs to be done, according to a new scorecard.
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