Lockheed Martin announces DIMHRS team
The Bethesda-Md. company has finalized its players to compete for what will be the largest government personnel and pay system ever implemented.
Booz Allen wins $64 million in defense work
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. won a five-year, performance-driven task order to support the Joint Requirements and Integration Office.
IBM announces DIMHRS team
IBM Corp. has put together a team heavy with fellow systems integrators to compete for the what will be the largest government personnel and pay system ever implemented.
General Dynamics to buy Advanced Technical Products
General Dynamics Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire Advanced Technical Products Inc. for approximately $250 million.
Border bill promises high tech
Senate and House lawmakers are nearing agreement on new border security legislation that would dramatically increase funding for information technology solutions that help track the movements of aliens and citizens across U.S. borders.
Fed IT spending to grow 11 percent annually through 2007
Spending will increase to $63.3 billion by fiscal 2007, up from $37.1 billion in 2002, according to a new report.
Make room for data
When one thinks about the visualization solutions that SGI Federal Inc. specializes in, data storage management may not immediately come to mind. Yet the wholly owned subsidiary of Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, Calif., finds its government projects often come with immense storage needs.
GAO: Agencies don't measure pluses of outsourcing
Federal agencies are not sufficiently tracking their desktop outsourcing projects to measure whether they are achieving savings or other benefits, according to a General Accounting Office report released April 29.
Apple unveils ruggedized computers for schools
Apple Computer Inc. has introduced a new line of desktop computers, called the eMac, designed specifically for the education market. "Our education customers asked us to design a desktop computer specifically for them," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO.
SAIC, Northrop Grumman, five others share in $1 billion DISA NexGen deal
Seven companies have been selected for next generation engineering services for the Defense Information Systems Agency. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract vehicle will have a seven-year life and has an overall ceiling of $1 billion.
Danish Navy taps Anteon for minesweepers
Anteon International Corp. has been awarded $15.8 million by the Royal Danish Navy to build minesweeper systems.
Lockheed Martin wins screener training work
Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a $105 million contract to train airport security forces.
Aspect wins $150 million IRS contract
Aspect Communications Corp. will equip the Internal Revenue Service with the company's newest customer relationship management software.
IT fuels General Dynamics first quarter revenue
Move over combat systems and aerospace: For the first time, General Dynamics Corp.'s information technology group has generated more revenue than the aerospace, combat systems or other groups more traditionally associated with the company's defense work.Chairman and chief executive officer Nicholas Chabraja said: "Information Systems and Technology was the sales leader for the first time among our four groups."
Navy RFP for human resources system is out
The Navy has released the request for proposal for its Defense Department-wide Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System. Implementing this personnel system may be worth up to $1.5 billion.
Lockheed Martin seeks WIN-T partners
Lockheed Martin Corp. is searching for additional talent to complement the team it has assembled to pursue the Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, a $7 billion contract.
Radio wars
For Nancy Jesuale, director of communications services for the city of Portland, Ore., deciding how to allocate radio frequency spectrum poses a trade-off between the needs of "soccer moms [and] burning babies."
Instant messaging gets busy
The newest name on a government worker's Buddy List could be his or her supervisor.
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Defense finance architecture in IBM's hands
IBM Corp. won a contract to a develop a Department of Defense financial management enterprise architecture. The blanket purchase agreement has an estimated value of $50 million to $100 million.
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