Opponents of open source software applauded a recent OMB memo that they claim puts proprietary software on competitive footing with open source software in federal procurements.
Teams led by Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. have submitted proposals to design the next phase of the Defense Department's Joint Tactical Radio System. The Defense Department is expected to choose two companies in June.
The $1.9 billion agreement between Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. promises interoperability between the company's product lines, company executives said today.
The skies of tomorrow's battlefields will be darkened by swarms of networked, self-propelled attack aircraft, if research that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants comes to fruition.
Despite more rigorous checking of cargo moving through U.S.-Canadian border points since Sept. 11, 2001, the Customs and Border Protection Bureau is reducing the time for freight border checks at some locations, thanks to a new initiative overseen by the ITS Services Inc., Springfield, Va.
ITS Services Inc. has won a contract extension to equip Mexican border ports with wireless truck identification technology, according to the company. The systems integrator has been contracted to equip six ports with wireless technologies.
When job seekers and employers come to the Labor Department's employment and training Web site, they need to do more than just search HTML pages. They need to search through documents that are in Word, PowerPoint or portable document formats.
