Accenture gets logistics-planning contract
The Defense Logistics Agency has hired Accenture Ltd. to help make its supply systems more responsive for planning future operations.<br>
Liberty Alliance releases privacy best practices
An industry standards body has released guidelines on how to ensure that online credentialing systems meet privacy laws.
Tech Success: Rugged wireless modems track public vehicles
Officials of Aurora, Colo., have improved the productivity of the city's non-emergency vehicles by equipping them with an automated vehicle tracking system.
INSCOM unifies Unix, Windows inventories
The Army Intelligence and Security Command has bought server management software from Altiris Inc. to integrate an inventory of computers running Unix into one documenting the computers running Windows.
Accenture elects VeriSign for e-voting
As recent headlines have shown, building a foolproof electronic voting system is difficult. A successful system must protect the voter's privacy while ensuring strict accountability of each vote cast.
LaserFiche wins DoD certs
LaserFiche has received Defense Department certification for a version of its records management software.
Advanced logistics systems scale down mountains of supplies
The Defense Department's efforts to improve logistics by increasing asset visibility paid off in Iraq. Although the supply lines were attenuated, they did not fail the troops at the front line, said Joseph Kampf, president and chief executive officer of Anteon International Corp., Fairfax, Va.
Network-centric project management: Integrators develop advanced tools to handle complex projects
As the military's weapons and information systems become increasingly complex, integrators that build these systems have discovered they need project management tools equally complex and advanced.
Network-centric warfare in action: Northrop Grumman's Theater Medical Information Program
For Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, Operation Iraqi Freedom provided an opportunity to deploy its Theatre Medical Information Program, a framework for moving patient data around different echelons of the Army.
All quiet on the cyberfront
Operation Iraqi Freedom may be one of the first network-centric wars, but the public Internet did not become a major battlefield during the conflict.
Lessons from Iraq
From the moment fighting began in Iraq, U.S. military leaders were coolly assessing the performance of their own technology, tactics, weapons and forces. The Pentagon, in fact, had embedded an elite team of 35 joint staff officers with U.S. troops to observe operations and compile lessons learned for future wars.
CSC wins $88 million DHS Starlight award
Computer Sciences Corp. has won an $88 million task order to support border operations for the Homeland Security Department.
Spirent wins DoD network testing deal
A subsidiary of Spirent plc will help a Defense Department team assess the next version of the Internet protocol for military use.
Trans Digital wins $65 million State Dept. work
The Arlington, Va., company has won a five-year contract worth up to $65 million to provide passport-printing systems to the State Department.
Amsec buys Eagan, McAllister Associates
Amsec LLC will acquire Eagan, McAllister Associates Inc., a military IT and engineering services company.
OMB considers NIAP for software certifications
The software certification role of National Information Assurance Partnership might expand from defense and national security agencies to all federal agencies, a White House official tells Congress.
McDonald Bradley wins $11 million DEA deal
McDonald Bradley Inc., Herndon, Va., has won a five-year, $11.2 million contract to help the Drug Enforcement Administration connect multiple mission-critical systems.
Anteon awarded $32 million in Army, Coast Guard work
Anteon International Corp. has been awarded $32.2 million worth of work from the Army and Coast Guard.
NASA awards contracts to Honeywell, QSS
NASA has awarded three large contracts for systems management and IT work.
Harris realigns government unit
Harris Corp. has realigned its Government Communications Systems Division.
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