Government Acquisitions wins USDA order

Federal reseller Government Acquisitions Inc. has won a contract worth about $24 million to provide computers from Gateway to the Agriculture Department.

Tech Success: Energy lab grows with Objectivity technology

To capture the data from one of its particle-colliding experiments, the Energy Department's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center has created what it claims is the world's largest database, one with more than 800 terabytes of data.

Essex team wins $57 million intel agency work

A team led by Essex Corp. has won a $57 million contract to deliver custom systems and support to an unnamed intelligence agency.

SAIC wins $139 million space defense work

A team led by Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, won a contract worth up to $139 million to support the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center.

I-Sector wins $5 million Army BPA

A subsidiary of I-Sector Corp. has won a blanket purchase agreement worth up to $5 million to sell wireless networking gear to the Army.

DIMHRS key to more Northrop Grumman military HR work

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s win of the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System contract may open the door to more military human resource system work for the company.

Northrop Grumman takes Navy DIMHRS deal

Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a contract worth about $282 million to provide the Navy with an integrated human resources management system.

Cap Gemini wins $7.6 million Army deal

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young SA, Paris, has won a task order worth $7.6 million to develop an IT integration framework for the Army.

GAO: Geospatial sharing insufficient

Although agencies are deploying geospatial information systems to help battle wildlife fires, more interagency communications are needed to get their full value, according to a new federal report.

Tech Success: EDS secures NMCI with Securify

Electronic Data Systems Corp. in August awarded Securify Inc. a two-year, $5.8 million contract to help resolve a challenge the integrator had grappled with for almost three years: how to secure a huge network rife with legacy applications.

Survival Guide: Stephen Wolfram, scientist and founder and CEO of Wolfram Research

Not everyone lays claim to inventing an new way of thinking scientifically about the world. Last year, Stephen Wolfram, who developed the popular technical computing software Mathematica, published a controversial book, "A New Kind of Science." An 1,192-page volume, the book shows how complex behavior can spring from a small set of initial rules. It draws from an emerging field of physics called cellular automata, or the study of how dynamic systems develop.

Agencies warm to new standard for networking

A new telecommunications protocol is on the rise that will enable integrators to lower their costs and give government customers greater control over their voice and data networks.

Schneider subsidiary wins Army Corps contract

A subsidiary of Schneider Electric SA, Rueil-Malmaison, France, won a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract worth up to $200 million to install and maintain automated building control systems for federal agencies, the company announced this month.

Schlumberger renames smart-card unit

The smart-card division of Schlumberger Ltd., New York, has changed its name to Axalto.

ACS wins $100 million Air Force contract

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. of Dallas has won a $100 million contract from the Air Force to provide command and control support to selected Air Force aircraft, subcontractor MTC Technologies Inc. announced Sept. 18.

NSF commissions $11 million weather prediction grid

The National Science Foundation has awarded $11.25 million to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications to build a grid network to help study and predict dangerous weather.

$4 million Marine deal goes to AT&T

AT&T Corp.'s government solutions unit has won a $4 million contract to deploy a Web-based system as part of a program to help Marines leaving the service adjust to civilian life.

NSF awards $9 million for middleware development

Twenty teams will share a $9 million award from the National Science Foundation to develop next-generation computer middleware.

AT&T dials right number with Mercury, West Corp.

Although AT&T Corp. expected heavy traffic on the do-not-call registry it deployed for the Federal Trade Commission, the company was still surprised by the registry's instant popularity.

Boeing calls on IBM for internal phone service

Boeing Co. has outsourced its internal phone communications to IBM Corp. in a three-year contract valued at $160 million.