NetSec purchases U.K. firm

Network Security Technologies acquired Defcom Information Security Ltd., a U.K.-based firm that offers specialized professional security services.

Sprint settles overbilling complaint for $5.5 million

Sprint Corp. and the Justice Department have settled a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the company knowingly overcharged the government under the FTS2001 long-distance contract.

IT infrastructure goes frugal

On Jan. 17, AT&T Corp. began work on a two-week project to consolidate and upgrade NASA's fragmented Web-hosting infrastructure. The space agency needed greater capability to handle the increasing volume of traffic and data transmissions at its Web sites.

Deepwater moves full speed ahead

In February, the Coast Guard boosted one of its workhorse cutters, the 110-foot-long Matagordo, out of the water and onto blocks -- the better to slice it in half.

Titan takes $195 million Navy contract

Titan Corp. is the winner of the Navy's Intelligence and Information Technology Management 2 contract, beating BAE Systems plc, the contract's incumbent.

ARINC launches new unit for broadband, satellite services

ARINC Satellite Services will pursue opportunities for aeronautical satellite voice and narrowband and broadband data services in the commercial airline, business aviation and government and military markets, the company announced today.

General Dynamics wins $2 billion ICE2 contract

General Dynamics Corp. won a $1.95 billion Air Force contract to provide information technology equipment and technical support to the defense and intelligence communities, the company announced June 11.The Air Force's Intelligence Information, Command and Control Equipment and Enhancement contract is a four-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity vehicle with two three-year options.

Lockheed Martin creates transportation security unit

Lockheed Martin Corp. has formed a new business unit, Transportation and Security Solutions, to address growing national priorities for safe travel and border control.

GovOne buys e-gov company Frank Solutions

GovOne Solutions LP has acquired Frank Solutions Inc., a provider of e-government software and applications to state and local governments.

Updated: General Dynamics to buy Veridian

General Dynamics Corp.'s plan to acquire Veridian Corp. will provide an immediate benefit to the company's information technology operation, says the executive charged with handling the $1.5 billion deal.

DHS creates division for cybersecurity

The Homeland Security Department is winning praise from industry for its new National Cyber Security Division.

Callahan placed on leave by DHS

The Department of Homeland Security today placed a senior official on administrative leave while officials continue to investigate reports that she got her academic degrees from a diploma mill in Wyoming.

Davis requests OPM to investigate feds' use of diploma mills

Two House members have asked the Office of Personnel Management to explain or create provisions the agency has to guard against federal employees embellishing their resumes with degrees from diploma mills.

Accounting for government

Find a need and fill it. That business truism has served Deltek Systems Inc. well during the past two decades as the company has made itself the dominant provider of government cost accounting software.

HSD official accused of using diploma mill

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee, is pushing the Homeland Security Department to investigate allegations that a high-ranking department official received academic degrees from a diploma mill.

Congressional scrutiny of Homeland official steps up

Several members of Congress are seeking to learn how background checks and security clearances failed to flag the questionable academic credentials of a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security.

General Dynamics wins $2 billion Army contract

General Dynamics Corp. won the Army's 10-year, $2 billion Common Hardware/Software III contract.

Senator calls on HSD to investigate official's doctorate

A senate committee chairwoman today turned up the heat on the Homeland Security Department's investigation of a senior government career official's claim of a Ph.D. from a Wyoming university that, according to its literature, requires no attendance and scant course work.

TSA, contractors grilled on screeners' hiring

Transportation Security Administration says screening of inspectors to be completed by October.

HSD official obtained Ph.D. from diploma mill

A high-ranking career official in the Homeland Security Department apparently obtained her doctorate from a Wyoming diploma mill.