SAIC sells product set to Idea Sciences

Science Applications International Corp. has sold a suite of decision support products to Idea Sciences Inc. SAIC originally acquired the technology through its 2000 purchase of Leadership 2000 Inc.

Calif. company plants federal roots in Md.

Oblix Inc., a developer of identity-based security solutions, is opening a federal government sales office in Silver Spring, Md.

GAO: Impact of NMCI cost needs to be resolved

The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project is beginning to hamper the ability of some Navy installations to plan and budget for their information technology costs, according to a new report by the General Accounting Office.

Next two years rosy for fed IT

The federal information technology marketplace will be filled with contract opportunities during the next two years, but contractors seeking success in the rapidly growing market must focus on meeting individual agencies' needs rather than selling their own strengths.</FONT>

It pays to get it right

<FONT SIZE=2>With companies throughout the nation under intense scrutiny for financial reporting, one federal contractor is finding that even a seemingly minor misstatement regarding subcontract work can touch off repercussions, whether with a partner, a customer or Wall Street analysts.</FONT>

Defense Dept. picks Unisys for biometrics assessment

As part of the $1.23 million biometrics research and development support task order, Unisys and the Defense Department will be working on improving identification of individuals from a database of two-dimensional photographs.

WR Systems nets $149 million Navy deal

WR Systems Ltd. won a five-year Navy contract to provide navigation systems support services.

CSC to oversee NIH medical info systems overhaul

Computer Sciences Corp. won a contract to support the National Institutes of Health in modernizing and expanding its medical information systems. The $32 million agreement, announced Oct. 24, is for one year and has five one-year options.

CSC retracts $50 million contract announcement

Computer Sciences Corp. has issued a correction concerning a $50 million subcontract that it said six weeks ago it had been awarded. In a statement to Washington Technology, the company said the press release it issued Sept. 10 regarding work for Unisys in support of the Transportation Security Administration "was incorrect" and should have stated that CSC had entered into a teaming agreement with Unisys.

SAIC team gets demonstration phase of Trailblazer

Science Applications International Corp. has been chosen by the National Security Agency to carry out the technology demonstration platform phase of the Trailblazer program, the NSA's modernization of its signals intelligence capabilities.

Northrop Grumman lands $80M Navy contract

Northrop Grumman Corp. will lead a team to help the Navy streamline security assistance and foreign military sales for the Naval Sea Systems Command.

Stampede of suitors chase Unisys TSA project

<FONT SIZE=2>Since Unisys Corp. announced Aug. 19 that it won the $1 billion Information Technology Management Services contract to create the IT infrastructure for the Transportation Security Administration, the company has been inundated with proposals from vendors interested in slicing off their own piece of the pie.</FONT>

SES taps Ross for growth

<FONT SIZE=2>Ron Ross has decided it's time to have some fun on the job.</FONT>

Cybersecurity

<FONT SIZE=2>&#009;Whatever the White House's new draft cybersecurity plan lacked in specific requirements for the private sector, it more than made up for in proposed spending to improve security at federal agencies.</FONT>

Boeing to start satellite air traffic control tests

<FONT SIZE=2>Soon after New Year's Day, a Boeing Co. 737-400 research and test airplane will take off from Seattle. The plane, called Connexion One, will carry equipment to test satellite-based communications systems for air traffic management.</FONT>

PEC Solutions scores second part of criminal justice contract

Mecklenburg County, N.C., picked PEC Solutions Inc. to implement an integrated criminal justice information system. The $17.4 million contract is the second part of a three-stage program. The first phase, already awarded and finished by Fairfax, Va.-based PEC, was to develop a conceptual design for the system. The second phase is for deploying the system throughout Mecklenburg County.

GAO washes hands of Defense networking deal

The General Accounting Office has dismissed protests of a controversial networking contract award to WorldCom Inc., deciding it should not get caught up in the legal maneuvers surrounding WorldCom's alleged financial misconduct and other potential legal woes. The government watchdog agency decided "the totality of circumstances make it inappropriate ... to review this matter."

SI International wins $10 million Army contract

SI International Inc. will provide personnel administration and human resources automated systems operations to support the military personnel services mission of the Army Garrison at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

STG buys Decision Systems Technologies

The value of the deal was not released, but STG acquired DSTI for a combination of cash and seller notes.

Corvis bolsters government biz for optical work

Corvis Corp. has established a new subsidiary and advisory board to provide optical networking solutions to the government.