AT&T wins IRS network job

AT&T Corp. won a five-year, $54 million contract from the Internal Revenue Service to build a network that will integrate agency sites nationwide.

Sprint extends hearing impaired work in North Dakota

North Dakota renewed a deal with Sprint Corp. for three years for telecommunications relay services to citizens who are hearing- or speech-impaired.

Titan shareholders OK takeover

Titan Corp.'s shareholders this month overwhelmingly approved a $2.2 billion takeover bid by Lockheed Martin Corp., but some analysts said Lockheed Martin might lower its offering price a second time to complete the deal.

Out-of-scope contracts run out of time

Federal agencies may soon get new restrictions on how they buy products and services as part of a crackdown against out-of-scope contracting.

Three picked to design weather satellite sensor

Three companies have won two-year, $20 million contracts from NASA to design an advanced sensor for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

CAE USA racks up two Navy deals

CAE USA Inc. won a contract worth potentially $75 million to develop two tactical operational flight trainers and two weapons tactics trainers for the Navy.

SRA to help military families move

SRA International Inc. won a contract from the Defense Department's Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command.

Amsec wins Navy support work

Amsec LLC won a 10-year contract to provide engineering and logistics support to the U.S. Navy's Fleet Technical Support Center Atlantic.

Unisys wins defense financial management contract

Unisys Corp. has won a contract from the Defense Department's Finance and Accounting Service to provide desktop services worth a potential $83.5 million.

CACI: No contact from major shareholders over Iraqi prison scandal

Neither the California State Treasurer's Office nor two of the state's largest pension funds has contacted CACI International Inc. to obtain information about its business in Iraq.

Another deal done, more on the way for Essex

Essex Corp. is considering more acquisition candidates this year.

Lockheed wins B-52 modernization work

Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $30 million contract from the Air Force to increase the performance and memory of the B-52H bomber's mission computer.

Sensytech, Argon make deal to become one

Sensytech Inc. and Argon Engineering Associates Inc., defense and intelligence technology companies, have agreed to merge.

Harris picking up Orkand Corp. for $66 million

Harris Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Orkand Corp., provider of technical services and information technology for federal agencies.

Titan shareholders approve Lockheed Martin offer

Titan Corp. shareholders today overwhelmingly approved a $2.2 billion takeover bid from Lockheed Martin Corp.

Anteon, Raytheon share Navy contract

Two companies won 10-year Navy contracts worth a combined $726.1 million to provide systems modernization support.

ITS-SEA debuts name

Apogen Technologies Inc. name is derived from apogee and genesis.

New tools aid govt. contractors

For years, the market for business systems tailored to government contractors has favored large companies that could afford elaborate and pricey systems to help them pursue, win and maintain federal contracts. And choices have been limited to one or two sellers dominating the market.

Convergence calls: 10 telecom trends to impact IT companies

The telecommunications industry is once again in a state of flux. Still acclimating to the flood of competition unleashed by the 1996 Telecommunications Act and licking its wounds from a scandal-tainted 2000 market crash, the industry now must grapple with how best to deliver a wide variety of services over a changing network infrastructure.

Hart and Rudman: Funds for first responders should be based on need

The government must reallocate resources to state and local first responders based on threat assessments and population and compel the private sector to take measures to protect the country's critical infrastructure, two former U.S. senators said today.