CSC vows success on troubled IRS contract

Many taxpayers dread the month of April when they must file their annual income-tax returns. But perhaps no one has more cause to shrink from the Internal Revenue Service these days than Computer Sciences Corp.

Agencies to shift e-gov priorities

President Bush's fiscal 2005 budget reflects a slight shift away from creating new e-government projects to a focus on maintaining existing IT projects and shoring up network security, according to industry and government officials.

CACI nears closing on purchase of AMS division

Although still awaiting government approvals, CACI International is on track to complete its acquisition of the defense assets of American Management Systems next month, an executive says.

Titan scores missile systems deal from Navy

Titan Corp. received a $22.5 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to design, develop and test a prototype guided missile system.

VoIP will dominate telecom, former FCCer says

Voice-over-Internet services will dominate the telecommunications industry and alter telecom policy in the United States over the next few years, a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission says.

Military taps Monolithics for microwave technology

US Monolithics LLC received a $2.7 million contract to develop custom microwave integrated circuits and related packaging for a U.S. military program.

ATS wins FDIC contract

Advanced Technology Systems Inc. won a five-year $12.3 million contract from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to provide software development lifecycle support.

Security task order goes to Abacus Technology

Abacus Technology Corp. received a $10.7 million task order to supply technology enhancements for security systems at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

Lockheed Martin opens U.S. Visit office

Lockheed Martin Corp. will open an office dedicated to homeland security, in advance of the government's award next month of a hotly chased, $10 billion contract to track the entry and exit of foreign visitors, the company said today.

Justice inquiry threatens Lockheed-Titan merger

The proposed $2.2-billion merger of defense IT giants Lockheed Martin Corp. and Titan Corp. has been thrown into jeopardy, with the deal now pending the outcome of a Justice Department inquiry into bribery allegations.

Cofoni: CSC now on track with IRS, FBI work

Paul Cofoni, president of government business for Computer Sciences Corp., said the company's IT modernization projects for the IRS and the FBI will meet new deadlines, despite missing several start dates over the past few years.

L-3 grabs a pair of Army contracts

New York-based L-3 Communications Corp. received two five-year contracts totaling $84 million to provide the Army with software engineering support, the company said today.

FSI: Integrators play a growing role in efficient government

The government wants its IT contractors to help it make the most of limited dollars, analysts with a federal market research firm said.

CSC lands discount drug card work

Computer Sciences Corp. won a $46 million contract to enroll Medicare participants in a program for discount drug cards.

CACI to chase bigger deals

Systems integrator CACI International Inc. plans to compete for federal contracts two to three times larger than those it has won in the past, after it completes its acquisition of American Management Systems Inc.

Ridge pushes for unified IT systems by year's end

The Homeland Security Department will have integrated IT systems for its multiple agencies by the end of the year, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said today.

DHS infrastructure moves forward amid challenges

A year after the government pulled together 22 different federal agencies under the aegis of the Homeland Security Department, IT directors are now zeroing in on eight priorities.

CAE wins special ops contract

CAE Inc.'s U.S. division received a $16 million contract for common database architecture for a unit of the Army's airborne division.

MTC captures avionics work

MTC Technologies Inc. received an order worth up to $10 million from the Defense Department to continue maintaining avionics software for the Army.

Verity tapped for homeland security network

The Homeland Security Department has chosen Verity Inc.'s enterprise software for its government intelligence information-sharing network.