Raytheon takes on brainy intell project

Company will research how the brain processes large amounts of unstructured data.

Is a government love affair with the iPad about to begin?

Washington Technology's sister publication Federal Computer Week spoke with some avid tablet users in the federal government about how they use their tablets and how these still-new devices are likely to change the game.

Did SAIC, Jacobs write their own contract?

The Defense Department's inspector general found that SAIC and Jacobs Engineering performed too many government functions under a mine-resistant vehicle contract. Where did they cross the line?

10,000 job cuts loom at Cisco

The reduction in headcount by 14 percent is driven by a need to revive profit growth.

Level 3, Sprint suffer from feds slow transition to Networx

Level 3 Communications and Sprint Nextel are losing opportunities for federal agency telecommucations overhaul, report states.

General Dynamics faces tough negotiations to build Navy ships

General Dynamics and the Navy continue contract talks for two destroyers.

Big A turns big guns on CityTime fraud officials

Investigators probing the massive, fraud-ridden New York City CityTime payroll system involving SAIC are widening their focus to staffers within Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, according to a NYC tabloid.

SAIC told to repay NYC more than $600M, news agency reports

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is demanding that SAIC reimburse the city more than $600 million it paid the contractor in connection with the CityTime software project.

Lockheed Martin announces more job cuts

Defense contractor announced June 30 that it will cut an additional 1,500 jobs from its airplane-making sector.

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Jacobs growth strategy focused on IT

Jacobs Engineering makes its Top 100 play by moving beyond its professional services roots and targeting rich IT opportunities.

'Idiots' simplify hacking, CSC director tells news agency

A DHS experiment to test the ease of hacking shows more than half the people who find unknown computer discs or thumb drives will plug them into their office computers to see what's on them, exposing the systems to viruses and hacking.

Finmeccanica battles American defense giants for Air Force contract

Competition heats up for a U.S. Air Force contract to build jet trainers.

IBM reveals ambitious channel plans for Netezza

IBM expects half of Netezza data warehouse appliance sales to be sold through the channel.

SAIC engineer caught in $450M tech scam, newspaper reports

The owners of a New Jersey-based computer consulting company that had a $450 million subcontract with New York City have fled to their native India, leaving 200 employees out of work and an SAIC employee under arrest, the New York Daily News reports.

Verizon's cloud play fuels government growth strategy

Verizon adds mobility and security chops as it charges ahead with its cloud strategy.

Skype skips out on execs’ payout in midst of Microsoft purchase, report says

The Internet-calling service Skype Technologies, which is being bought by Microsoft Corp., is firing senior executives, a move that reduces the value of their payout, Bloomberg News reports.

Longest-serving federal CIO to retire

Vance Hitch, CIO of the Justice Department, is retiring.

After Kundra: What next?

Vivek Kundra has been a forceful leader for change in federal IT. What will happen to the efforts now underway when he leaves the federal CIO post in August?

Cisco's cloud director leaves for rival Juniper

Cisco's cloud director leaves for new Juniper gig.