Chris Gardner | Survival Guide: extended interview

Once homeless, Chris Gardner now shares lessons on work, success and giving back.

Intelligent Decisions helps out with TSA tech refresh

Intelligent Decisions has won a contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide equipment that will be used to upgrade and expand the agency's technology infrastructure.

ACS keeps Texas vendor drug-program work

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will continue delivering services that automate prescription approval for Medicaid patients in Texas through a two-year, $4.8 million contract.

Chris Gardner | Survival Guide: Perspectives from the field

"A long walk to Wall Street is how others describe my life." That sentence is emblazoned on the cover of Chris Gardner's bestseller "Pursuit of Happyness", which chronicles Gardner's climb to the top of the financial world following a bleak spell of homelessness.

NCI readies Air National Guard network for takeoff

NCI Information Systems Inc will support the Air National Guard's information analysis network under a contract that may be worth as much as $25.3 million over four years.

Wyoming re-ups CGI-AMS for ERP apps

CGI-AMS will continue hosting its proprietary enterprise resource planning system for Wyoming under a contract worth $22.6 million over five years.

NCI to harden Air National Guard data operations

NCI Information Systems Inc. will assist the Air National Guard with continuity of operations through a one-year contract worth $4.9 million.

Medicity to nurture Delaware health network

Medicity Inc. will build a statewide health information exchange for Delaware under a six-year contract, expected to be worth about $25 million, officials said Thursday.

Aquilent wins VA portal improvement work

Aquilent Inc. will continue its e-health portal work with the Department of Veterans Affairs under a new contract worth $2.1 million.

STG nets VA public key infrastructure deal

STG Inc. will provide an array of support services for public key infrastructure to the Veterans Department under a new contract

Ciber charts course for Texas port security deal

Ciber Inc. has won a contract to install a harbor management and security solution in Port Freeport, Texas.

CSC wins $3.7B U.K. health care IT services deal

Computer Sciences Corp. will lead a team that will furnish IT services to the United Kingdom's National Health Service in three of five regions through a contract potentially worth $3.7 billion over nine years.

New Orleans re-ups ACS for Water Board IT support

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will continue to furnish IT services to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board under a contract renewal worth $4.5 million.

Hansen wins Fla. municipal software deal

Hansen Information Technologies Inc. won a contract to install its community development and regulation software suite in Sarasota.

Keane secures Justice grant management deal

Keane Inc. won a contract from the Justice Department to deliver IT support services for a key grant program, under a contract worth $14 million over five years.

Motorola buys Symbol Technologies for $3.9B

Motorola Inc. has acquired mobility solutions provider Symbol Technologies Inc. for $3.9 billion in cash.

Cogent slated for Md. automated fingerprint work

Cogent Systems Inc. will supply an automated palm print and fingerprint identification system to the Maryland Public Safety and Correction Services Department through a five-year contract worth $4 million.

Montana re-ups ACS for Medicaid fiscal services

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will continue delivering Medicaid fiscal agent and associated services to Montana under a 58-month contract worth $29 million.

SAIC closes bd Systems deal

Science Applications International Corp. has completed its acquisition of bd Systems Inc., a provider of aerospace engineering and IT services.

Ciber nets Agriculture Department IV&V work

Ciber Inc. will supply independent validation and verification services to the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency under a newly awarded contract.