People
DOD signs QinetiQ to continue security work
The department awarded the company a $30 million follow-on contract to provide services for DOD’s Counterintelligence Field Activity.
Acquisition
IRS taps SAIC for data management, security
The company will provide IT support under a $10 million task order awarded under GSA's Millennia Lite governmentwide acquisition contract.
Acquisition
USA.gov to get support from small-biz firm
GSA awarded Cascades Technologies a a five-year, $3.5 million contract to provide content assistance and other information technology services.
People
VA taps EDS for personal identity verification cards
Under the $11.6 million contract, the company will assist VA in issuing cards in a format accepted throughout the federal government.
People
Idaho health department taps ACS for benefits management
Affiliated Computer Services will provide pharmacy claims processing, automated prior authorizations, help-desk support, prospective and retrospective drug use reviews, and federal and supplemental drug rebate administration and reporting.
Acquisition
Grassley, Sun's McNealy seek end to dispute
The two parties need to agree on an auditor to review the company's pricing practices.
Acquisition
Justice joins fraud lawsuit
Whistle-blower suit alleges that IT vendors submitted false invoices to the government.
Acquisition
Perot Systems to support NIH research
Under a $145 million follow-on deal, the company will continue to work with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
People
SRA CEO DiPentima to retire
He will be succeeded on April 2 by Stanton Sloane, formerly executive vice president for Integrated Systems and Solutions at Lockheed Martin.
People
ManTech sells off MSM unit
ManTech CEO George Pedersen's MSM Holdings is buying the subsidiary for $3 million in cash.
People
IG: Task orders awarded were improperly in VA data theft investigation
The report by the VA's IG especially singles out Pedro Cadenas, then the VA's associate deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Cyber and Information Security.
People
Piatt steps down as IAC chairman
Venkatapathi Puvvada, IAC's executive vice chairman, will take over effective March 21.
People
FEMA starts search to create civilian advisory panel
The National Advisory Council will work with FEMA's administrator to coordinate federal preparedness.
People
More than 1 million individuals' data at risk
The VA says the missing portable hard drive used by an employee at a VA medical facility may have held sensitive information on half a million individuals and more than 1 million physicians.
People
Northrop Grumman president takes on COO title; new CFO named
Wesley Bush takes on the portfolio of chief operating officer in addition to his current title of president.
Acquisition
U.S., India agree to expand small-biz opportunities
SBA and India’s Ministry of Small Scale Industry intend to increase cooperation and identify opportunities for strategic alliances.
Modernization
In-Q-Tel invests in StreamBase Systems
The CIA-funded venture capital firm sees intelligence value in StreamBase's complex event processing software.
People
An advocate of commercial best practices
A colleague describes EDS’ David Hadsell as one ‘who under-promises but over-delivers’.
Digital Government
Industry groups join hands
IT lobbying organizations agree to be partners on important policy issues.
Cybersecurity
US-VISIT program offers no exit
DHS discontinued testing a RFID biometric exit system for land crossings.
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