Unisys today announced the availability of the Unisys Recovery Act Reporting Environment, a new reporting solution designed to help government agencies and recipients of U.S. federal economic stimulus funds meet stringent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) reporting requirements. ARRA mandates that federal, state and local government organizations receiving stimulus …
Read More »Jim Allen named CFO at Global Strategies Group
Jim Allen has been hired as Executive Vice President and CFO of Global Strategies Group of North America, Inc. Allen has served as CFO at several publicly traded companies in the federal IT services sector during his 30-year career, including CACI International, Inc., GRC International and Veridian Corp. During his …
Read More »Raytheon Awarded $54 Million Contract to Retrofit Navy Super Hornets
The contract will equip the Super Hornets with APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars. The contract comes from the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD, and will replace the APG-73 radar systems in an undisclosed number of the F/A-18E/F aircraft. The new radar systems will ensure that pilots and …
Read More »CSC Receives $226 Million Task Order From U.S. Army for Engineering and Technical Support Services
CSC (NYSE: CSC), a global leader providing high technology-compatible solutions, disclosed today that they were awarded a task order to provide systems engineering, technical and program support for the US Army’s Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS). CSC was originally awarded the Strategic Services Sourcing contract …
Read More »Aneesh Chopra Outlines IT Vision for Congress
Aneesh Chopra, nominated as America’s first CTO, testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee yesterday, and outlined his plan to “collapse the distance between idea and action” to fulfill President Obama’s promise of a more transparent government, tighter oversight of federal IT investments, as well as more streamlined …
Read More »Vivek Kundra: FISMA Does Not Meet Federal Security Needs
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has been charged with the Obama administration’s goals of increased governmental transparency and tighter security and oversight of Federal IT assets, and commented Tuesday that the Federal Information Security Management Act isn’t working as it was intended: to safeguard federal information systems, as evidenced by recent …
Read More »Mary Whitley Joins ICF International
Mary Whitley, a highly experienced executive from the federal sector, has joined ICF International as a senior vice president in health information and health technology services, including the management of ICF’s health IT information services subsidiary Z-Tech. Her duties will include managing all aspects of that business arena, including strategic …
Read More »GovCon Executive Profile: Bill Mixon
Virginia native Bill Mixon currently serves as CEO of USIS, the largest supplier of security investigations for the federal government, as well as the National Security Division, a major supplier of critical national security services supporting a wide variety of vital programs throughout the world. Mixon’s professional background includes more …
Read More »USIS Buys Professional Services Firm Labat-Anderson
United States Investigations Services, a former federal government entity privatized in 1996, has announced a deal to acquire Labat-Anderson, Inc., a professional services firm specializing in providing litigation services to the federal government. Labat-Anderson and its more than 700 employees will operate as a stand-alone entity within USIS’s Government Solutions …
Read More »$84 Million Contract to Continue Advertising and Media Support for Army National Guard Awarded to CACI
CACI International, Inc., a Fortune 1000 and Russell 2000 provider of IT and professional services, revealed today it has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a maximum value of $84 million to continue advertising, media and marketing support to the Army National Guard State Media Services Program.The contract …
Read More »SRA to Upgrade Air-Traffic Control Technology at FAA
In an effort to support small to medium-sized airports in the National Airspace System, SRA International Inc. will provide a low-cost ground surveillance system solution under a contract awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration. The five-year IDIQ with a value in excess of $20 million will aid the FAA in reducing the …
Read More »NISC Adds Another Key Intelligence Leader to Board
The National Interest Security Company has announced the appointment of another leading intelligence authority to its board of directors, Dr. Donald Kerr, former principal deputy director of national intelligence. This comes on the heels of the naming of Gen. Michael Hayden to the board last week. NISC CEO Andrew Maner …
Read More »Military Photo Op Buzzes Statue of Liberty
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was reported to be “furious” about a recent photo op taken by the Military in New York City. The New York Daily news reported that a Presidential planes, followed closely by and F-16 buzzed the Lady of Liberty and gave many New Yorkers a scare. The …
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