People
First Source RFP due by Nov. 18
DHS will accept submissions until Dec. 19 and award contracts in February 2006, according to an department official.
Modernization
IT groups create critical infrastructure council
The IT Sector Coordinating Council will serve as a focal point for critical infrastructure protection collaboration and information sharing.
Cybersecurity
Los Alamos enters market with worm defense
The laboratory created the Network Automated Response and Quarantine to target self-replicating intrusion threats.
Digital Government
Input creates expert consulting group
Four seasoned executives, two from industry and two from government, make up the group, with more to come in the near future.
People
CSC nabs Defense Transportation contract
The integrator will provide management services for a command it has served since 1998.
Acquisition
Northrop Grumman takes first step toward $2B Va. deal
A $3.5 million contract from the state will allow for transition planning for an eventual overhaul of Virginia's executive branch IT infrastructure.
Digital Government
Booz Allen hopes to transcend consulting image
The firm hopes an IRS program will send the signal that it is more than a strategy shop.
People
AEC debuts management software tool
Software firm targets Microsoft with lower-priced project management application.
Cybersecurity
IT exec: Apply patches on schedule, not demand
Regular schedules for updating patches help organizations apply them faster than those installing patches as needed.
Digital Government
ERP system provides value for U.N. organization
Officials from the United Nations Development Programme are adding functionality to a 2-year-old enterprise resource planning system.
Digital Government
EMC and Unisys team for public-sector work
The companies are expanding a long-standing partnership to develop storage solutions for agencies.
Modernization
EPA starts agency e-recycling contest
Federal facilities are asked to recycle or donate as many of their used computers as possible during the next five months.
Digital Government