Acquisition

Stillman touts performance-based business

The executive officer for the Coast Guard Deepwater program extolled the virtues of so-called performance-based acquisitions.

Acquisition

Agriculture Dept. buys Gateway PCs

Gateway gets $24 million for 18,000 desktops and 5,000 notebooks.

Acquisition

Lee joins reconstruction effort

DOD's top procurement official to craft procurement policies for Coalition Provisional Authority

Digital Government

NASA selects small business projects

NASA selected 145 research proposals Phase 2 of the agency's Small Business Innovation Research program.

People

Sole source: FedBizOpps portal sets standard for integrated government

What began life as a small electronic-procurement pilot at NASA has grown into an e-government giant.

People

DHS buys Anteon card readers

They'll be used for the US-VISIT immigration system.

Digital Government

Large firms dominate printer supply arena

Smaller companies have limited success

People

Intercepts

Bite that hand; DIMHRS on Slim-Fast?; Borland Consulting LLC; Morgan smacks NMCI; Army branding blitzkrieg

Acquisition

Resellers try to change with times

Firms provide mixture of products and services

People

Simulating peacekeeping

War games help Pentagon plan options

People

DISA restructures

The agency will concentrate on acquisition, engineering, operations, finance and governance.

Digital Government

This week in FCW history

This week in FCW history

People

Health and Human Services CIO to leave

Booz Allen Hamilton hired Melissa Chapman, who will resign her government job Oct. 17.

Digital Government

Observer extends network view

Network Instruments' analyzer monitors application, wireless traffic

People

Raytheon garners backbone contract

The Air Force hired Raytheon for up to $360 million to build a new network to allow easier processing of data from reconnaissance aircraft.

People

DOD awards HR system to Northrop

DIMHRS will provide military leaders with personnel data

Digital Government

DOD getting its IA act together

As DOD moves toward making data available on networks, the agency is also working to improve the security of those networks

People

US-VISIT on track

DHS anticipates meeting the first deadline for entry and exit system

Modernization

HP starts gigabit networking series

The company's ProCurve division expects to have several new products available by year's end.

People

DHS to oversee visas

Homeland Security Department officials dispatched agents to Saudi Arabia in the past month to inspect every visa application as part of its newest job of controlling U.S. visa policy worldwide