From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 4 11:46:43 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 07:46:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Serena Enters Global Strategic Marketing Agreement with SAIC to Meet Complex Needs of SAP Market Message-ID: <20040504074512.H400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 03, 2004 Serena Enters Global Strategic Marketing Agreement with SAIC to Meet Complex Needs of SAP Market http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/May/1037535.htm --- Serena Enters Global Strategic Marketing Agreement with SAIC to Meet Complex Needs of SAP Market SAN MATEO, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- May 3, 2004 -- Agreement Helps Serena Strengthen Its SAP Solution Offering and Increase Its Presence in SAP and Federal Markets SERENA Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), an industry-leading supplier of software that automates change to enterprise applications, today announced a global strategic marketing agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Under the terms of the agreement, SAIC will work with Serena to market, implement and provide consulting services for Serena's Application Life Cycle Management (ALM) solutions to customers with enterprise-wide applications such as SAP, other COTS software applications, and customer developed legacy applications. By combining its ALM products with SAIC's expertise and experience in enterprise-wide applications such as SAP, Serena provides a complete ALM solution to customers. The products give customers better visibility into life cycle processes, resulting in better management of enterprise workflow and improved communication enterprise-wide. Additionally, their comprehensive functionality combined with ease-of-use, helps ensure consistent processes across the application life cycle and faster adoption by the user community. Through enforced processes, and by utilizing SAIC's expertise during the implementation phase, SAP customers can increase enterprise productivity and audit-ability, as well as better align business and IT to meet corporate objectives. "SAIC is pleased to be working with Serena to help improve our SAP customers' ability to manage implementation of changes to their SAP and other enterprise-wide legacy applications," said Dick Cooke, SAIC corporate vice president. "We're excited to work with SAIC. SAIC brings a wealth of experience and capabilities in implementing SAP in various customer environments, which will help Serena gain more of a stronghold in the SAP market," said Evan Ellis, Chief Operating Officer, SERENA Software, Inc. "Until now, the opportunity to serve this market has not been successfully filled. By working with SAIC, and providing one of the only ALM solutions that integrates directly with SAP, we are uniquely positioned to meet the market's needs." About Serena SERENA Software, Inc. is the Enterprise Change Management (ECM) industry leader. For over twenty years Serena has focused exclusively on providing solutions that help companies automate change to the applications that run their businesses. With its acquisition of Merant, Serena's products are now in use at over 15,000 customer sites -- including 48 out of the Fortune 50. Serena's Application Framework for Enterprises (SAFE(TM)) is the next step in ECM, providing cross-platform, cross-process and cross-organizational support across application life cycle processes. This approach helps streamline development, improve productivity and lower development costs, resulting in a highly efficient enterprise. With headquarters in San Mateo, California, Serena serves customers worldwide through local offices and an international network of distributors. www.serena.com. About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. Serena is a registered trademark of SERENA Software, Inc. SAFE is a trademark of SERENA Software, Inc. All other products or company names are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 4 11:54:45 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 07:54:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Army to use SAIC sensors Message-ID: <20040504074924.K400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tuesday, May 4, 2004 Army to use SAIC sensors http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0503/web-base-05-03-04.asp --- The Army late last week awarded a $26.4 million contract worth potentially $1.1 billion to Science Applications International Corp. to network chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear-detection sensors at 200 military installations worldwide. SAIC and its industry team members will also develop an information technology backup plan in case of a catastrophic terrorist attack on these sites. The San Diego company will serve as lead systems integrator for the Guardian Installation Protection Program, according to an April 30 Defense Department contracts' statement. SAIC did not publish the contract award on its Web site. The eight vendors that competed for the work expect officials with Joint Project Manager, Guardian to meet with them during the next two weeks for the contract award debriefing, said an industry official whose team lost the procurement. The military office in Fairfax, Va., falls under control of Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala. Defense Department officials kept the five-year prevention and training initiative quiet for three years after Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz issued a memo in 2001. The department wants an industry team led by one company to oversee prevention, training and IT services. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 4 11:55:44 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 07:55:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] DOD taps SAIC to study space radar systems Message-ID: <20040504075458.G400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/03/04 DOD taps SAIC to study space radar systems http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/25823-1.html --- The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded an $8.5 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. to research advanced space-based radar technologies. Under the five-year contract, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the San Diego company will develop and document new algorithmic approaches for space radar systems. SAIC will also evaluate the performance of existing systems, according to an Air Force statement. Under the proposed effort, SAIC is providing technical research, analyses and assessment of various advanced radar concepts for DARPA and AFRL," said Steven A. Scott, program manager in the lab.s Information and Intelligence Exploitation Division. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 4 16:28:09 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 12:28:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Former SAIC Executive Appointed President at Digital Fusion Message-ID: <20040504122650.T400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> April 30, 2004 08:52 EST Former SAIC Executive Appointed President at Digital Fusion http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040430005254&newsLang=en --- HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2004--Digital Fusion, Inc. (OTCBB:DIGF), a business and information technology (IT) services provider, today announced the appointment of Gary S. Ryan as President of Digital Fusion, effective May 5, 2004. Additionally, Mr. Ryan was appointed to the Digital Fusion Board of Directors April 27, 2004. Digital Fusion also announced today the signing of a letter of intent with Madison Run, LLC whereby Madison Run will make a $450,000 equity investment in Digital Fusion. Gary Ryan joins Digital Fusion from SAIC where he was a Senior Vice President for the past fifteen months. Prior to SAIC, Mr. Ryan spent 4 years as President of Quality Research, a Huntsville based federal engineering and IT services company that was acquired by SAIC in February of 2003. Prior to that Mr. Ryan was Vice President of Strategic Planning at Colsa, a Huntsville federal engineering and IT services company. Mr. Ryan will be responsible for Digital Fusion's operations and will report to chief executive officer, Roy Crippen. Mr. Ryan is 52 years old and is a graduate of St. Bernard College. On April 28, 2004, Madison Run, LLC and Digital Fusion signed a letter of intent whereby Madison Run will buy 608,103 shares of Digital Fusion common stock at $0.74 (74 cents) per share, will be issued a five year warrant to purchase 304,054 shares of Digital Fusion common stock at $0.89 (89 cents) per share, and will be issued a five year warrant to purchase 212,839 shares of Digital Fusion common stock at $0.94 (94 cents) per share. The investment and stock sale is subject to the execution of definitive agreements on or before May 6, 2004. Madison Run is a Washington DC headquartered private investment group lead by Mr. Stewart Hall. Mr. Ryan is a member of the Madison Run investment group and will be personally investing $100,000 in the offering. Roy Crippen, chief executive officer of Digital Fusion, said, "We are extremely pleased and excited to have Gary joining our team. He not only brings a wealth of industry knowledge, but also invaluable expertise in sales and marketing to the government markets. The addition of Gary and the investment and support of Stewart and his team at Madison Run should significantly increase our momentum on the delivery of our strategic plan to increase our federal business." "I appreciate the confidence shown by Roy and the Board of Directors at Digital Fusion in selecting me as President," said Gary Ryan. "I am pleased by the opportunity to work with the excellent team already in place at Digital Fusion. We will continue to expand our outstanding core capabilities in IT services and evaluate when to diversify our offering to include engineering services." Stewart Hall, Managing Partner of Madison Run, said, "We are pleased to make this investment into Digital Fusion. We like the market that Digital Fusion serves, but more importantly, we have confidence in the management team. Roy Crippen has built a strong consulting business that I believe will benefit greatly from the addition of Gary Ryan." About Digital Fusion Digital Fusion is a business and information technology consulting company helping its customers make the most of technology to access business information, enhance the performance of their human resources and meet their business needs. Digital Fusion provides a range of services in business process and application strategy and development, including Application Development and Data Management, Systems Integration and IT Support. Based in the eastern U.S., Digital Fusion has offices in Washington DC, Philadelphia, Orlando, Huntsville, and New Jersey. For additional information about Digital Fusion visit www.digitalfusion.com. Forward Looking Statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release are forward-looking statements. When used in this release, words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend" and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company's management, identify forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors including, but not limited to: the effect of business and economic conditions; the impact of competitive products and pricing; and capacity and supply constraints or difficulties. Such statements reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity of the Company. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed May 5 12:24:27 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 08:24:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Telcordia Affirms OSS Leadership with Granite Acquisition Message-ID: <20040505082258.D400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 04, 2004 09:30 AM US Eastern Timezone Telcordia Affirms OSS Leadership with Granite Acquisition http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040504005512&newsLang=en --- PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2004--Sending a clear signal to the industry and demonstrating its commitment to grow through strategic acquisitions, Telcordia(R) Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Granite Systems Inc., for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of Granite provides Telcordia with immediate market leadership in the critical next generation inventory management space and further advances its position in providing superior, standards-based technological OSS solutions to wireline and wireless carriers worldwide. "Telcordia's acquisition of Granite Systems is consistent with our view that complementary vendor consolidation benefits service providers," said Rob Rich, Executive Vice President, Communications Infrastructure Strategies, The Yankee Group. "Both Telcordia and Granite have been able to weather the storm despite the industry downturn by developing strong channel relationships and securing major customers in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Telcordia and Granite have spent the last year successfully integrating their products and jointly selling solutions, strengthening their credibility." Granite offers the most flexible inventory product on the market with a deep feature set and scalable architecture that will enable Telcordia to further expand its Elementive strategy, unveiled last fall. Since inventory management impacts so many other critical areas in the OSS space, it is the perfect addition to the Elementive approach and will enable customers to provision telecommunications services faster and more cost effectively. It will also result in an immediate expansion of Telcordia's growing footprint in both wireline and wireless markets. "Telcordia firmly believes that the resurgence of the telecommunications industry is contingent upon providing open, configurable, flexible software components that augment and complement existing systems," said Matthew Desch, CEO, Telcordia. "The Telcordia Elementive approach does just that, and the addition of Granite's similarly modular software will further enable Telcordia to deliver on its promise to help jumpstart the industry and lower the total cost of ownership for service providers." Telcordia and Granite have each deployed software on a mass scale to a number of tier one service providers thereby helping them lower the cost of designing, building, and operating wireline and wireless networks. During the last 12 months, Telcordia and Granite have cooperatively integrated their products, built standard interfaces, and designed Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)-based OSS Elementive components so customers can better manage the transition from critical embedded systems to next generation networks. The open architecture of the combined portfolio enables both systems to transparently interoperate with other third-party applications as well. "This acquisition is a natural fit for Granite and Telcordia customers and for the industry as whole," said John E. P. Borden, Jr., CEO and President of Granite Systems. "Granite brings technology leadership, a strong market position in Europe and in wireless. Combine that with Telcordia's OSS market leadership and end-to-end solution capability and you have a unique capability to offer customers." Teams from both Telcordia and Granite will be responsible for continuing the integration and will work with current customers on a series of managed system migration plans so they can fully leverage the next generation framework, which will include a provisioning automation platform and integrated fulfillment. About Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Telcordia Technologies, Inc. is a leading global provider of telecommunications software and services for IP, wireline, wireless, and cable. By delivering on its Elementive strategy of providing flexible, standards-based solutions that optimize complex network and business support systems, Telcordia enables customers to aggressively reduce costs and grow revenues. Telcordia, a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ, with offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Central and Latin America. (www.telcordia.com) Telcordia Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Editor's Note: Matt Desch, CEO, Telcordia Technologies will host a media/analyst conference call on May 4 at 10:30am ET to discuss this acquisition. Conference call details: (800) 946-0706; Password: Telcordia Conference Call; Confirmation Code: 742931 From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed May 5 13:26:37 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 09:26:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Decru Signs Marketing Agreement With SAIC for Network Storage Security Message-ID: <20040505092532.S400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Monday April 26, 7:04 am ET Decru Signs Marketing Agreement With SAIC for Network Storage Security http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040426/sfm103_1.html --- Solutions Enable Information Assurance And Regulatory Compliance for Government, Financial Services, And Healthcare Markets REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Decru, Inc., a leader in networked data storage security, today announced it has signed a master marketing agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to provide storage security solutions for the government, financial services, and healthcare markets. The agreement highlights Decru DataFort(TM) storage security appliances and SAIC's design and implementation services, supporting applications such as secure storage consolidation, regulatory compliance, and secure disaster recovery. "The marketing agreement with Decru will help complement our arsenal of information security solutions," said Fred Huey, SAIC senior vice president. "Storage security solutions provide a critical layer of defense against both internal and external compromise." The Decru DataFort storage security appliance combines secure access controls, authentication, storage encryption, and secure logging to provide protection for sensitive stored data. By locking down stored data with strong encryption and routing all access through secure hardware, DataFort simplifies the security model for networked storage. "Security-conscious customers already know that storage systems are vulnerable and attractive targets. The combination of SAIC's trusted services and Decru DataFort security appliances can address this exposure," said Dan Avida, chief executive officer of Decru. About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of US$6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com . About Decru Decru, headquartered in Redwood City, CA, develops storage security solutions to address a range of business needs for enterprises and government, including intellectual property protection, regulatory compliance, privacy, and internal controls. Decru was founded in 2001, and has raised more than $45 million in venture financing from Benchmark Capital, Greylock, New Enterprise Associates, In-Q-Tel and others Source: Decru, Inc. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 6 12:18:54 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 08:18:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] DNE Technologies Showcased at SAIC Public Safety Integration Center Message-ID: <20040506081725.F400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Wednesday May 5, 2:15 pm ET DNE Technologies Showcased at SAIC Public Safety Integration Center http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040505/nyw149_1.html --- WALLINGFORD, Conn., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DNE Technologies, Inc., a provider of tactical voice and data communication solutions, announced that the company will participate in a long-term demonstration of its homeland security solution, the TAC Multiservice Concentrator, at Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Public Safety Integration Center (PSIC) located in McLean, Va. The PSIC is a testing and demonstration facility that is used to illustrate the successful integration of capabilities and expertise from SAIC with vendors, service providers and the federal government to suit specific customer needs. Presented with scenarios tailored to PSIC visitors' requirements in the areas of homeland security, homeland defense and national security, PSIC staff demonstrate various integrated solutions to suit visitors' needs in areas that include policy, enterprise architecture, systems engineering, information technology, training and prevention. "We welcome DNE Technologies' TAC Multiservice Access Concentrator to the growing list of vendors who are demonstrating their capabilities in SAIC's PSIC," said Ted Manakas, SAIC vice president for corporate development. Charles Reese, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at DNE Technologies added: "DNE Technologies has a proud history of providing mission critical communication equipment for over fifty years to customers such as the DoD. DNE's mission is to offer products that support rapid deployment, and accelerate the flow of information in tactical networks such as those needed for Public Safety Networks. We are very pleased to be part of SAIC's portfolio of end-to-end solutions that address important homeland security challenges." About SAIC: SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. SAIC Press/Public Relations Contacts: Ron Zollars Zuraidah H. Hoffman San Diego, CA McLean, VA 858-826-7896 703-676-2541 zollarsr at saic.com hoffmanz at saic.com About DNE Technologies, Inc. DNE Technologies, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Alpine Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ALPG - News). DNE provides network access products that efficiently transport information in both broadband and narrowband applications while retaining compatibility and interoperability with existing legacy systems, providing a cost-effective and seamless transition to Network Centric Operations. DNE's primary customers are the U.S. Department of Defense and system integrators designing communication systems for tactical and Homeland Security applications. DNE also holds ID/IQ Requirements Contracts with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army. More information about DNE Technologies, Inc. can be found at: www.dnetech.com. DNE Business Contacts: Press/Public Relations Contacts: Virginia Palmer-Skok Margaret M. Cooley Manager-Business Development Marketing Communications Manager 203-265-7151 x 499 203-265-7151 x 116 vpalmer at dne.com mcooley at dne.com Source: DNE Technologies, Inc. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 7 22:07:41 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 18:07:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Security Clearance Backlog Threatens U.S. Message-ID: <20040507180355.N400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Relevant enough for several subscribers, not just SAIC folks. --- Friday, May 07, 2004 Security Clearance Backlog Threatens U.S. By Liza Porteus --- WASHINGTON Clearing private contractors to do work on some of the nation's most important homeland and national security projects is taking way too much time and ultimately putting the country at risk, lawmakers and experts said Thursday. "There's a lot of bureaucracy and paper shuffling so the system almost defeats itself by its own process," said Gary Nakamoto, CEO of Base Technologies, a federal contractor that operates data centers for the Customs and Border Protection Agency (search), among other things. "As our needs grow, which clearly they have after 9/11, it's even more broken now because of the sheer volume [of clearances]. We're at a point in this country where our security process has imploded." "Too often new, innovative firms that can provide invaluable services to the federal government are 'benched' due to the wait time of up to a year to be cleared," Rep. Jim Moran (search), D-Va., said during a House Government Reform Committee hearing on the issue. "The enormous delays in granting security clearances have resulted in cost overruns and inefficiencies that ultimately have compromised our national security." After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the federal government began looking for new and improved homeland security technologies, such as systems used to track foreign visitors, to combat current threats and identify emerging risks. The demand for security clearances for both government employees and private contractors skyrocketed, but federal investigators have not been able to keep up with the pace. The Office of Personnel Management (search) conducts background investigations for most civilian agencies as well as some for the Defense Department. Following Sept. 11, investigation requests spiked by almost 1 million names, said Stephen Benowitz, associate director for human resources at OPM. About 340,000 cases are waiting to be finished now. And there aren't enough bodies to barrel through the caseload. "Simply put, the demand for recent background checks currently exceeds capacity of the private-sector companies that provide these services," Benowitz said, noting that OPM has asked for more investigative contractors and government investigative staffs should be boosted by 50 percent. In the private sector, companies and their employees are processed for clearances as part of the National Industrial Security Program (search). All federal agencies participate in the NISP; most leave it up to the Defense Department to oversee contractors that require access to classified information. The Defense Security Service (search) conducts personnel security investigations for the Defense Department. Only the CIA (search), Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (search) oversee their own investigations. As of March, the Pentagon identified about 188,000 backlogged cases where industry personnel are waiting for clearances before they can start work. Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., said the Pentagon set for itself a timeline for completing security clearance processes of 75 days for an initial secret clearance, 120 days for an initial top-secret clearance and 180 days for reinvestigating top-secret clearance. In fiscal year 2003, however, it took on average 375 days for a security clearance to get through the whole process. Doug Wagoner, chairman of the Information Technology Association of America's Intelligence/Security Clearance Task Force and vice president of Data Systems Analysts (search) in Fairfax, Va., said that if a polygraph is required for a "top secret" Defense clearance, it could take up to 16 months. "Let me be blunt: 375 days for a security clearance is unacceptable," Davis said. On Thursday, he sent a letter to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld saying many of the weakness in the clearance process were identified more than two decades ago, and urged Rumsfeld to speed up the clearance process or face legislative "solutions." Any improvement in the speed of clearances would help private contractors, said ITAA. The group conducted a survey recently that found that 54 percent of companies surveyed consistently recruit workers with clearances from other contractors. It also found that 22 percent of those surveyed have 500 or more open positions that require some level of clearance which means jobs are available but bureaucratic red tape is leaving them unfilled and the nation vulnerable. ITAA members say current delays in obtaining security clearances consistently ranks No. 1 or No. 2 among their top concerns. "A company is not going to pay someone indefinitely while they mark time waiting for a clearance to come through," said ITAA President Harris Miller. "In essence, this means skilled employees are losing out on good paying job opportunities while work on important government contracts goes undone." The government needs to utilize better technologies to speed up the clearance process, experts said, such as constant monitoring of employee activity through databases to check for arrests or bankruptcy activity while on the job, to speed things up. "There are projects that have to be completed in a very short time frame and many of these have clearance requirements on them and if you're waiting on them to start the project, obviously the delay that is caused is going to affect national security," Sudhaker Shenoy, chairman of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (search) and CEO of Information Management Consultants (search), told Foxnews.com after the hearing. "You just can't be waiting to do a project some of these systems ought to have been done yesterday," he said. About 70 percent of NVTC members say they will only hire cleared workers. Heather Anderson, acting director for the security office of the deputy undersecretary of defense, counterintelligence and security, said the Defense Department has made "great strides" in eliminating its backlog. Anderson said DSS has pinpointed "bottlenecks" in investigations, such as pursuing overseas leads. DSS is in the process of hiring 200 more investigators and hopes to get them on board within 90-120 days. DSS issued a prediction that all work prior to fiscal year 2004 will be completed by the end of September and that no cases will be more than one-year-old with the exception of some investigations on deployed workers. Anderson said DSS also gave additional resources to the FBI, which has the largest backlog of record checks, so it can get rid of its backlog "within the next few weeks." Although agencies are supposed to accept the clearances by other agencies otherwise known as "reciprocity" they often don't acknowledge them and conduct their own investigation. Davis said that agencies denying transfer of clearances just because of turf issues is "inexcusable." "I know of no empirical basis to support a claim that reciprocity reduces security or increases risk; instead, I contend that the failure to achieve full reciprocity can actually increase the overall security risk for the nation," said J. William Leonard, director of the Information Security Oversight Office at the National Archives and Records Administration (search) whose job it is to ensure compliance with NISP. Leonard said there has been a recent, renewed effort by NISP members to solve the reciprocity problem so that industry can hold government accountable. But "this declaration is not a silver bullet," he said. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat May 8 03:53:05 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 23:53:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awarded U.S. Army Contract to Serve as Lead Systems Integrator for the Guardian Installation Protection Program Message-ID: <20040507235159.R400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Friday May 7, 2:48 pm ET SAIC Awarded U.S. Army Contract to Serve as Lead Systems Integrator for the Guardian Installation Protection Program http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040507/nef015_1.html --- MCLEAN, Va., and HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it has won a contract from the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala., to serve as the Guardian Installation Protection Program Lead Systems Integrator (LSI). The Guardian Installation Protection Program is managed by the Joint Project Manager Guardian (JPMG) for the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD). Working under the JPMG, SAIC will provide an integrated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protection (CBRN) capability at 200 Department of Defense (DoD) installations and facilities worldwide. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will be performed over a base of three years with the potential of earning up to three one-year award terms. The cumulative value of the contract is $390 million. The Installation Protection Program is a Family of Systems that supplements other aspects of force protection against potential weapons of mass destruction. The Family of Systems will include capability for CBRN detection, identification, warning, reporting, decision support, individual and collective protection, emergency response, decontamination, medical countermeasures, medical diagnostics, and medical surveillance components and will be tailored to the needs of each installation. As LSI, SAIC will work with JPMG to design, procure, integrate, install and test the Family of Systems. After the system is fully installed, SAIC will facilitate an installation-wide weapons of mass destruction exercise. "We are very pleased with the outcome of this competition. It clearly demonstrates SAIC's industry leadership in providing solutions to the complex challenges confronting homeland defense and security in the 21st century," said Duane Andrews, president and chief operating officer of SAIC's Federal Business Segment. "This program re-emphasizes the importance of strong systems engineering and integration capabilities to future defense business. The Installation Protection Program is about designing, integrating, installing and sustaining a very diverse Family of Systems that needs to work well on the ground for each installation." Members of SAIC's Team include Johnson Controls, Inc., of Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Midwest Research Institute (MRI) of Kansas City, Mo. Johnson Controls will support installation, fielding and sustainment of the equipment and MRI will assist in technology evaluation and the laboratory strategy for the program. Also on SAIC's team is Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) located in College Station, Texas, and ARINC Engineering Services, Inc., located in Annapolis, MD. The team also includes 13 small businesses: Arrowhead Contracting; ARRIBA; Government Scientific Source; InfoPro; Innovative Technical Solutions, Incorporated (ITSI); Media Fusion Digital Media; New World Associates; Physitron; Science and Technology Corporation; SEI Group; Tauri Group; Tri-Star Engineering; and the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat May 8 03:54:25 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 23:54:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] MJM Investigations Announces Two New Additions to Board Message-ID: <20040507235315.K400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> MJM Investigations Announces Two New Additions to Board http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=66917 --- RALEIGH, NC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/07/2004 -- MJM Investigations announces two more additions to its Board. Donald A. Coggiola is the retired Executive Vice President for Policy Management Systems Corporation (PMSC) and Arthur L. Slotkin is the retired Executive Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). In 1998, Coggiola retired as the Executive Vice President for Policy Management Systems Corporation (PMSC). During his 20 years at PMSC, he created the Sales and Marketing Group and pioneered their global expansion. Coggiola also helped bring PMSC their first clients in Canada and Europe. In addition to MJM, Coggiola serves as a board member of IOI Inc., a human resources and payroll provider firm, as well as Fleet Risk Advisors, a risk management consulting firm. "It's a great pleasure to be joining the board of MJM and to have the opportunity to work with a talented team focused on making their products and services available on a global level," said Coggiola. Since retiring as Executive Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in 2003, Slotkin has served as an independent consultant to SAIC, the largest privately held technology company in the world with $6 billion in revenue. Slotkin was responsible for the management of SAIC's commercial outsourcing program. Prior to SAIC, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of PSINet Consulting Solutions, a $500 million IT consulting company. "As MJM continues to expand its international presence, I am excited to be a part of their exponential growth," said Slotkin. "I look forward to contributing my expertise to this team of talented business leaders." Coggiola and Slotkin will join a team of elite business experts offering informative and strategic guidance to MJM Investigations' global leadership in the marketplace. "Don and Art will both bring exceptional business insight to the Board," said Michael J. Malone, Chairman and CEO of MJM Investigations. "I am very pleased to join forces with the new board and to launch MJM to the next level." About MJM Investigations MJM Investigations, Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, NC, is the international leader in providing a wide variety of investigative products and services to insurance carriers, self-insured corporations, and third party administrators. MJM provides quality field investigations, comprehensive SIU programs, strategic anti-fraud planning, innovative educational courses, integrated Internet-based technologies and professional consulting services. For more information, go to www.mjminc.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon May 10 15:20:25 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 11:20:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Radia Technologies Joins SAIC Public Safety Integration Center Message-ID: <20040510111937.X400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Wednesday May 5, 12:50 pm ET Radia Technologies Joins SAIC Public Safety Integration Center http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040505/nyw150_1.html --- NEW HAVEN, Conn., and MCLEAN, Va., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Security system enhancement and integration firm Radia Technologies (www.radiatech.com) today announced it has completed installation of its Virtual Incident Responder (VIR) system at SAIC's (www.saic.com) Public Safety Integration Center (PSIC). Located in the Washington, D.C. suburb of McLean, Va., SAIC's PSIC is a testing and demonstration facility that is used to illustrate the successful integration of capabilities and expertise from SAIC with vendors, service providers and the federal government to suit specific customer needs. Presented with scenarios tailored to PSIC visitors' requirements in the areas of homeland security, homeland defense and national security, PSIC staff demonstrate various integrated solutions to suit visitors' needs in areas that include policy, enterprise architecture, systems engineering, information technology, training and prevention. "We're excited to be a part of SAIC's vital work to ensure that those charged with public safety have the integrated systems and resources they need to communicate seamlessly with their colleagues in other agencies and departments," said Steve Maloney, CEO of Radia Technologies. Following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, public officials from President George W. Bush to local mayors and public safety officers demanded greater public-private sector security collaboration. Radia's VIR system is a single solution that integrates multiple security systems, enabling multiple parties to share critical emergency information -- video and data -- in real time and across otherwise incompatible systems to affect a coordinated response. Using the VIR system, police and fire officials could for example, securely monitor a compromised facility's security camera feed and collaborate on a response. By bridging the communications gap among disparate systems, individuals and agencies, and linking both the private and public infrastructures, as critical events require, Radia can help organizations around the globe to set new security and life-safety standards. In addition to allowing SAIC to present the VIR system to its federal government, corporate and international customers, the PSIC installation provides Radia with a Washington, D.C., area test lab and the ability to verify the system's compatibility with those of other leading manufacturers. About Radia Technologies Corporation Located in New Haven, CT, Radia Technologies Corp. is an innovative technology company sitting at the crucial nexus of IT and physical security. Radia integrates rules driven software tools into the physical security infrastructure to create secure, self-forming, intelligent, collaborative networks. The Radia Incident Resolution Network immediately brings all necessary responders together to share critical data and effectively manage the entire life cycle of security incidents -- from notification to resolution. At the heart of each Radia solution is immediate verification and distribution of critical video, alarm, and sensor data to all parties that need to know. More information can be found at www.radiatech.com. About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. Media Contact: For information and interviews, contact Adam Dubitsky at 202-965-4223 or adamdubitsky at yahoo.com. Source: Radia Technologies From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon May 10 15:23:51 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 11:23:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Metastorm Announces Strong Q1 2004 Message-ID: <20040510112103.X400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Metastorm Announces Strong Q1 2004 http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-10-2004/0002170603&EDATE= --- 30% Growth in North America, International Expansion Continues COLUMBIA, Md., May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software for automating, managing and controlling processes, today announced financial results and highlights for its first quarter ending March 31, 2004. The privately held company increased North American software license revenues by 30% over the same period last year and signed significant new channel partner agreements in North America and Europe. The company's growth this quarter was fueled by the addition of key global customers, including Bank Zachodni in Poland, the U.S. Counterintelligence Field Agency, the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP, and the State of Illinois. In addition, Metastorm increased its international presence by forming a distributor partnership with Kerfi -- a leading systems integrator and solution provider in Sweden. The company's channel partner program was further strengthened in North America with the announcement of a strategic partner agreement with SAIC. The SAIC relationship includes Metastorm as the foundation for the leading systems integrator's new BPM practice, which focuses on leveraging Metastorm BPM for supply chain operations and risk management. Additional Metastorm accomplishments this quarter include participation in the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 launch as a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner and recognition in KMWorld's 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management and the WfMC/WARIA Excellence in Workflow Awards. "I am very pleased with the market momentum we are seeing for BPM. Organizations are starting to recognize the significant value that BPM can deliver in a relatively short period of time. This is driving them to add BPM technology to their IT infrastructure as a key business application," says Robert Farrell, president and CEO of Metastorm. "Our clients are achieving measurable results in the form of cost savings, increased productivity, greater visibility and control, lower risk and increased competitive advantage -- and many are showing a return on investment in just months. We are able to leverage these success stories to grow our market leadership position and increase sales to both new and existing customer organizations. Our pipeline has never been stronger, and we remain committed to leading the BPM market in innovation, growth and proven results." About Metastorm, Inc. As the leading provider of business process management software for automating, managing and controlling processes, Metastorm is the only company helping organizations achieve Enterprise Process Advantage(TM) -- a heightened level of business performance resulting from increased process efficiency, control, and agility. With a focus on complex, human-centric processes that are unique to their organizations, Metastorm's 600+ global client base in manufacturing, financial services, business services, and government are achieving rapid ROI and unique process advantage in customer service, supply chain operations, risk management, and internal operations. For more information visit http://www.metastorm.com. Enterprise Process Advantage and e-Work are trademarks of Metastorm Inc. Other product, service and company names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. SOURCE Metastorm Web Site: http://www.metastorm.com From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 11 11:54:09 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 07:54:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Computer Systems Spur Growth for Contractors Message-ID: <20040511075155.L400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Monday, May 10, 2004 Computer Systems Spur Growth for Contractors http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7129 --- by Anitha Reddy Companies that sell complex computer systems to the military and national security agencies dominate the race for government technology contracts, a trend confirmed by this year's ranking of the top prime contractors by Washington Technology magazine. The list is produced annually by the magazine, which is published by a unit of The Washington Post Co. This year's compilation ranks companies by the value of federal technology contracts they won in 2003. The contract values do not include subcontracts, work on government projects for another contractor. Acquisitions account for most of the changes on this year's list as companies of all sizes continue to buy competitors to get business with the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and the Homeland Security Department. "It is still a very solid market," said Ray Bjorklund, who analyzes technology contractors for Federal Sources Inc., a consulting firm in McLean. But "a lot of companies have grown more from acquisitions than from actual growth in the business," he said. Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda and Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles finished first and second for the fourth year in a row. Once traditional defense contractors, those companies now depend on computer networks as well as jets and tanks. Computer Sciences Corp., a technology outsourcing and consulting company based in El Segundo, Calif., moved into the No. 3 spot as its business supporting operations in Iraq boomed. The value of its prime contracts exploded to $4.1 billion, from $1.9 billion in 2002, almost entirely because of its March 2003 acquisition of DynCorp, a Reston-based contractor. "The areas that we're experiencing the greatest growth are all largely related to activities in the Middle East," said Paul M. Cofoni, president of CSC's federal business. Demand is growing for services related to logistics, security, and intelligence technology, all areas of DynCorp expertise. In the case of logistics work, CSC employees not only build and monitor computer systems that track and analyze the movement of military supplies into Iraq, they also are stationed with military officials in the Middle East to distribute provisions. CSC recently won a contract to design and produce identification badges containing biometric data and a system to scan the badges for the staff of the Coalition Provisional Authority. The project is an example of the contracts that CSC can now pursue by combining the resources of a major technology services company with DynCorp's history of supporting the U.S. military in "hot spots" around the world, Cofoni said. "A lot of our business is this nice confluence of our information technology and our international presence," Cofoni said. DynCorp gave CSC the muscle to push Science Applications International Corp. down to No. 5 on the Washington Technology list. But unlike CSC, whose federal business grew only slightly after excluding DynCorp, SAIC grew rapidly without a sizable acquisition. The value of SAIC's prime contracts rose to $2.8 billion, from $2 billion a year ago. SAIC is based in San Diego but has a huge campus in McLean, where 14,000 people work. The company does more than 80 percent of its business with the federal government and its revenue from regulated clients, mostly government agencies, jumped 24 percent in the year ended Jan. 31. SAIC's roots in technical research and its long relationship with U.S. intelligence and research agencies have given the company an edge when competing for security-related contracts. Its scientists work on experimental national security projects, including ways to identify people from a distance based on their heartbeats or facial features. Other consultants are helping the government anticipate terrorist threats to critical parts of the public infrastructure, such as the Hoover Dam. International Business Machines Corp. climbed to No. 11 from No. 18 as the value of its contracts soared to $910 million, from $394 million in 2002. IBM, the world's largest computer company, became the largest technology consulting company as well when it bought PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting in 2002. IBM's business with the federal government increased 36 percent last year, but PWC only contributed a fifth of that growth, said Anne K. Altman, who oversees the federal division. The division's biggest source of growth is upgrading computer systems and advising agencies on how to change the way they operate to take advantage of new technology, Altman said. For example, IBM is working with the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to shift its focus from customs enforcement to border security. Such projects allow IBM to combine its longtime expertise in hardware and software with its new strength in management consulting. Altman said it has not always been easy competing for federal technology projects in a market dominated by the traditional defense contractors. Even now, Lockheed Martin beat Northrop Grumman, its nearest competitor for the most contracts, by more than $500 million. But IBM's rise represents the emergence of pure technology companies in the market, she said. "If I told somebody I ran IBM Federal five years ago," Altman said, "they would have said, 'Oh, my condolences, Anne.' " From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 11 14:39:08 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:39:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Wins Contract to Support NATO Supreme Allied Command Transformation Experimentation Campaign Message-ID: <20040511103809.S400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tuesday May 11, 9:06 am ET SAIC Wins Contract to Support NATO Supreme Allied Command Transformation Experimentation Campaign http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040511/dctu012_1.html --- EADS to Join SAIC Team in Support of NATO Effort MCLEAN, Va., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it has been awarded a contract to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations' (NATO) Headquarters' Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) Experimentation Campaign. The SAIC/EADS North America team will be providing engineering and technical services in the areas of concept definition, research, analysis, and assessment for alternative transformation resolution. This firm-fixed-price, level-of-effort contract will be performed over one base year valued at $2.9 million with the opportunity to renew two additional one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the potential cumulative value of the contract to $10.3 million. Working as an integrated part of the Joint Experimentation, Exercise and Assessment (JEEA) Team at NATO Headquarters' SACT, SAIC team analysts will assist with developing recommendations based on joint warfighting experimentation and improving interoperability to reduce redundancy, synchronize technology fielding, develop joint strategic, operational, and if required, tactical concepts. Other support functions will include prioritizing the most promising joint capabilities for further experimentation and prioritizing joint requirements. This will include developing support for experiment structure, organization, control mechanisms, training, support and technical planning. Additionally, SAIC team analysts will support the overall effort in developing and monitoring various plans for data collection, management and analysis. "SAIC, through its support of doctrine development, experimentation and acquisition improvement looks forward to assisting NATO in its future operations," said George Singley, president of SAIC's Transformation, Test, Training and Logistics Group. "NATO's transformation efforts will involve significant changes on many levels, resulting in a stronger, more robust Alliance, capable of dealing effectively with the challenges of the 21st Century." Joining SAIC as a team member is EADS North America, the U.S. holding company of EADS, the world's second largest defense and aerospace company. Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EADS had revenues of 30.1 billion Euros in 2003, and a global workforce of more than 100,000. The EADS Group includes the aircraft manufacturer AIRBUS, the world's largest helicopter supplier, Eurocopter and the joint venture MBDA, the second largest missile producer in the global market. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 11 17:36:17 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:36:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC to support NATO experimentation campaign Message-ID: <20040511133540.N400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/11/04 SAIC to support NATO experimentation campaign http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/23505-1.html --- By Gail Repsher Emery Staff Writer Science Applications International Corp. won a contract to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.s Headquarters. Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Experimentation Campaign, company officials said today. The firm-fixed-price contract is worth $2.9 million the first year and has two one-year options, which could bring the total contract value to $10.3 million, according to SAIC officials. San Diego-based SAIC will work with NATO.s Joint Experimentation, Exercise and Assessment Team to develop recommendations based on joint warfighting experimentation and improving interoperability to reduce redundancy, synchronize technology fielding and develop joint initiatives. SAIC will also prioritize the most promising joint capabilities for further experimentation and prioritize joint requirements. SAIC will develop and monitor various plans for data collection, management and analysis, company officials said. SAIC.s team member on the contract is EADS North America, the U.S. holding company of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., a defense and aerospace company in Amsterdam. EADS had revenue of $35.6 billion in 2003, and employs more than 100,000 people. SAIC, an employee-owned research and engineering company, had annual revenue of $6.7 billion in fiscal 2004 and employs more than 43,000 people. The company ranks No. 5 on Washington Technology.s 2004 list of Top 100 federal IT prime contractors, with $2.86 billion in prime contract work. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 11 23:01:36 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 19:01:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] EADS to Join SAIC Team in Support of NATO Effort Message-ID: <20040511190015.P400-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 01:49 PM PST EADS to Join SAIC Team in Support of NATO Effort http://www.thetsector.com/displayarticle7599.html --- EADS to Join SAIC Team in Support of NATO Effort Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it has been awarded a contract to support the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations' (NATO) Headquarters' Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) Experimentation Campaign. The SAIC/EADS North America team will be providing engineering and technical services in the areas of concept definition, research, analysis, and assessment for alternative transformation resolution. This firm-fixed-price, level-of-effort contract will be performed over one base year valued at $2.9 million with the opportunity to renew two additional one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the potential cumulative value of the contract to $10.3 million. Working as an integrated part of the Joint Experimentation, Exercise and Assessment (JEEA) Team at NATO Headquarters' SACT, SAIC team analysts will assist with developing recommendations based on joint warfighting experimentation and improving interoperability to reduce redundancy, synchronize technology fielding, develop joint strategic, operational, and if required, tactical concepts. Other support functions will include prioritizing the most promising joint capabilities for further experimentation and prioritizing joint requirements. This will include developing support for experiment structure, organization, control mechanisms, training, support and technical planning. Additionally, SAIC team analysts will support the overall effort in developing and monitoring various plans for data collection, management and analysis. "SAIC, through its support of doctrine development, experimentation and acquisition improvement looks forward to assisting NATO in its future operations," said George Singley, president of SAIC's Transformation, Test, Training and Logistics Group. "NATO's transformation efforts will involve significant changes on many levels, resulting in a stronger, more robust Alliance, capable of dealing effectively with the challenges of the 21st Century." Joining SAIC as a team member is EADS North America, the U.S. holding company of EADS, the world's second largest defense and aerospace company. Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EADS had revenues of 30.1 billion Euros in 2003, and a global workforce of more than 100,000. The EADS Group includes the aircraft manufacturer AIRBUS, the world's largest helicopter supplier, Eurocopter and the joint venture MBDA, the second largest missile producer in the global market. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 13 20:04:03 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:04:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] New Ramp in Tysons' Future? Message-ID: <20040513160219.H476-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 12, 2004 New Ramp in Tysons' Future? http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=35251&paper=0&cat=109 --- As the Virginia Department of Transportation studies the possibility of adding new High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes to the Beltway, Fairfax County officials weighed in Monday asking for new Beltway interchanges in Tysons Corner and better links to public transit and the existing HOV network. At its meeting Monday, the Board of Supervisors voted to send a letter to VDOT asking that contractor building the HOT lanes provide access points to the new lanes from Tysons Corner. In particular, the board suggested new ramps could connect the Beltway to Jones Branch Road or Route 29 near Merrifield. Fluor Daniel, the engineering firm that would build the lanes, has also proposed a ramp connecting the HOT lanes to SAIC Drive off Gallows Road but area residents strongly opposed that idea at an April public meeting. Fluor Daniel has proposed building two new lanes in either direction on the Beltway to ease congestion at minimal cost to the state, as part of Virginia.s public-private partnership program. Cars carrying three or more people would be able to use the lanes for free while those with fewer than three people would pay a sliding toll. Supervisor Linda Smyth (D-Providence), who represents the area near Gallows Road, said she only heard about the proposal to put a ramp at SAIC Drive a few days before the public hearing. "Those things were dropped into my district without anyone mentioning it to me beforehand," she said. The board has already approved a rezoning application that would place 570 new homes on SAIC Drive. The board's letter to VDOT also asked for sound walls on the Beltway to shield area residents from the noise generated by the new lanes and to link the HOT lanes with other HOV lanes - such as those on the Dulles Toll Road or on I-95 - and to public transit. "This has certainly shown a new innovative way of dealing with pavement," said Supervisor Dana Kauffman (D-Lee), adding that he'd like to see "similar innovative ways of making transit happen." - By David Harrison From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 14 11:33:20 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 07:33:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Olympic electronic security systems ready within two months Message-ID: <20040514073021.F476-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/14/04 Olympic electronic security systems ready within two months http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/economy_&xml/&aspKath/economy.asp?fdate=14/05/2004 --- Electronic and telecommunications security systems for the Olympic Games will be delivered at the end of the month but further work will be required before they are operational, officials of the consortium led by US company SAIC told a press briefing yesterday. David Tubbs, SAIC's vice president, said there were certain delays due to the technical details of the largest and most complex electronic security project ever applied internationally in peacetime. He said technical control of particular systems and the last stage of personnel training will begin in the coming days, and the system will be fully operational in the next two months. Tubbs said SAIC had not yet submitted any demand for extra costs of the 255-million-euro project. --- FYI: $255 EUR = approx $301M USD From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sun May 16 14:27:01 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 10:27:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Security at Games to test Greek mettle Message-ID: <20040516102345.R476-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 16 May 2004 Security at Games to test Greek mettle http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0405160412may16,1,4542405.story?coll=chi-news-hed --- PREPARING FOR THE 2004 OLYMPICS Security at Games to test Greek mettle Blasts underscore worries in Athens By Tom Hundley, Tribune foreign correspondent. Tribune Olympics writer Philip Hersh contributed to this report May 16, 2004 ATHENS -- With names like The Uncontrollable Pyromaniacs and Nuclei for Promoting Total Catastrophe, you might mistake them for loud but harmless rock bands. In fact, they are Greek anarchist groups whose specialty is planting bombs under the noses of police. Earlier this month, while the Greek government's top law-enforcement and intelligence officials were in Washington to discuss the upcoming Olympics with their counterparts at the FBI, CIA and Homeland Security Department, three bombs went off outside a central Athens police station. The bombs injured one police officer and caused minor property damage. More significant, the attack underscored the vulnerability of the $1.2 billion security shield being put in place for the Athens Games, which begin Aug. 13. Safeguarding the Olympics from a terrorist attack has become something of an obsession with the Greek government. To anyone who asks, the government's standard reply is that Greece is spending three times the amount that was spent on security for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. "It's not just the money," said Stratos Safioleas, a spokesman for the Athens Olympic Committee. "Security has been in our minds from the very beginning. It was our starting point. We realized that you can't have the Olympic Games unless you have safe Olympic Games." But the reality, acknowledged by all security experts, is that it is simply impossible to bulletproof an entire country and a city of 3.7 million people. "It's encouraging that they are spending this large amount of money, but money doesn't resolve the underlying problems of security," said Magnus Ranstorp, one of Europe's leading authorities on terrorism. Greece's geography makes it particularly vulnerable. With its hundreds of islands, the nation has the longest coastline in Europe, easily accessible to anyone with a fishing boat; its land border touches Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey--not the most secure places in the world. Given its proximity to the Middle East, the Balkans and North Africa, it is hardly surprising that Greece has become, in Ranstorp's words, "a transit node for terrorists." The problem has been compounded by the need to recruit thousands of foreign laborers to work on Olympic construction projects. Athens, with its bustling port of Piraeus, its monumental traffic jams, its new subway and its archeological treasures--priceless symbols of Western civilization--presents an enormous menu of targets and opportunities for a determined terrorist. The main focus of the security planning in Athens has been countering a major attack by Al Qaeda or an affiliate group. Surveillance cameras are being installed throughout the city. Sonar and frogmen At Piraeus, there will be metal detectors at the ferry docks, underwater sonar and navy frogmen. During the games, 45,000 Greek police and military personnel will be deployed. A virtual "electronic fence" will surround all the game venues, and a command-and-control airship will keep an eye on things from above. Pending final approval from the North Atlantic Council, NATO will provide an AWACS umbrella and monitoring for weapons of mass destruction. But in their determination to thwart Al Qaeda, security planners may have overlooked a more likely threat much closer to home. According to one unofficial account, the May 5 bomb attack on the Athens police station was the 31st incident blamed on Greek radicals since the beginning of the year, and the 91st since the beginning of January 2003. Two more were recorded last week. "These groups are going to be there, and they have to be taken more seriously," said Theodore Couloumbis, an expert on the left-wing radical and anarchist groups that are endemic to Greece. A major police crackdown in the past two years has effectively destroyed the most dangerous of those organizations--November 17 and the Revolutionary People's Struggle, known by its Greek acronym ELA--but authorities have been less successful in rolling up the elusive network of anarchists. A group calling itself the Revolutionary Struggle last week claimed responsibility for the police station bombing and declared that it would target "wealthy Western tourists" and multinational companies during the Olympics. "So far the attacks have been free of killing," Couloumbis said. "Mostly it's minor damage. Small bombs, mainly outside American interests--banks, corporate offices. And of course, it's usually been at night, when there are not too many people around." But magnified by the huge media presence at the Olympics, even a relatively minor incident would generate a large amount of publicity. Atlanta lesson "As we saw in Atlanta, it took just one person," said Ranstorp, referring to the 1996 Olympics, when a small bomb killed one woman, caused another man to have a heart attack and dominated the story of the Games for days. The Athens Olympics would appear to be an almost irresistible target for the anarchist groups, and one that might tempt them to up the ante. The success of Greece's own groups in carrying out attacks also raises questions about whether outsiders with more murderous intent will be able to slip through the security cordon. Much of the technical expertise for the Athens Olympics is being provided by Science Applications International Corp., or SAIC, a San Diego company with close ties to the Pentagon. Earlier this year, SAIC was widely criticized for failing to produce much of anything on an $82 million government contract to build a television network in Iraq. The company has since lost that contract. In Athens, SAIC has a $300 million deal to provide a security infrastructure and develop a command-and-control system. Its relations with the Greek government have not always been smooth, but Dave Tubbs, a former FBI agent who is SAIC's project manager in Athens, said things were "moving along." Part of the problem appears to have been a suspicion, nourished by local newspaper reports, that the U.S. was hyping security concerns to drum up business for companies such as SAIC. But as holes in Greece's security infrastructure became apparent, the government set aside national pride and acknowledged the need for outside assistance. `Exceptional job' "The Greek government has done an exceptional job opening doors and humbling themselves--and that's Item 1 of what was really needed," said Paul Viollis, editor of Jane's Workplace Security Handbook. The Greek government also had to overcome deeply ingrained misgivings about putting its troops on the streets for the Games. "In Greek minds, military on the streets means a coup," said one Western diplomat. Similarly, the Greek government was reluctant to ask for NATO's help. Greece is a member of NATO, but the American-dominated alliance is unpopular here, and the Greek Constitution forbids foreign troops on Greek soil. The formal request for NATO's help was postponed until after elections last March. In the run-up to the Games, Greek authorities have conducted full-scale training drills to test security systems. After one such exercise in August, reports circulated in Washington about how one would-be terrorist disguised as a pregnant woman carried a bomb past a checkpoint and how another planted a mock explosive on a crowded ferry. But Thomas Miller, the U.S. ambassador to Greece who has been closely involved in the security planning, is not alarmed. "We build these exercises so eventually you will get overwhelmed, and that's the way it should be," Miller said. "If anyone ever tells you there was an exercise that was 100 percent successful and everything went perfect, my answer is that it wasn't a very realistic exercise." Still, there have been rumblings about security shortcomings. Olympic swimming hero Mark Spitz, winner of seven gold medals in 1972, caused a stir last month when he suggested that the U.S. might withdraw its athletes if security concerns are not addressed. Officials from the British and Australian teams have voiced similar concerns. And in a stunning stroke of poor timing, the International Olympic Committee announced three weeks ago that it had purchased a $170 million insurance policy against the cancellation of the games. The IOC had been looking into insurance for several years. To assuage concerns, the Greek government has agreed that the U.S., British and Israeli athletic teams--those deemed most at risk--will be able to bring their own armed security personnel, an Olympic first. But with less than three months to go before the Games commence, the real enemy is the clock. Many of the event facilities remain construction sites, and even the most optimistic officials say they won't be finished until days--maybe hours--before the Games begin. That means there will be little opportunity to test facilities for vulnerabilities or to conduct a full-scale security lockdown. "The systems are being tested as we go along," said SAIC's Tubbs, but he acknowledged that the last-minute rush to completion is "not the best thing that has ever happened." Copyright 2004, Chicago Tribune From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon May 17 18:49:16 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:49:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Knowledge Information Solutions Awarded SAIC 2004 Small Business of the Year Award Message-ID: <20040517144822.E476-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/17/04 Knowledge Information Solutions Awarded SAIC 2004 Small Business of the Year Award http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040517/dcm043_1.html --- VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that Knowledge Information Solutions, Inc. (KIS) recently won SAIC's 2004 Small Business of the Year Award. SAIC's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President Kenneth C. Dahlberg presented the award to Catherine Giordano, resident and CEO of KIS, at SAIC's bi-annual corporate Meetings Week earlier this month. SAIC has been recognizing outstanding members of the small business community with this award since 1998. "Currently, KIS is a subcontractor to SAIC on four government contracts and both companies are working together on designing strategies for organizations to utilize more efficient operating methods and modern technological solutions," said Carl Albero, president of SAIC's Naval Engineering Technical Services Group and sponsor of the KIS nomination. "SAIC's experience with KIS runs the gamut of business enterprise, from teaming arrangements on proposal efforts to working joint taskings to business development. We look forward to seeing this mutually beneficial relationship continue to grow." Established in 1983 and headquartered in Virginia Beach, KIS is an 8(a) certified minority woman owned small business that specializes in providing technology products, information technology (IT) services, IT outsourcing, network design, client-tailored training programs and products, and service level support up to the infrastructure (operating system) level. KIS serves government and commercial organizations throughout the East Coast. In addition to receiving honors from SAIC, KIS also has recently been recognized by organizations such as the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce's "Rising 25 Small Business of the Year Award," City of Virginia Beach, City Managers' "Award For Excellence," Office Depot's "Business Woman of the Year 2002," and KIS was runner-up in the Hampton Roads "Technology Business of the Year Awards." SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon May 17 18:50:53 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:50:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC's TeraText Solutions Signs Agreement With Stellent Message-ID: <20040517144954.H476-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/17/04 SAIC's TeraText Solutions Signs Agreement With Stellent http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040517/dcm045_1.html --- MCLEAN, Va., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- TeraText(TM) Solutions, a division of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Stellent, Inc.'s Content Components Division to embed Stellent Outside In XML Export, HTML Export, and Viewer technology for use in TeraText Database Systems. SAIC's TeraText Database Systems (DBS) is an information management system optimized for storing and manipulating large volumes of text and managing large structured text databases. Stellent's tools expand TeraText's existing capabilities by providing the ability to convert more than 250 proprietary file formats to XML or HTML for indexing and searching in conjunction with the TeraText DBS. These formats include word processing documents, spreadsheets, PDF, databases, presentations, compressed files, and many different graphics files. Converting native documents directly to an XML or HTML format for indexing and storage provides TeraText users a consistent method for handling disparate file types. The Viewer technology allows for viewing of these file types without having to rely on the file's native application. "This agreement provides TeraText with the functionality to address the expanding requirements of TeraText's customers in the areas of intelligence gathering and analysis, collection and dissemination of management information in industries like finance and pharmaceuticals, and conversion of e-mail attachments and other documents," said Steve Rizzi, SAIC corporate vice president. "At both the desktop and over the entire enterprise, analysts will now have to ability to search, retrieve, synthesize, and disseminate information from a much wider array of source documents at faster rates." TeraText technology was developed at Melbourne-based RMIT University, one of Australia's largest multi-level universities. In 1993, TeraText was first released as a commercial product and since has been adopted by government and commercial customers. In July 2001, SAIC entered into an exclusive agreement with RMIT University to develop and commercialize TeraText technology in North America and Europe. The TeraText DBS is sold as part of customized, integrated solutions developed and maintained by SAIC systems specialists. Leading applications include intelligence gathering, technical documentation, legislation management, publishing, and knowledge management. Stellent, Inc. is a global provider of content management solutions and has more than 1,500 customers. Stellent is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn., and maintains offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia- Pacific. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 18 12:09:17 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 08:09:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] People to watch: June Chocheles Message-ID: <20040518080747.V476-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/18/04 People to watch: June Chocheles http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040518-9999-1b18person.html --- UNION-TRIBUNE May 18, 2004 Company: Science Applications International Corp. Title: Corporate vice president, advanced technology programs Age: 48 What are SAIC's advanced technology programs? SAIC was founded in 1969 by Bob Beyster and a small group of scientists who wanted to create an environment where they could help the government solve its most complex problems. I report to the chief technology officer, and I co-manage an internal research portfolio for the company. I'm also engaged in business development for research and development programs. For example, we've been working on developing new types of sensors and also technologies that support military command and control. Most recently we were involved in developing a high-speed stereo vision system and route-planning software for the "Grand Challenge." It was a $1 million contest for robotic vehicles across the Mojave Desert that was sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. What are your biggest job-related problems with the company and your clients? It's unusual for large companies to be as diversified as we are. It's interesting to brief customers who are not familiar with the total SAIC package. Many newer customers are surprised to find that we have a significant level of expertise in a variety of areas. Combining that expertise, or domain knowledge, with our technical capabilities in systems engineering and integration is most often the total package they are looking for. What aspects of your job do you brag about? I enjoy working for an employee-owned company. Every person you work with has a vested interest in the success of the company. Also, in a single day I often interact with software engineers, physicists, biologists, and robotics engineers. It's very intellectually stimulating. I can't recall ever having a boring day since I joined the company in 1983. What about your job keeps you up at night? To be honest, I don't worry that much about the company. I really believe we have a lot to offer to both our commercial customers and government customers. As we continue to grow, I'm concerned about being able to fill all our job openings with the best people possible. Tell us about your interests. I have bachelor's and master's degrees in history. I am fascinated by the history of science, and I worked at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum before joining SAIC. In past years, I've worked to increase the pool for scholarships awarded by UCSD Athena, an organization for executive women working in the San Diego technology industries. We created the "Century Club" campaign that increased the total amount available for scholarships from $12,500 in 2003 to close to $50,000 this year. Athena usually awards five scholarships each year to young women who will be pursuing college studies in the sciences, engineering or mathematics. More information is at http://athena.ucsd.edu/PinnacleScholarship.htm Tell us something interesting about yourself. I'm a classical violinist, but over the past several years haven't had much time to play. I recently met some musicians at a friend's birthday party who play bluegrass and now I'm learning how to play the fiddle! From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 18 13:46:33 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 09:46:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Telcordia Announces Datamat S.P.A as Newest Elementive Partner Message-ID: <20040518094356.N476-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tue 18 May 2004 2:06pm (UK) Telcordia Announces Datamat S.P.A as Newest Elementive Partner Business Editors/High-Tech Writers http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2942608 PISCATAWAY, N.J. . (BUSINESS WIRE) . May 18, 2004 . Relationship Increases Speed of New Services for Customers to Raise Revenue, Profitability Telcordia(R) Technologies, Inc., a global provider of telecommunications software and services, today announced a new alliance with Datamat S.p.A, a key player in the Information and Communication Technology sector in Italy. Together, the companies will jointly deliver key Operation Support Systems (OSS) software to Italian customers. "A number of carriers' customers require complex, customized services," said Stefano Orlandini, Director of Telco Media and Utilities Division, Datamat. "Together, Telcordia and Datamat will be able to better address that need by providing scalable, open solutions that can easily integrate with new and existing systems." The alliance supports Datamat.s strategy to further develop its OSS Competence Center in Italy and is aligned with Telcordia.s Elementive business model, which is focused on providing open, flexible products, speeding the delivery of new services and increasing revenue and profitability to customers worldwide. "This is directly in line with Telcordia's Elementive business approach of working with leading systems integrators to deliver high-quality, open solutions that result in increased profitability to customers," said Richard Mangan, Managing Director, EMEA, Global Sales and Marketing, Telcordia. Through this alliance, Italian customers will now benefit from Datamat.s specialized system integration work and in-depth understanding of the telecommunications market in Italy as well as Telcordia.s extensive experience in OSS. Together, the two companies will help carriers rapidly seize new revenue opportunities and easily respond to ever-changing business conditions. About Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Telcordia Technologies, Inc. is a leading global provider of telecommunications software and services for IP, wireline, wireless, and cable. By delivering on its Elementive strategy of providing flexible, standards-based solutions that optimize complex network and business support systems, Telcordia enables customers to aggressively reduce costs and grow revenues. Telcordia, a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ, with offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Central and Latin America. www.telcordia.com About Datamat Datamat is a key player in the Information & Communication Technology sector in Italy. It is specialized in the development and supply of ICT solutions and services for Bank, Finance, Insurance, Defense, Space, Telecommunications, Media, Utilities, Public Administration and Healthcare. Datamat consolidated financial statements for the year 2003 show a production value increasing by 13% at 184 million euro and a significant improvement of results at all levels. FY03 closes with a positive bottom line and a backlog worth 172 euro million. The group counts about 1,750 highly skilled professionals distributed in various operative offices. As from October 2000, Datamat is listed on the New Market (index DAM.MI.). www.datamat.it Telcordia Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC.s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2003, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. . 30 . FAP/ny* CONTACT: Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway Krista Wald, 732-699-5050 email: kwald at telcordia.com From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 18 13:47:41 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 09:47:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] NeoMedia Enters Master Marketing Alliance Agreement With Fortune 500 Company SAIC Message-ID: <20040518094717.N476-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 18, 2004 09:22 AM US Eastern Timezone NeoMedia Enters Master Marketing Alliance Agreement With Fortune 500 Company SAIC http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040518005569&newsLang=en --- FORT MYERS, Fla. & RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2004--NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:NEOM), said today that it has entered into a Master Marketing Alliance Agreement with Fortune(R) 500 company Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to market the capabilities of both companies in each other's business arenas. Charles T. Jensen, president, COO and acting CEO of NeoMedia, said the agreement will enable SAIC "to market NeoMedia's PaperClick(R) technology, a mobile connectivity platform, to businesses and consumers alike. This agreement should extend NeoMedia's reach into the global marketplace while providing SAIC with a mobile technology that enables real-time applications for public and private sector use." NeoMedia (www.neom.com), based in Fort Myers, is a developer of patented software and technologies that link physical objects, such as products and printed materials, directly to targeted online data. SAIC (www.saic.com) is the largest employee-owned research and engineering companies in the United States providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions services to commercial and government customers. Agreement to Further Both Businesses Jensen said that today's agreement between NeoMedia and SAIC aims at furthering both businesses, with the companies working closely together. Both companies, he said, can market NeoMedia products and SAIC supporting services to their respective customer bases across multiple industries. Patented PaperClick Technology NeoMedia is best known for its patented PaperClick software platform, which allows bar codes and other machine-readable identifiers to be automatically linked to Web pages and other information sources. PaperClick currently runs on Windows(R)-based PCs and the Palm Pilot(R) PDA. PaperClick for Camera Phones(TM), introduced earlier this year, is an extension of the PaperClick platform. It employs a standard browser, client software, and an architecture of online services and applications servers transparent to users, who simply take a picture with the phone for an automatic link to tailored on-line Web information. PaperClick For Cell Phones can be pre-installed or installed via the phone's infra-red (IrDA) port, the BlueTooth(R) wireless network, or download. "There is excitement and momentum at NeoMedia," said Jensen. "We believe that today's agreement with SAIC should help position our company and patented technologies for worldwide distribution and sales from major, international leaders." About NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (www.neom.com), is a developer of patented software and technologies which link physical objects directly to targeted online data, with expertise in homeland security and e-authentication applications NeoMedia markets PaperClick and PaperClick for Cell Phones, a mobile extension of the PaperClick platform, and also has a Systems Integration Group which specializes in providing expert-based IT consulting, hardware, and software solutions. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With the exception of historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release involve risk and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. PaperClick is a registered trademark and PaperClick For Cell Phones is a trademark of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. Other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 18 19:45:03 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 15:45:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC AMSEC Team Among Winners of the NAVSEA SeaPort Enhanced Contract Message-ID: <20040518154421.M840-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tuesday May 18, 3:13 pm ET SAIC AMSEC Team Among Winners of the NAVSEA SeaPort Enhanced Contract http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040518/dctu071_1.html --- VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced that together with teammate AMSEC LLC, it is among the winners of the SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) contracts awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). The SeaPort-e program has a potential value of $43 billion over fifteen years. The SAIC AMSEC team was among the multiple award winners of this contract to provide support services to Naval Warfare Center Commands nationwide. This team has a total of 63 subcontractors, of which 51 are small, small disadvantaged, woman-owned or veteran preference businesses. This indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract will be performed over a base of five years, with options to renew for two award terms of five years each. The SAIC AMSEC team will provide engineering, technical, and programmatic support services for the Warfare Centers. Tasked to introduce transformational technologies into new or existing surface, undersea and strategic warfighting capabilities, the team's efforts will include research, technology development, concept exploration, design and demonstration of concept, and technical analysis to support the development of advanced hardware and software systems. In addition, system engineering and process engineering support will include the application of engineering disciplines to new warfighting capabilities and systems. The team will provide support in coastal security, infrastructure protection, deterrence, defense and response from threats to non-military targets at home and abroad. The efforts will be expected to address consequence management, crisis management and intelligence support necessary to oppose terrorist threats and to provide the ability to identify critical infrastructure susceptibilities and operational dependencies that could adversely impact mission success or continuity of operations. In the Spring of 2001, NAVSEA launched SeaPort, a program that has had significant results in streamlining the contracting process, reducing administrative costs and facilitating a paperless procurement process. In concert with that direction, NAVSEA expanded its web-based portal and acquisition strategy to the Warfare Centers, resulting in SeaPort-e to combine services previously provided under different contracts and will provide for the procurement of new support activities as they are identified. AMSEC LLC is a limited liability company jointly owned by SAIC and Northrop Grumman Newport News. With annual revenue of $500 Million and 4600 employees nationwide and overseas, AMSEC LLC is a full service supplier to the commercial and Navy maritime industry, providing naval architecture and marine engineering, combat and electronic systems engineering, naval ship systems assessments, maintenance engineering, and acquisition program development, shipyard industrial engineering, and complete logistics services from technical manual development to provisioning documents, to spare parts management and training. Northrop Grumman Newport News, headquartered in Newport News, Va., is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. Newport News also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels, and has the capability to design, build and maintain every class of ship in the U.S. Navy's fleet. Newport News employs more than 18,000 people. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, transportation and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause SAIC's actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 20 19:23:44 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 15:23:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC and Entergy Win Prestigious Outsourcing Center Award Message-ID: <20040520152239.K50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thursday May 20, 1:57 pm ET SAIC and Entergy Win Prestigious Outsourcing Center Award http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040520/dcth045_1.html --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that SAIC and Entergy Services, Inc. were awarded a 2004 Outsourcing Excellence Award as one of the world's seven most outstanding relationships. Winning the Best Refreshed award, the relationship was honored for ongoing flexibility and facilitating corporate agility. The SAIC and Entergy relationship, which began in 1999, was named Best Refreshed, to acknowledge the teamwork, mutual effort, and success of the parties in keeping their long-standing relationship responsive to changing goals and enhancing value outcomes. According to Entergy Chief Information Officer Ray Johnson, "The relationship works for two key reasons. First, we both have committed ourselves to a set of contractual governance/relationship management practices and principles for which we are both incentivized. Second, the individuals who lead the relationship on both sides are personally committed to openness, honesty and continuous improvement." SAIC provides Entergy, one of the largest U.S. utilities, with comprehensive IT outsourcing services, including enterprise applications integration, PeopleSoft consulting, e-business enablement and architecture, software engineering process improvement, integrated services management, security and penetration testing, technology consulting and nuclear plant support. At the onset of the five-year agreement, SAIC transitioned 350 former Entergy employees and 100 contractors and assumed responsibility for operations and support of a wide array of Entergy's traditional IT services functions. In 2001, changes were made in the contract to help deliver new, transformational objectives for Entergy. In 2002, further modifications were made to help Entergy meet anticipated cost challenges, and the operational part of the contract was extended by two years. "As a service provider, sometimes you have the good fortune of working with a customer that is highly committed to excellence in service delivery, to accessibility and honesty in the relationship and to continuous improvement -- and, as a result, you are made better for it," said John Christens, Jr., SAIC corporate vice president and Entergy account program manager. "SAIC is fortunate to have just such a customer in Entergy." The 2004 Outsourcing Excellence Award winners were announced May 5 at a ceremony and awards dinner hosted by the Sourcing Interests Group in conjunction with its annual conference. The Everest Group, Forbes and Wharton Executive Education sponsored the awards. The awards program (formerly known as the Editor's Choice Awards) was established in 1997 and honors both the buyer and service provider in each winning relationship. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat May 22 14:16:57 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 10:16:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Nevada asks federal auditors to look at Yucca Mountain contracts Message-ID: <20040522101501.U50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 21, 2004 Nevada asks federal auditors to look at Yucca Mountain contracts http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2004/may/21/052110361.html --- LAS VEGAS (AP) - The state of Nevada is asking federal auditors whether the Energy Department's contract with Yucca Mountain project managers violates federal law or ethics rules. State officials want the Energy Department inspector general to look at the agency's contract with Bechtel SAIC Co. LLC, the management and operations contractor on the planned national nuclear waste repository, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The company's $1.88 billion contract includes incentives to earn $133.2 million for meeting deadlines and performing work to certain standards. The company has collected $48 million in fees since the five-year contract was initiated in February 2001, said Allen Benson, an Energy Department and Yucca Mountain spokesman in Las Vegas. Bechtel SAIC can qualify for an $11 million payment if it meets a July 26 deadline to finish a draft repository license application, according to the contract. Having a final licensing documents ready by Nov. 30 qualifies the contractor for another $15.3 million, while the company could earn $22.1 million if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission accepts the license application for formal review early next year. Bob Loux, director of Nevada's Agency for Nuclear Projects, described the payments as "exceptionally large bonuses," and questioned whether they might affect the contractor's work. Loux sent a letter Tuesday asking Gregory Friedman, the Energy Department's inspector general, to examine the contract. Officials from Bechtel SAIC and the Energy Department meet regularly with Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials to discuss license preparations. With millions of dollars in award fees at stake, Loux said there is risk project managers may lobby NRC to look favorably on their repository work. The Energy Department plans by the end of the year to submit to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission an application for a license to open and operate the Yucca Mountain repository. Plans call for entombing 77,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste now being stored at nuclear power plants and federal reactors in 39 states. On the Net: Yucca Mountain project: http://www.ymp.gov Nevada Office of Nuclear Projects: http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal --- Bechtel SAIC: http://www.saic.com/about/companies/bechtel.html - ed From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon May 24 13:48:34 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 09:48:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Questra Device Management is Part of New Transportation System at Nation's Key Seaports Message-ID: <20040524094426.M50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 24, 2004 09:01 Questra Device Management is Part of New Transportation System at Nation's Key Seaports http://tinyurl.com/29lap --- REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2004-- Trucking and Seaport Facilities Add Advanced Technology Increasing the Flow of the Nation's Supply of Goods Questra announced today that its intelligent device management (IDM) software will be part of systems being implemented by Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit to expedite the flow of containers at a large container facility on the eastern seaboard. Questra software will proactively monitor and manage the equipment and devices that constitute SAIC's Intelligent Intermodal Solutions (IIS) system. SAIC's IIS system utilizes a variety of specialty devices performing imaging acquisition, OCR data collection, and cross-match validation of trucks entering and leaving intermodal container facilities. Questra software will provide status checks on system components and issue alerts when these devices exceed operating parameters, enabling the proactive maintenance and service of the monitored devices to minimize downtime. "Questra's software will provide maintenance monitoring for our IIS system installation," said William J. Kelly, SAIC senior vice president and manager of the Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit. "With the volume of container imports growing, the ability of the IIS system to improve productivity within the facility's footprint is important." The Questra IDM software fully supports monitoring, diagnostics, alarms/alerts, remote desktop control, software configuration management, and analytics on a real time, 24x7, basis. "We were excited to be selected by SAIC for this venture," said Emil Wang, Questra president and chief executive officer. "SAIC is a leader in the systems integration of transportation technologies." The Questra IDM solution includes enterprise platform software, server-based applications, agents loaded into in-field devices, and connectors that interface with enterprise applications and wireless devices. Questra IDM solutions offer software products built on an architecture designed to reliably support scalable deployments. About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. About Questra (www.questra.com) Questra Corporation, www.questra.com, is an enterprise software company leading the development of intelligent device management solutions. The company's remote diagnostic and monitoring applications collect data from medical instruments, printing equipment, power monitors, and other remote devices. Equipment manufacturers and their customers using the Questra Smart Service Solution lower their service costs through reduced emergency calls, proactive device monitoring and diagnostics, and streamlined accounting for consumables and usage. Equipment manufacturers such as Agfa, Diagnostic Products Corp., Eaton Corp.'s Cutler-Hammer business, GE Healthcare, and Heidelberg, use Questra. Questra is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 25 18:56:15 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 14:56:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awards Publication Prize to Sioux Falls Scientists Message-ID: <20040525145458.Q50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Tuesday May 25, 12:53 pm ET SAIC Awards Publication Prize to Sioux Falls Scientists http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040525/dctu049_1.html --- SAN DIEGO, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it has awarded Shuguang "Leo" Liu and Norman Bliss, scientists working at the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, with the 2003 Publication Award in the field of environment and geophysics. The SAIC Executive Science and Technology Council (ESTC) based the selection on the originality of work, significance of results and effectiveness of their presentation. They were honored, along with other winners, at an SAIC Awards Banquet on April 13, 2004 in McLean, Virginia. Liu and Bliss' publication, written in collaboration with authors Eric Sundquist and Thomas G. Huntington of the U.S. Geological Survey, is entitled "Modeling Carbon Dynamics in Vegetation and Soil Under the Impact of Soil Erosion and Deposition." It appeared in the Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 17, No. 2. The article argues that the continuing increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration has the potential of significantly altering the climate system and affecting the economy at regional and global scales. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment indicates that in the 1990s the land has absorbed about two to four billion metric tones of carbon-equivalent to 35-60 percent of the annual carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion. However, the magnitude of this carbon sink is highly uncertain, as are the locations and underlying causes. In their paper, Liu and Bliss developed an advanced general ecosystem model, the Erosion-Deposition-Carbon-Model, to dynamically simulate the influences of rainfall-induced soil erosion and deposition on soil organic carbon dynamics in soil profiles. The results suggest that failing to account for the impact of soil erosion and deposition may potentially contribute to an overestimation of both the total historical carbon released from soils owing to land use change and the contemporary carbon sequestration rates at the eroding sites. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed May 26 15:49:39 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 11:49:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Announces Arrival of Operation Safe Commerce Shipping Containers Message-ID: <20040526114901.P50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Wednesday May 26, 10:03 am ET SAIC Announces Arrival of Operation Safe Commerce Shipping Containers http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040526/dcw023_1.html --- MCLEAN, Va. and SEATTLE, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and its teammates, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Savi Technology, and Mercator Transportation Group announced today the arrival of the first twelve Operation Safe Commerce (OSC) intermodal shipping containers at a national retailer's distribution center south of Seattle, Washington. Operation Safe Commerce is a public/private relationship being implemented by the Transportation Security Administration. OSC is dedicated to finding methods and technologies to protect commercial Maritime shipments from threats of terrorist attack, illegal immigration and other contraband while minimizing the economic impact upon this vital transportation system. The 12 containers traveled through the supply chain by truck from a remote location in Central America to a Pacific coast port, arriving at the Port of Seattle and finally by truck to the distribution center. Additional containers will be sent and evaluated over the next few months. Each container will be subjected to a modified loading process, container sealing, tracking and information gathering technologies, monitoring technology and unplanned event alerts. Enhanced container monitoring and tracking is very important to national retailers since environmental exposure and time to market can impact product quality. The technologies used include Web enabled video, electronic container sealing, container environment monitoring, radio frequency identification (RFID) devices, electronic tracking, GPS satellite tracking, data consolidation and event identification and alert software featuring centralized data with controlled access. "A major challenge for shipping any container is to reduce the risk of unintended cargo insertion as the container is loaded and transported in the source country," said Ray Castor, SAIC senior program manager. "These containers, as well as containers from other OSC supply chains, are implementing process and technology changes to reduce risks and are evaluating these changes in real supply chain conditions to produce realistic comparisons." SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 27 19:18:09 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 15:18:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] (no subject) Message-ID: <20040527151640.I50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thursday May 27, 2:14 pm ET SAIC Wins Contract to Support the Joint Forces Intelligence Command http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040527/dcth045_1.html --- MCLEAN, Va., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it has been awarded a task order to support the Joint Forces Intelligence Command, Transformation Support Directorate (JFIC/DT). SAIC will provide engineering and technical services in the areas of strategic planning and technical integration of new technologies, development and analysis of cognitive metrics, documentation of operating procedures and development of after action reviews that provide operational feedback and documentation. The General Services Administration (GSA) awarded this task order under the GSA ANSWER contract vehicle. The Broadspere Group based in Chesapeake, Va.; and Klein Associates based in Fairborn, Ohio; are key members of the SAIC team. This time and materials task order contract to be performed over one base year is valued at $2,533,589, with the opportunity to renew two additional one-year options which, if exercised, would bring the potential cumulative value of the contract to $6,188,155. "SAIC analysts, scientists and engineers are committed to helping meet the goals of joint transformation by providing sound strategic advice and the latest technologies," said Chuck Zang, general manager of SAIC's Engineering, Test and Analysis Business Unit. "This contract enables SAIC to apply our experimentation and analysis expertise to continue our long-standing support of military transformation activities." Working as an integrated part of the JFIC/DT staff, SAIC team analysts will assist in the conduct of continuous experimentation cycles within the JFIC/DT Transformation and Experimentation Cell that are designed to evaluate intelligence tools for numerous Defense Department activities. Recurring support requirements will include research, analysis and integration of applications from numerous sources as well as process review and documentation of procedures. Additional support functions include development of the Operational Evaluation Network (OEN), technology exploration, technical integration to the OEN and development of a cognitive metrics suite. SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration, and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 43,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004, and such other filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Source: SAIC From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 28 18:10:19 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 14:10:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC to aid defense transformation efforts Message-ID: <20040528140909.K50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/28/04 SAIC to aid defense transformation efforts http://www.wtonline.com/news/1_1/daily_news/23642-1.html --- By Roseanne Gerin Staff Writer Science Applications International Corp. won a task order to provide engineering and technical support services for military transformation activities, the company said yesterday. The task order for the Joint Forces Intelligence Commands Transformation Support Directorate has a potential value of nearly $6.2 million for one year and two one-year options. SAIC will offer engineering and technical services for the strategic planning and technical integration of new technologies, development and analysis of cognitive metrics, documentation of operating procedures and development of post-action reviews that provide operational feedback. SAIC will assist in conducting continuous experimentation cycles within the programs cell that are designed to measure intelligence tools for many Defense Department activities. Other members of SAIC team include the Broadspere Group of Chesapeake, Va., and Klein Associates of Fairborn, Ohio. San Diego-based SAIC is No. 5 on Washington Technologys Top 100 list of federal contractors, ranked according to their prime IT contracting revenue. The company employs 43,000 workers and had revenue of $6.7 billion for the year ended Jan. 31. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 28 21:59:14 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 17:59:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Contract to Yucca could violate federal laws, ethics Message-ID: <20040528175721.S50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 28, 2004 Contract to Yucca could violate federal laws, ethics http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2004/05/28/news/ymppayments.htm --- BY STEVE TETREAULT PVT WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON -- The state of Nevada has asked federal auditors to examine whether the Energy Department's contract with managers for the Yucca Mountain Project may violate federal laws or ethics rules. State officials are targeting the department's contract with Bechtel SAIC Co. LLC, the management and operations contractor on the nuclear waste repository program. The company's $1.88 billion contract includes incentives to earn $133.2 million for meeting deadlines and performing work to certain standards. The company has collected $48 million in fees since the five-year contract was initiated in February 2001, said Allen Benson, an Energy Department spokesman in Las Vegas. In the coming months, Bechtel SAIC can qualify for an $11 million payment if it meets a July 26 deadline to finish a draft repository license application, according to the contract. Having a final licensing document ready by Nov. 30 qualifies the contractor for another $15.3 million, while the company could earn $22.1 million if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission accepts the license application for formal review early next year. But Bob Loux, executive director of Nevada's Agency for Nuclear Projects, described the payments as "exceptionally large bonuses," and questioned whether they might be coloring the contractor's work. Loux sent a letter on Tuesday asking Gregory Friedman, the Energy Department's inspector general, to examine the contract. Officials from Bechtel SAIC and the Energy Department meet regularly with Nuclear Regulatory Commission staffers to discuss license preparations. With millions of dollars in award fees at stake, Loux said there is risk project managers may lobby NRC to look favorably on their repository work. Loux compared the awards to paying bonuses to legal experts in a court case if a judge accepts their testimony, a practice that "is normally illegal, and always unethical." "These bonuses to DOE's experts are not at all like the usual ones to encourage contractor performance," Loux wrote to Friedman. Loux said in an interview the state has not identified specific laws or regulations that might be in violation. An Energy Department spokesman in Washington did not comment. A representative for Friedman was not available on Thursday. Benson said the payments are not "bonuses," but rather are fees written into the contract that amount to the company's profit from the job. He said the fees were negotiated at roughly 7.5 percent of the contract value. "They have to earn it based on performance, work quality and schedule," Benson said. "It is not additional money." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat May 29 14:11:48 2004 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 10:11:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Athens Olympics IT security system suffers Message-ID: <20040529101000.C50853-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Saturday May 29, 2004 09:31 - (SA) Athens Olympics IT security system suffers http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimes/sportst/sportst1085815904.asp --- ATHENS - Final delivery of the Athens Olympics' information technology (IT) security package will be delayed by a month to the end of June, a Greek minister said. "We have decided to amend the contract and extend it by about a month," Greek Public Order Minister Yiorgos Voulgarakis said in an interview in the English-language weekly Athens News. "During this extension... finished pieces (of the system) will be delivered. Personnel will train on these with the aim of having, by the end of June, the entire project delivered," Voulgarakis said. After long haggling and delays, Greece last year awarded a 245 million euro (294 million dollars) tender for the supply of the IT security package to a consortium led by US firm Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). SAIC had then promised to deliver the entire system within a year by end May 2004. But friction with the Greek authorities led to the one-month delay. In earlier reports, the Athens News had quoted an anonymous Greek government source as saying that the system would be just 85 percent operational during the Games. SAIC's so-called C4I system encompasses a centralised command for a network of security cameras and communications devices linking security agencies and venues in different parts of the Greek capital. SAIC was also in charge of security at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics. Greece's massive Olympics operation plan is expected to start rolling on July 1, only shortly after the system's expected delivery. Greece is expected to spend up to 1 billion euros -- an Olympic record - on security. AFP -