From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Apr 1 13:40:51 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:40:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] Science Applications International Corp. of Houston has been awarded a $54 million, one-year extension of its NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance Service Contract. Message-ID: <20050401083959.J5256-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 31 March 2005 Science Applications International Corp. of Houston has been awarded a $54 million, one-year extension of its NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance Service Contract. http://www.mysan.de/article67836.html --- WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corp. of Houston has been awarded a $54 million, one-year extension of its NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance Service Contract. The contract provides support of JSC.s Safety and Mission Assurance Office in safety, reliability, maintainability, quality engineering and quality assurance matters. Its focus is both within the center and on outside contractors. The contract supports various programs, including the Shuttle and the International Space Station, and provides institutional support. The one-year extension, beginning April 1, brings the duration of the level-of-effort, cost-plus-award-fee contract to 11 years and its total amount to about $437 million. Work under the contract will be performed in Houston; at JSC.s White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, N.M.; and at NASA.s Kennedy Space Center, Fla. For information about NASA and agency missions on the Internet, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ Web site: http://www.nasa.gov/ From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Apr 1 13:45:56 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:45:56 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] Denic damns 'errors' in .net report Message-ID: <20050401084119.U5256-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thursday 31st March 2005 16:42 GMT Denic damns 'errors' in .net report http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/31/net_report_denic/ --- By Kieren McCarthy Published Thursday 31st March 2005 16:42 GMT The report that this week decided the ownership of the second most important directory on the Internet has been called into question with the claim that a fundamental element of it is factually incorrect. One of the five bidders for the .net registry, Denic, has denounced the report, calling it "sloppy" and pointing out "serious factual errors". In the report, Denic is largely ruled out because, the report says, it runs an in-house proprietary database. The company - which runs the second-biggest registry in the world, the German .de with eight million domains - categorically denies this. Denic "actually uses a commercial product from one of the world's foremost suppliers - a point made expressly in the application documentation". Asked where the report team got the idea that Denic was running a database built in-house, a Denic spokesman replied simply: "I have no idea." The other bidders not chosen are also known to harbour serious doubts about the report's fairness and accuracy but have so far refused to go public. The report itself - by US technology company Telcordia - put incumbent registry VeriSign at the top of its list. As a result, Internet overseeing organisation ICANN has already begun discussions with the company over renewal of the contract which ends on 30 June this year. However, serious questions remain over conflicts of interest and links between Telcordia and VeriSign and closer inspection of the report has revealed that the criteria used to arrive at the decision appear to be weighted in favour of VeriSign. The most significant conflict of interest is that Telcordia was until very recently owned by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) - the company that bought and owned VeriSign for a long time, selling it in 2000 but still holding shares in the company until 2003. A key member of the evaluation team William Roper is a director of both SAIC and VeriSign. Another member of the team, Dr Sincoskie worked for VeriSign for over a year when it was Network Solutions. What is also clear is that while several DNS experts were consulted extensively for the .net evaluation, they appear to have been given no input into the decision-making process. Denic is not only concerned about factual inaccuracies, it is also deeply concerned about the colour-scoring system used by Telcordia to decide the winner. "The evaluators' report does not make it at all clear how other applicants were awarded much better rankings," it stated. A careful review of the report raises numerous questions over why one company was given a higher ranking and why another a lower ranking. The introduction of criteria in which VeriSign by default came top (because it already runs .net and .com) arguably skews the results, and the team does not appear to have addressed stability and competition within the wider Internet space. ICANN and Telcordia were unavailable for comment. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Apr 2 03:05:46 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:05:46 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] Larry Cox Joins SAIC to Lead Intelligence and Information Solutions Business Unit Message-ID: <20050401220458.T5256-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Friday April 1, 6:14 pm ET Larry Cox Joins SAIC to Lead Intelligence and Information Solutions Business Unit http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050401/dcf081.html?.v=1 --- SAN DIEGO, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced the appointment of Larry D. Cox as senior vice president and general manager of Intelligence & Information Solutions (IIS) business unit (BU) effective April 18, 2005. The IIS business unit has 1260 employees with annual revenues in excess of $380 million. This business unit's main focus is on the intelligence community, and concentrated in four key areas: signals & systems, information assurance, information operations and defense, space & civil. Cox comes to SAIC from Lockheed Martin were he served as vice president of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Strategy. He was founder and president of ORINCON Sygenex Incorporated, which Lockheed Martin acquired in 2003. Previously, Cox spent three years on Capitol Hill as a professional staff member with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where he held oversight responsibility for space, advanced technology, communications and remote sensing programs. Prior to that, he spent eight years with General Electric and held many engineering and managerial positions, including senior systems engineer, chief scientist for Ground Systems, program manager for Space and Ground Systems and business development manager for Intelligence Programs. Prior to that he spent eleven years with the National Security Agency (NSA) where he held various positions. Cox received his bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland. He is on the Board of Directors of the national Correlation Working Group and is a consultant to the NSA Advisory Board. 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 nearly $7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 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 Mon Apr 4 22:41:41 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:41:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Workers claim retaliation in Yucca Mountain water piping case Message-ID: <20050404184039.W882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Mon, Apr. 04, 2005 Workers claim retaliation in Yucca Mountain water piping case http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/11307738.htm --- Associated Press LAS VEGAS - Pipe fitters at Yucca Mountain say they were instructed to damage the tunnel's main water line and install a pipe to bypass a state water meter at the federal nuclear waste repository site. The claims are made in a federal Labor Department whistle-blower case and in interviews with former contract workers at the site, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday. Ronald Dollens of Pahrump said he was harassed before Yucca Mountain project contractor Bechtel SAIC fired him in May 2003 by for reporting what he claimed were violations of worker safety and Environmental Protection Agency laws including the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. It was not clear whether the bypass was installed. A labor investigator has recommended that Bechtel SAIC pay Dollens $250,000 for retaliating after he complained. Bechtel SAIC has appealed. No trial has been set before an administrative law judge. "There was sabotage that went on. A pipe that went into the portal was purposely broke for overtime," Dollens told the Review-Journal. Dollens said pipe fitters made a pipe in 2003 to reroute groundwater pumped from a nearby well around a state water meter. In November 2003, Nevada State Engineer Hugh Ricci denied the Energy Department permanent rights to 140 million gallons per year of groundwater to build the repository to entomb the nation's most highly radioactive commercial and military waste. But the state agreed in federal court to let Yucca Mountain project officials refill four water storage tanks for restroom facilities and emergencies. In a statement Dollens filed with the Labor Department in his wrongful termination claim, he said foreman Mike Oettinger asked him and co-worker Dale Cain in November 2002 to purposely break a water line so they could get overtime pay fixing the pipe. Dollens said the workers refused. But several days later, Oettinger was credited with working overtime to fix a broken pipe. "I asked Mike Oettinger if he had broken the pipe, and he just laughed and said, 'Don't ask,'" Dollens stated in his affidavit. "Nothing ever happened for this pipe sabotage." Oettinger, reached Friday at home in Amargosa Valley, declined comment. A spokesman for Bechtel SAIC, Jason Bohne, also declined comment, citing ongoing litigation. Cain said he was frustrated and doesn't stand to gain by confirming Dollens' story. "I'd just like to see those people tell the truth for a change. There's nothing they can do to me," he told the Review-Journal. Cain said Oettinger discussed a plan to bypass the water meter at the Nevada Test Site surrounding Yucca Mountain. Cain and Dollens said they never saw the bypass pipeline installed. "I observed the piece being made and delivered. Whether it got used, who knows?" Cain said. Cain was laid off in December 2003. In April 2004, Christopher Lee, deputy regional administrator for the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in San Francisco, recommended Dollens get a $250,000 punitive award from Bechtel SAIC for "reckless conduct indifferent to the rights of the whistle-blower." Lee wrote that he could not establish if water line sabotage, air conditioning tampering and theft of state water had occurred. The investigation found Dollens was humiliated on March 23, 2003, for reporting an unsafe condition at the site's 1-million-gallon potable water tank, and confronted April 24, 2003, after protesting plans to open valves from old water tanks. He was fired the following month. Dollens' lawyer, Sangeeta Singal, also represents three other former Yucca Mountain contract workers who claim they were fired by Bechtel SAIC because they refused to sign affidavits for the company in the Dollens case. Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.lvrj.com From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 7 01:42:50 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:42:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC reports annual revenues of $7.2B Message-ID: <20050406214136.G882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 04/04/2005 SAIC reports annual revenues of $7.2B http://www.sandiego.com/sdbusiness.jsp?x=000&id=5e209e0f-cba5-41d0-868a-6f7feda61993 --- Growth attributed to increased federal contracts by Jennifer McEntee Science Applications International Corp. has posted fiscal year 2005 revenues of $7.2 billion, up 23 percent over the previous fiscal year's $5.8 billion. San Diego-based SAIC, the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the nation, attributes the growth to more projects for the federal government. The local company's fiscal year ended Jan. 31. SAIC's operating income for the year was $488 million, up from $395 million the previous year. SAIC completed the sale of its stock in subsidiary Telcordia Technologies Inc. on March 15. The business is classified as discontinued operations. Net income for fiscal 2005 -- which includes those discontinued operations -- was $409 million, compared to $351 million for fiscal 2004. For just the fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, SAIC's net income was $144 million on revenues were $1.9 billion. By comparison, in the same quarter a year ago, SAIC's net income was $75 million on revenues of $1.6 billion. SAIC is a privately held company with some 42,00 employees worldwide. It's listed as a Fortune 500 company. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 7 01:43:53 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:43:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Ceterus Networks Joins SAIC Public Safety Integration Center Message-ID: <20050406214256.N882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Monday April 4, 2:03 pm ET Ceterus Networks Joins SAIC Public Safety Integration Center http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050404/dam040.html?.v=4 --- ALLEN, Texas, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceterus Networks, a provider of flexible telecom data and voice transport solutions, today announced that it has completed installation of its Universal Transport System (UTS) products at Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Public Safety Integration Center (PSIC). Located in the Washington, D.C. suburb of McLean, Va., SAIC's PSIC is a laboratory, testbed, and prototype 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. Ceterus Networks' UTS family of products enables flexible, high bandwidth communications services, including such critical services as TDM voice, Ethernet-based data, VoIP and videoconferencing, over the telecommunications infrastructure already in place. By creating precisely the bandwidth needed to support required services, the UTS can offer unmatched performance for critical communications needs. "We welcome Ceterus Networks to the growing list of vendors who are demonstrating their capabilities in SAIC's PSIC," said James W. Morentz, SAIC vice president for Homeland Security Technology. "We're extremely pleased to be a part of the SAIC's PSIC," said Dave Stehlin, President and CEO of Ceterus Networks. "We are constantly working to provide solutions that can deliver all voice and data communication needs, while integrating seamlessly into existing networks for rapid deployment. We look forward to fully integrating and demonstrating our capabilities to PSIC visitors and potential customers." About SAIC: Science Applications International 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 nearly $7 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com . About Ceterus Networks: Ceterus Networks provides flexible transport solutions that enable Ethernet as well as legacy service delivery to any location, over copper or fiber. By transforming existing wireline and wireless networks to carry flexible packet-based Ethernet as well as TDM services, Ceterus products enable providers and enterprises to deliver these high-bandwidth, high-QoS managed services to every location, while minimizing access cost and capital expense. Ceterus Networks is a privately-held company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Allen, Texas. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.ceterus.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 7 01:44:46 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:44:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2005 Message-ID: <20050406214354.E882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Monday April 4, 1:18 pm ET SAIC Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2005 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050404/dcm049.html?.v=4 --- SAN DIEGO, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced financial results for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2005 (Fiscal 2005). SAIC achieved revenues of $7.2 billion, reflecting a growth rate of 23 percent over our previous year's revenues of $5.8 billion, primarily due to an increase in our federal government contract awards. "I am pleased with our performance; the professionalism and high caliber work that our men and women perform on a daily basis is measurably contributing to the security and defense of our nation, to cancer research, to innovative commercial IT solutions, and in countless other ways," said Ken Dahlberg, SAIC chairman and chief executive officer. On March 15, 2005, pursuant to a definitive stock purchase agreement entered into on November 17, 2004, SAIC completed the sale of the stock of its subsidiary, Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Telcordia). Therefore, for Fiscal 2005, Telcordia has been classified as discontinued operations in the company's consolidated financial statements. In order to conform to the Fiscal 2005 presentation of discontinued operations, Telcordia's financial results have been reclassified from continuing operations for Fiscal 2004 and Fiscal 2003, and shown as discontinued operations for those years as well. SAIC's operating income for Fiscal 2005 was $488 million, compared to $395 million for Fiscal 2004. The increase in operating income was driven primarily by our growth in revenues. Non-operating items for Fiscal 2005 totaled $85 million of expense, compared to $31 million of expense in Fiscal 2004. The increase in non- operating expense in Fiscal 2005 was primarily attributable to fewer gains from the sale of investments, higher net interest expense (interest expense less interest income), and losses related to equity investments. Income from continuing operations for Fiscal 2005 was $272 million, compared to $224 million in Fiscal 2004. This increase was primarily due to growth in operating income and a lower income tax provision resulting from a lower effective tax rate, offset by the increase in non-operating expenses. Net income for Fiscal 2005, including discontinued operations, was $409 million, compared to $351 million in Fiscal 2004. Revenues for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2005 were $1.9 billion, compared to $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2004. Operating income in the fourth quarter was $124 million in Fiscal 2005, compared to $93 million in Fiscal 2004. The fourth quarter income from continuing operations was $85 million in Fiscal 2005, compared to $35 million in Fiscal 2004. Net income for the fourth quarter was $144 million in Fiscal 2005, compared to $75 million in Fiscal 2004. Income from Telcordia's discontinued operations was $133 million and $127 million for Fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively, and was $59 million and $40 million for the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively. SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. From science to solutions, 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 $7.2 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found on the Internet 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, 2005, 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 Apr 7 01:45:55 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:45:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Revenue at SAIC up 23%, to record Message-ID: <20050406214447.W882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> April 5, 2005 Revenue at SAIC up 23%, to record http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050405-9999-1b5saic.html --- Government business lion's share of growth By Bruce V. Bigelow UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 5, 2005 San Diego-based SAIC said yesterday its revenue grew to a record $7.2 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, a 23 percent gain attributed almost entirely to growth in its government business. Only 4 percent of the company's revenue growth was due to acquisitions made in the past year, SAIC disclosed in its fiscal 2005 financial statement filed with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. Advertisement "We're just very proud of the performance we're seeing," said Thomas E. Darcy, SAIC's chief financial officer. One place where the company showed unusually strong growth was its material and subcontract business, which consists mostly of multiyear systems integration-type contracts. M&S revenue in fiscal 2005 was $2.6 billion, or 37 percent of the company's total. It was 33 percent in fiscal 2004. The company, also known as Science Applications International Corp., reported annual operating income of $488 million for fiscal 2005, compared with $395 million the prior year. Nonoperating items subtracted $85 million from the company's bottom line, due mostly to investment losses, higher interest expenses and other related costs. Darcy noted that the losses were not offset by notable gains from venture investments as in some previous years. Net income for fiscal 2005 was $409 million, or $2.18 per share, compared with $351 million, or $1.86 a share, in fiscal 2004. Telecommunications subsidiary Telcordia Technologies had accounted for most of SAIC's commercial business in recent years. But with SAIC's sale of Telcordia completed March 15, the company said its business with the government now accounts for 94 percent of its revenue. Pentagon contracts represent about 65 percent of the $7.2 billion total. In the previous year, with Telcordia included, government business represented about 81 percent of the research and engineering conglomerate's $6.7 billion in revenue. The company classified Telcordia as a discontinued operation in its financial statement for fiscal 2005, and the company's fiscal 2004 revenue was revised to $5.8 billion to conform with the change. Most of the proceeds from the $1.35 billion sale of Telcordia will not appear on the company's balance sheet until the next quarter, Darcy said. The company now shows roughly $2.35 billion in available cash. "We're certainly looking to deploy that cash for strategic acquisitions, some portion of it anyway," Darcy said. "But we have to find some entities that fit our strategic needs first." While Telcordia's net income increased slightly, to $133 million in fiscal 2005 from $127 million the prior year, the telecommunications business has declined substantially in recent years. "Whether you're looking at our continuing business or our discontinued business, both have had healthy growth," Darcy said. Commercial sales, which accounted for 40 percent of revenue in fiscal 2001, shrank to 6 percent in fiscal 2005. Most of the 2005 revenue was derived from information technology contracts for commercial customers such as BP, the London energy conglomerate once known as British Petroleum. SAIC reported fourth-quarter revenue of $1.9 billion, compared with $1.6 billion in the same quarter last year. The company said operating income for the quarter amounted to $124 million, and net income was $144 million. That compares with $93 million in fourth-quarter operating income in fiscal 2004, and net income of $75 million. SAIC also disclosed in its annual statement filed with the SEC that it is still working to resolve a dispute with the Greek government over a contract to provide security systems used during the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games. Under an agreement signed last July before the games began, SAIC established a process for completing testing and acceptance of the system, with final acceptance to occur no later than Oct. 1. "The Greek government has not made certain payments under the contract and has not yet formally accepted the system," the company reported. The fixed-price contract has an estimated value of $312 million. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 7 01:48:41 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:48:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Blue Agave and SAIC Team Up to Bring the Real-Time Enterprise to Government Agencies Message-ID: <20050406214556.O882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> April 6, 2005 Blue Agave and SAIC Team Up to Bring the Real-Time Enterprise to Government Agencies http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-06-2005/0003335370&EDATE= --- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SAN DIEGO, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Agave Software, Inc. and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced a Joint Marketing Agreement that targets Business Activity Monitoring (BAM). The proposed solution will provide the country's largest federal agencies with real-time performance management solutions to address process gaps within operations, logistics and intelligence. The alliance has impact for government organizations, by delivering solutions that drive improvements in performance. These solutions enable government agencies to leverage large volumes of granular data from disparate systems to obtain a clear and comprehensive understanding of all developing issues in real-time, while there is still time to take corrective action. "Many government agencies face the daunting task of transforming huge amounts of data into actionable information in very short cycles," said Anthony J. Rahner, program manager of SAIC's Integrated Systems Division. "Blue Agave's solution set enables us to configure and deploy real-time, decision-support applications that address the proprietary requirements of government agencies." Deployed at Defense The Department of Defense (DoD) recently enlisted SAIC and Blue Agave to pilot their Active Performance Management(TM) (APM) solution to identify and streamline delayed cargo shipments. This initial application integrates critical data from four separate DoD logistics systems in real-time, identifies exceptions, and provides specific recommendations for expediting delivery and resolving delays at selected DoD depots and aerial ports. The solution not only enables faster resolution times, but it also identifies the root cause of shipment problems, illuminating policy and process issues that can often be corrected to avoid recurrence. The Web-based Blue Agave solution was deployed to dozens of users spanning several organizations, including United States Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) Air Mobility Command (AMC) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). "We're helping to improve the reliability of one of the government's most important end-to-end logistics chains," said Jim Morganstern, vice president business development, Blue Agave Software. "Leveraging SAIC's domain experience in government, we are able to apply our technologies to help the Department of Defense provide better support to the Warfighter by ensuring uninterrupted movement of critical supplies through the supply chain." The agreement combines Blue Agave's APM solutions with SAIC's professional services experience in federal integration, engineering, and supply chain practices. Configured to meet the needs of various organizations, APM provides a suite of applications that continuously evaluate real-time data to proactively identify and manage the resolution of time-sensitive operational exceptions, deliver up-to-the-minute insight into the current state of the business, and provide capabilities for ongoing continuous improvement. SAIC and Blue Agave will develop and deploy APM-enabled applications to help government agencies address process gaps and improve operational performance. The Joint Marketing Agreement will also extend back into Blue Agave's core market in consumer packaged goods (CPG), relying on SAIC's experience deploying APM solutions in complex environments. About Blue Agave Software Blue Agave Software delivers next generation, real-time decision support capabilities that help organizations dramatically improve operational performance by addressing common, critical process gaps that often put service, revenue, and operations at risk. Its highly-configurable Active Performance Management(TM) (APM) suite delivers measurable benefit to both public and private sector organizations in a variety of industries including consumer packaged goods, defense, healthcare, and financial. The software proactively identifies and recommends actions to address operational anomalies, monitors key aspects of business performance against company targets, and provides root-cause analysis for continuous improvement. Blue Agave is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. and can be reached at http://www.blueagavesoft.com or (617) 621-3400. 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 nearly $7 billion, SAIC has more than 45,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 7 22:16:04 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 18:16:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Hosts Conference for Historically Black Colleges Message-ID: <20050407181556.R882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 7 April 2005 SAIC Hosts Conference for Historically Black Colleges http://www.mysan.de/article73406.html --- MCLEAN, Va., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) recently hosted a business development conference focused on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MIs). The event served as an opportunity for several institutions to present research and contracting capabilities to SAIC business managers. The conference is part of a company-wide effort to support the federal government.s initiatives to increase prime and subcontract opportunities with HBCU/MI.s. Representatives from Alabama A & M University, Florida International University, Morehouse College, Norfolk State University, Prairie View A&M University, and Voorhees College participated in the conference. Also, representatives from the Army, Navy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were present to discuss their respective programs and initiatives focused on increasing HBCU/MI participation. "America.s black colleges and universities possess tremendous knowledge and talent which is essential in providing innovative solutions to our customers," said George Otchere SAIC senior vice president. "Our goal is to bring together the best institutions with the right solutions to address complex challenges." SAIC.s Small Business Development Program Office provides outreach and current information to HBCU/MIs through reviews, conferences and ongoing- training programs. Other efforts currently underway include SAIC providing proposal development and marketing training. In addition, SAIC has committed to providing scholarships to several students from HBCU/MIs. SAIC is the nation.s largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. From science to solutions, 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 $7.2 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found on the Internet 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, 2005, 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. Web site: http://www.saic.com/ From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Apr 9 22:03:28 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 18:03:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Increases Stock Price Message-ID: <20050409180257.N882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 04/08/05 SAIC Increases Stock Price http://www.sdbj.com/industry_article.asp?aID=25789607.2775034.1126892.3168238.9815164.697&aID2=86675 --- Directors at Science Applications International Corp. set the price of the company.s Class A common stock today at $42.27 per share. SAIC is a $7.2 billion, employee-owned company. Its stock trades internally. SAIC.s board of directors adjusts the stock price every quarter. Previously, the stock traded at $40.55. The new price represents an increase of 4.2 percent from last quarter, and an increase of 13.2 percent overall from last year at this time. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Apr 9 22:04:30 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 18:04:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] AMSEC LLC Appoints Vice Admiral Henry C. Giffin, USN (Ret.) Senior Vice President of Strikeforce Systems Integration Message-ID: <20050409180345.N882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 04/08/05 AMSEC LLC Appoints Vice Admiral Henry C. Giffin, USN (Ret.) Senior Vice President of Strikeforce Systems Integration http://www.mysan.de/article74344.html --- VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- AMSEC LLC today announced that Vice Admiral, Henry (Hank) C. Giffin III, USN (Ret.) has joined AMSEC as senior vice president heading the company.s Strikeforce Systems Integration (SSI) business area. SSI focuses on C4 and combat systems integration, and will be based in the AMSEC Virginia Beach office. Giffin served for 33 years in the U.S. Navy prior to his transition to the private sector in 2000. Giffin retired as commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic Fleet, where he was responsible for the mission-readiness of the 120 ships of the Atlantic Fleet. Previously, he served as deputy and chief of staff, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and commander of the George Washington Battle Group, in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf. During this time, Giffin initiated the installation of "smart" technologies including Local Area Networks (LAN.s) on numerous Atlantic Fleet surface ships and accelerated the early use of laptop computers, personal digital assistants, and other enabling technologies across the surface fleet. "We are particularly pleased to have Vice Admiral Hank Giffin join the team," said Gary Lisota, AMSEC president and chief executive officer. Hank.s leadership, technical skills, and technology management expertise will contribute significantly to our increasing role in the Navy.s Sea Power 21 transformation." Giffin.s decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with three gold stars, the Bronze Star, the Navy Commendation Medal with two gold stars, and the Vietnam Honor Medal First Class. Giffin graduated with distinction from the National War College and holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, and a master of science degree in Industrial Personnel Management from George Washington University. AMSEC LLC is a corporation jointly owned by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Northrop Grumman Newport News. With annual revenue of approximately $470 million and 4,600 employees nationwide and overseas, AMSEC LLC is a full service supplier to the Navy and commercial maritime industry, providing naval architecture and marine engineering, combat and electronic systems engineering, naval ship systems assessments, maintenance engineering, 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, Virginia, is solely responsible for design, construction, and refueling nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. Northrop Grumman 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 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. From science to solutions, 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 $7.2 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 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, 2005, 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. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Apr 12 03:29:59 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:29:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC's Chief Knowledge Officer Kent Greenes to Keynote eGov Knowledge Management Conference Message-ID: <20050411232853.W882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Monday April 11, 3:33 pm ET SAIC's Chief Knowledge Officer Kent Greenes to Keynote eGov Knowledge Management Conference http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050411/dcm058.html?.v=4 --- MCLEAN, Va., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that Kent Greenes, chief knowledge officer and senior vice president for commercial and international business, will present the opening keynote address at the 6th annual eGov Knowledge Management Conference to be held at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center April 20-22. The eGov conference is structured to encourage information exchange and networking among professionals who are exploring, planning, and implementing Knowledge Management (KM) technologies and programs in the public sector. The title of Greenes's address is "Leveraging Knowledge and Experience for High Performance." Greenes will discuss the integration of knowledge management concepts and practices into enterprise-wide transformation efforts. Also, he will share his experiences from over 10 years of applying knowledge management to lead business change in both the public and private sectors. During exhibition day on Thursday, April 21st, Greenes will be available for questions at the SAIC booth (#104). At the booth, Greenes will be joined by KM authors Melissie Rumizen, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knowledge Management"; and Nancy Dixon, "Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know"; and "Company Command: Unleashing the Power of the Army Profession." SAIC's approach to creating knowledge-enabled organizations is based on a proven global learning and performing model. "We don't just help people share knowledge, we help them transfer and apply the latest "know-how" and "know- why" of an organization to solve problems," said Greenes. "Sharing this knowledge allows individuals to meet tomorrow's challenges with the confidence that comes from routine learning before, during and after their work." 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. From science to solutions, 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 $7.2 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC and the SAIC Global Knowledge Management Practice can be found at http://www.saic.com and http://www.saic.com/km. 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, 2005, 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 Apr 12 03:30:41 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:30:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Blue Agave and SAIC Team to Market Business Activity Monitoring Solutions Message-ID: <20050411233001.V882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Apr 11, 2005 Blue Agave and SAIC Team to Market Business Activity Monitoring Solutions http://www.frontlinetoday.com/frontline/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=155610 --- April 11, 2005 -- Blue Agave Software Inc. and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) have announced a joint marketing agreement that targets business activity monitoring (BAM). The proposed solution will provide the country's largest federal agencies with real-time performance management solutions to address process gaps within operations, logistics and intelligence. These solutions enable government agencies to leverage large volumes of granular data from disparate systems to obtain a comprehensive understanding of all developing issues in real-time, while there is still time to take corrective action. "Many government agencies face the daunting task of transforming huge amounts of data into actionable information in very short cycles," said Anthony Rahner, program manager of SAIC's Integrated Systems Division. "Blue Agave's solution set enables us to configure and deploy real-time, decision-support applications that address the proprietary requirements of government agencies." The Department of Defense (DoD) recently enlisted SAIC and Blue Agave to pilot their Active Performance Management (APM) solution to identify and streamline delayed cargo shipments. This initial application integrates data from four separate DoD logistics systems in real-time, identifies exceptions, and provides specific recommendations for expediting delivery and resolving delays at selected DoD depots and aerial ports. The solution not only enables faster resolution times, but it also identifies the root cause of shipment problems. The Web-based Blue Agave solution was deployed to dozens of users spanning several organizations, including United States Transportation Command.s (USTRANSCOM) Air Mobility Command (AMC) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The agreement combines Blue Agave's APM solutions with SAIC's professional services experience in federal integration, engineering and supply chain practices. APM provides a suite of applications that continuously evaluate real-time data to proactively identify and manage the resolution of time-sensitive operational exceptions, deliver insight into the current state of the business, and provide capabilities for ongoing continuous improvement. www.blueagavesoft.com www.saic.com From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Apr 12 03:32:22 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:32:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Schwarzenegger takes reform agenda on the road to San Diego Message-ID: <20050411233041.Y882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Monday, April 11, 2005 Schwarzenegger takes reform agenda on the road to San Diego http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/04/11/state/n185018D54.DTL --- By SETH HETTENA, Associated Press Writer (04-11) 20:17 PDT SAN DIEGO, (AP) -- Seeking to regain momentum, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took his reform agenda on the road Monday, without mentioning last week's retreat on his plan to fix the state's pension system by putting it before voters this year. Schwarzenegger during his remarks in San Diego did not mention his Thursday announcement that he would delay his proposed ballot initiative to privatize much of California's public pension system from November until June 2006. The governor said "misconceptions" by firefighters and police officers that they could lose death and disability benefits had overwhelmed the issue. He said last week that the initiative's language would be changed to protect death and disability benefits for public safety professionals and hoped the delay would lead to action in the state Legislature. On Monday, Schwarzenegger spoke before 400 employees at a San Diego defense contractor and signaled that he would not back down from his effort to reshape the public employee pension system. "It's on a track to disaster," Schwarzenegger said as a large electronic display behind him showed the state's contributions to public employee retirements soared from $160 million in 2000 to $2.6 billion this year. "We have to bring stability to the system." Asked to clarify the governor's remarks, a spokeswoman said Schwarzenegger had listened to the concerns of "key stakeholders and interested parties" and decided to use the Legislature as a vehicle to accomplish pension reform. "He wants to be aggressive in pursuing it legislatively," spokeswoman Margita Thompson said. In San Diego, Schwarzenegger spoke for 45 minutes at Science Applications International Corp., which contributed more than $21,000 to his election in 2003, according to campaign finance records. He fielded questions from four people picked by local Republican Party officials in the first "Ask Arnold" session since last fall. Teresa Espinosa, a nurse practitioner in San Diego County, asked how the governor could justify holding a costly special election in November given the state's budget crunch. Schwarzenegger conceded that the special election in November will cost about $50 million, but called it the best investment the state could make. "We're going to save, I guarantee you, $5 billion for the state because of this election we're going to hold," the governor said, later asking for SAIC employees to sign his initiative petitions. He did not explain how the money would be saved. The governor continued to rail against the "special interests" who are spending millions of dollars on TV ads to fight his reform agenda. "You see the commercials on television, how they make it sound that if these reforms go through there will be a huge tidal wave coming that will wipe out the whole state of California," Schwarzenegger said. "That I'm unplugging old women from the life support system. And the kids will be thrown out of the schools." Labor groups fear the system of forced individual investment accounts might dilute the power of the $182.9 billion California Public Employees Retirement Fund, the nation's largest with 1.4 million members. Union protesters continued to dog the governor Monday. As they gathered on the sidewalk outside SAIC's headquarters, some said their protests were having an impact. Schwarzenegger's approval ratings have tumbled as organized labor has battled him on his pension plan. A poll released Thursday from San Jose State University found the governor's job approval rating dipped below 50 percent for the first time since he took office. "People are seeing Arnold for what he is," said Teferi Gebre, regional political director for the California Labor Federation AFL-CIO. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 14 13:14:03 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:14:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC's board ups share price by 4.2 percent Message-ID: <20050414091325.L882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> April 14, 2005 SAIC's board ups share price by 4.2 percent http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050414-9999-1b14saic.html --- San Diego-based SAIC's board of directors has set the price of the company's common stock at $42.27 per share. It amounts to an increase of $1.72, or 4.2 percent, from the previous price of $40.55 and a 13.2 percent increase from the price set at this time last year. The research and engineering conglomerate is one of the few companies in America to internally control the price of its own stock. The company's board adjusts the price after SAIC reports its quarterly financial results. The company, also known as Science Applications International Corp., uses a formula to determine its share price that includes quarterly financial results, the market valuation of comparable companies and the value of SAIC's corporate investments. SAIC also has created its own broker and an internally controlled market with "trade dates" held every three months that enable employees to buy and sell their shares. The trade date usually occurs two weeks after the board establishes the share price. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Apr 16 13:40:15 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 09:40:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Alex Preston Joins SAIC to Lead Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit Message-ID: <20050416093921.U882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Friday April 15, 2:16 pm ET Alex Preston Joins SAIC to Lead Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050415/dcf038.html?.v=4 --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that Alexander J. (Alex) Preston has joined SAIC as the general manager of SAIC's Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit, effective April 15, 2005. Preston replaces Bill Kelly, who is now focused on acquisitions, business development and strategic planning for SAIC's Enterprise and Infrastructure Solutions Group. Preston joins SAIC from ANXeBusiness Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC, where he served as president and chief executive officer. Before joining ANXeBusiness, he served as vice president, supply and logistics, at Visteon Corporation, a leading supplier of automotive technology systems. While at Visteon, Preston was responsible for purchasing, information technology operations and business process developments. He oversaw the separation of the Ford/Visteon information systems. Prior to his employment at Visteon, Preston was the director of process reengineering and computer integrated engineering and manufacturing at the Ford Motor Company. He received a degree in computer science from the University of Newcastle- upon-Tyne in England in 1980. According to Larry Peck, president of the SAIC Enterprise and Infrastructure Solutions Group, "Alex and the business unit have an exciting future and will face many challenges, including international competition, recruiting, quality control, maintenance demands, configuration control and the fact that the business unit is dispersed over four major locations," (Rancho Bernardo, Calif.; Toronto, Canada; Kansas City, Kan.; and Cambridge, U.K.). The Security and Transportation Technology Business Unit currently provides products and solutions for customs authorities, shipping and trucking companies, port and terminal operators, U.S. and foreign military, emergency first responders, law enforcement agencies and all sectors of the transportation industry. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Apr 19 12:24:35 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:24:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] In Iraq, Security in Name Only Message-ID: <20050419082255.H882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> April 18, 2005 In Iraq, Security in Name Only http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7545717/ --- The new police force is largely untrained, frequently unreliable, and all too ready to abuse civilians. How can U.S. troops hand over control? By Spencer Ante in New York The Bush Administration and senior military commanders have suggested in recent days that the training of Iraqi security forces -- one of the linchpins of America's exit strategy -- is going so well that significant troop reductions may be possible by early next year. On Apr. 12, during a surprise visit to Baghdad, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld talked up the progress the security forces are making. His position echoed early remarks by General George Casey Jr., the top U.S. commander in Iraq, about substantial drawdowns in U.S. forces by spring of next year. Later that day, President George W. Bush told soldiers at Fort Hood, Tex., that "Iraqi forces are becoming more self-reliant." Nonetheless, while the Iraqi army seems to be getting up to speed, the training of the 142,000-member police force -- about half the total security forces supposedly needed -- is moving more slowly and fraught with bigger problems than reports by U.S. officials might suggest [see Slide Show: "Inside Iraq's Police Boot Camp"]. On Apr. 4, insurgents kidnapped a senior Iraqi police official in broad daylight. A bomb near Kirkuk killed at least nine police officers on Apr. 14. According to U.S. government data, 69% of the 98,000-soldier Iraqi army has been trained and equipped. But only 39% of the national police force of 142,000 is ready for duty. And BusinessWeek Online has learned that the number of actual police may drop sharply once an ongoing head count finishes. INFILTRATORS. After a dozen interviews with government officials and the private-contract employees who are training more than 60% of the national police, it's clear that putting into place a force that can operate effectively without backup from coalition forces remains a long way off. Many police lack the skills, confidence, and gear to help quell a fierce insurgency and safeguard a fledgling democracy. "We'd all love to see things move faster," says Robert Charles, who recently resigned as assistant secretary of the Bureau for International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs, a State Dept. office that manages law-enforcement training worldwide, "but we work within the laws of physics and humanity." Infiltration of the police by insurgents poses a critical problem, says a U.S. Army captain who returned from Iraq in February after a yearlong tour as a military intelligence officer. Sometimes the police even act in cahoots with the insurgents. In one instance, insurgents let it be known that they were going to attack a police station, and the cops left ahead of time. The next day, weapons and patrol cars had disappeared. "In some towns, we don't trust the police as far as we can throw them," says the captain. Last September, the Pentagon hired police-testing experts Morris & McDaniel, a small Alexandria [Va.] company, to build a prototype for screening recruits. David Morris, the outfit's president, says the military realized it needed to make a change last spring when police and armed forces in Fallujah and Najaf vanished rather than fight insurgents. "Any old chucklehead that shows up goes on the plane to [the police academy in] Jordan," says Peter Velz, a former official with the Coalition Provisional Authority. RAPE AND EXTORTION. Contractors and U.S. officials say other daunting difficulties range from ill-conceived training programs to corruption, fraud, and a litany of human rights abuses. "[Recruits] bring up Rodney King," says Harry Ulferts, a retired cop who supervises 31 trainers for contractor Science Application International Corp. [SAIC]. "They say American police beat people, too. We tell them those were criminal acts." It's also not uncommon for recruits to go through training, disappear, and then sell their weapons on the black market. Most disturbing, in the last half of 2004 Iraqi police have killed political opponents, falsely arrested people to extort money, and systematically raped and tortured female prisoners, according to a February, 2005, State Dept. report on Iraq's human rights record. In one of the worst examples, police in Basra reported last December that officers in the Internal Affairs Unit were involved in the slaughter of 10 Baath Party members. Iraq's Human Rights Minister, Bakhtiar Amin, says it will be hard to teach democratic policing because torture and other human rights abuses were "learned behavior." One fundamental problem is that Iraqi and U.S. officials don't know exactly how many people are working on the police force. An Iraqi-led "qualifying committee," using cutting-edge biometric technology provided by Cross Match Technologies in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is conducting an assessment of the Iraqi police payroll to detect the number of deserters, crooks, and retirees. The Iraq Interior Minister recently extended the committee's April deadline by four months because certain parts of the country have been too dangerous to visit. RICH REWARDS. When the committee finishes its work in August, the number of police could fall sharply, say officials. "It's safe to say there are tens of thousands on the payroll who aren't working," says Matt Sherman, a State Dept. official who served as senior security adviser to Iraq's Interior Minister for 14 months. To be fair, creating from scratch a police force nearly four times as big as that of New York City would make an ambitious task under any circumstances. Doing so in a nation still in the throes of an urban guerrilla war approaches the impossible. More than 1,500 Iraqi soldiers and cops have been killed, with 6,000 wounded. But the high risks bring high rewards for trainers. More than 800 former FBI agents, cops, and other private-contract employees are helping to build a police force. The majority work for DynCorp International, which has a $500 million contract, or SAIC, which has a $200 million contract and more than 250 personnel in-country. Last spring, the U.S. military's Civilian Police Assistance Training Team gave a $200 million contract to U.S. Investigations Services, which has 50 people in Iraq, to help train police in counterinsurgency operations. And in February, the Justice Dept. awarded a contract valued at up to $400 million to L-3 Communications Holdings (LLL), a subsidiary of MPRI, to help provide police training. MPRI is taking over the work performed by SAIC. The pay typically exceeds $100,000 a year, but being a private-contract employee in Iraq may qualify as the most dangerous civilian job in the world. GETTING RESPECT. So far, 210 contractors have been killed in Iraq since the war began. In fact, while an SAIC spokesman says "it made a business decision not to rebid for its contract," State Dept. officials say SAIC dropped out because of the work's danger. "My wife will change the locks on the door if I go back," says David Brannan, a former cop and now a terrorism analyst for RAND Corp., who narrowly escaped death by a mortar attack last year while helping to train the police in Iraq. Overall, U.S. military officials and contractors say the training of Iraqi police forces is gaining momentum. The most visible sign of progress came on Jan. 30, when Iraqi police and troops played a key role in protecting about 5,200 polling sites, allowing some 8 million citizens to vote. The leader of Iraq's Special Police Commandos, General Adnan Thabit, says his forces have benefited from a growing stream of intelligence from citizens who call in tips about insurgent activities. "Patrol officers are getting a lot more respect," says Vince McNally, an ex-FBI agent who teaches a hostage negotiation course for SAIC. The eventual goal is to have Iraqis training all of their security forces, but private contractors expect to continue working well into 2006. One small but revealing reason: McNally says half of his students suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. "They are the main targets of insurgents," he says. "It makes it difficult to maintain their attention span." Copyright 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Apr 19 22:30:27 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:30:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Green Hills Software Selects SAIC for EAL6+ Security Evaluation of the INTEGRITY Operating System; Evaluation to Begin Immediately Using Existing Software and Artifacts Message-ID: <20050419182859.L882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> April 19, 2005 Green Hills Software Selects SAIC for EAL6+ Security Evaluation of the INTEGRITY Operating System; Evaluation to Begin Immediately Using Existing Software and Artifacts http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/Apr/1135851.htm --- SALT LAKE CITY --(Business Wire)-- April 19, 2005 -- Green Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in operating systems and development tools for safe and secure systems, announced today that its INTEGRITY operating system is undergoing the most stringent security evaluation undertaken by any commercial operating system. Green Hills Software has selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to evaluate Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY operating system for conformance with the Separation Kernel Protection Profile (SKPP) at Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 6+ (EAL6+). The SKPP is the most demanding Protection Profile currently defined. On the seven-level EAL scale, no operating system has previously been certified beyond EAL5. As part of the security evaluation, Green Hills Software will provide SAIC with full assurance artifacts. These include extensive documentation of the INTEGRITY operating system, the process under which INTEGRITY was developed and is maintained, and evidence that the process is being followed. Green Hills Software must also provide a test suite and evidence that it completely tests all of the INTEGRITY operating system's security functions. The artifacts also include a specification of the INTEGRITY operating system's security policy and architecture using formal methods -- statements in a mathematical or logical form along with proofs that the security policy and architecture will result in a secure system. SAIC's evaluation of the INTEGRITY operating system will begin immediately using assurance artifacts already developed for a production version of INTEGRITY. Formal methods for the INTEGRITY-178B operating system are being created by Rockwell Collins in an on-going effort under a contract from the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). This security certification was initiated by the AFRL specifically to support improved security for a variety of future military programs. The AFRL was partially funded for this effort by the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-22 Raptor, and Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS). "Green Hills Software selected SAIC for this most stringent security evaluation due to its extensive experience," said Dan O'Dowd, founder and CEO of Green Hills Software. "SAIC's lab has carried out many security evaluations and has a proven ability to correctly evaluate products at the highest security assurance levels. We chose SAIC after carefully considering other testing laboratories. SAIC was far and away the most experienced laboratory and had the best understanding of the unique requirements for high-security evaluations." "We're pleased that Green Hills Software has selected SAIC to evaluate the INTEGRITY operating system," said Julie Taylor, assistant vice president/division manager at the SAIC Common Criteria Testing Laboratory. "The fact that Green Hills Software has already created and successfully used certification evidence and artifacts for the most stringent FAA safety certifications, makes them a particularly sophisticated and knowledgeable customer. These evaluation components have already been created and have been thoroughly scrutinized by other demanding evaluators at the FAA." About Common Criteria The Common Criteria is an international standard agreed to by the United States Government and 19 other nations. It establishes standards for security functionality, security assurance, and security evaluation. For the very high level of security provided by the INTEGRITY operating system, this requires independent security evaluation by a government approved and certified testing laboratory as well as the NSA. About Green Hills Software Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader for real-time operating systems and software development tools for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Our royalty-free INTEGRITY(R) RTOS, velOSity(TM) microkernel, compilers, MULTI(R) and AdaMULTI(TM) Integrated Development Environments and TimeMachine(TM) debugger offer a complete development solution that addresses both deeply embedded and high-reliability applications. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software on the web at www.ghs.com. Green Hills Software, the Green Hills logo, MULTI, INTEGRITY, velOSity, AdaMULTI, and TimeMachine are trademarks or registered trademarks of Green Hills Software, Inc. in the U.S. and/or internationally. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. North American Sales Contact: Green Hills Software, Inc., 30 West Sola Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Tel: 805-965-6044, Fax: 805-965-6343, Email: sales at ghs.com. International Sales Contact: Green Hills Software Ltd., Dolphin House, St. Peter Street, Winchester Hampshire SO23 8BW, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 (0)1962 829820, Fax: +44 (0)1962 890300, Email: mktg-europe at ghs.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Apr 20 22:31:58 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:31:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Provides GeoRover(R) Software to the U.S. Army Special Forces Command Message-ID: <20050420183115.M882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Wednesday April 20, 10:37 am ET SAIC Provides GeoRover(R) Software to the U.S. Army Special Forces Command http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050420/dcw023.html?.v=7 --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that its Information Technology and Security Operation (ITSO) received a purchase order to provide 500 GeoRover software licenses and the first year's annual maintenance support to the U.S. Army Special Forces Command (USASFC) via the U.S. Army Topographical Engineering Center (TEC). The U.S. Army TEC is serving as the program manager for the Asymmetrical Software Kit (ASK), which is a set of intelligence applications currently being fielded to the USASFC. The TEC was tasked to evaluate the GeoRover software as a possible addition to the ASK configuration after demonstrations were provided to the USASFC Intelligence Sergeants (18F) Course training staff, which were coordinated by the U.S. Army Intelligence Center, Language and Technology Office in the U.S. Army Battle Lab, Ft. Huachuca, Ariz. After a favorable review of the GeoRover software by TEC and USASFC, the GeoRover software was included as a component of the ASK. "This purchase demonstrates the commitment of SAIC to helping our customers solve their tough problems," said John D. Thomas, senior vice president and general manager of SAIC's Operational Intelligence Solutions business unit. "GeoRover software delivers a value-added solution focused on the unique requirements of the U.S. Army Special Forces Command. We are proud of our support to them and look forward to continuing our support of their critical mission." The GeoRover tools are a collection of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software extensions developed by SAIC as commercial-off-the-shelf software to work specifically with Environmental Systems Research Institute's (ESRI) ArcGIS(TM) 8.x / 9.x software. The GeoRover software enables special- forces soldiers to gather and disseminate actionable intelligence in a geospatial context. Specifically, multimedia intelligence data in the form of pictures, videos clips and sound recordings can be linked on digital maps for subsequent intelligence analysis. The GeoRover extensions are designed specifically to aid in the creation, manipulation, and analysis of GIS data. The GeoRover software provides forward deployed soldiers with the capability to map collected field data and routes within the ArcGIS system by using a disconnected handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) and other collection devices. For more information on GeoRover software, please visit http://www.saic.com/products/software/georover. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Apr 20 22:33:39 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:33:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Air Force made SAIC exception Message-ID: <20050420183159.L882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Published on Apr. 20, 2005 Air Force made SAIC exception http://www.fcw.com/article88631-04-19-05-Web --- BY Michael Hardy Published on Apr. 20, 2005 More Related Links An unsigned Air Force memo urging procurement officials to ask Science Applications International Corp. for more detailed pricing information than is normally required pertains only to SAIC. It is not intended to be a new agencywide policy, according to Charlie Williams Jr., the Air Force's deputy assistant secretary for contracting. Williams' assurance came in response to a letter from Alan Chvotkin, senior vice president of and counsel at the Professional Services Council. "It is uncharacteristic for an Air Force memo like that to be dated but unsigned," Chvotkin said, shortly after sending the council's March 29 letter. "That leaves open the question of whether it is a trial balloon or something real." In the Air Force's response, Williams wrote: "The notice was issued to address and remediate a specific circumstance with SAIC.... It does not have a broader application. I want to emphasize that the notice does not reflect a change in Air Force contract pricing policy." The memo, dated Feb. 11, refers to a pending Justice Department lawsuit alleging that SAIC officials padded the company's profits while performing an environmental cleanup contract at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio. Justice officials say SAIC officials illegally withheld information about their pricing. Air Force officials had first sent out an alert regarding the litigation Dec. 20, 2004. The February memo was intended to further explain the issues involved, according to the text of the document. Published accounts and legal correspondence indicate that the case against SAIC began with a whistleblower, project manager Michael Woodlee, who believed that the company was getting more profit from the Kelly project than was spelled out in the fixed-price contract. Justice took over Woodlee's case last year. The Air Force memo, called a Defective Pricing Notice, instructs contracting officers to request additional information from SAIC when the company bids, including copies of any risk analyses the company has performed, the minutes or reports related to any meetings about pricing, and the nature and amount of any contingencies included in the proposed price. To some observers, however, it was not clear whether the Air Force directive was intended to apply more broadly. Chvotkin said his only concern was whether the more demanding requirements were meant to apply to everyone. "In a bilateral negotiation, you can request just about anything," he said. "They have a lot more flexibility in a one-to-one relationship than they do in adopting a policy that affects many.. SAIC officials are fighting the lawsuit and dispute the Air Force's notice, according to published accounts. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 21 20:31:33 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:31:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awarded NASA Evaluation and Support Contract Message-ID: <20050421163052.B882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thursday April 21, 9:36 am ET SAIC Awarded NASA Evaluation and Support Contract http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050421/dcth026.html?.v=8 --- MCLEAN, Va., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Space, Earth and Aviation Sciences Business Unit announced today that is has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to receive the Earth and Space Science Evaluations, Assessments, Studies, Services and Support contract. This contract supports the NASA Langley Research Center Science Support Office, Hampton, Va., and the Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. The scope of the contract includes management, scientific and technical studies, as well as assessments used in the evaluation of current and potential NASA programs. Also, SAIC will provide information management services including Web-based systems, databases, reference documents and Web site development. The Science Support Office (SSO) contract is a five-year, $110 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. "For more than 30 years, SAIC has supported NASA's science exploration programs by providing assessments and studies," said Henry Pierce, senior vice president and general manager of SAIC's Space, Earth and Aviation Sciences Business Unit. "Through feasibility, risk and cost analyses, SAIC will provide NASA with critical information to support strategic investment and programmatic decisions." The SSO support program is growing in size and complexity. In response, SAIC has assembled a highly qualified team of experts covering a diverse array of fields. Supporting SAIC as subcontractors are: Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., and Genex Systems, both in Hampton, Va.; Futron Corporation, Bethesda, Md.; Global Science and Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, Md.; and AZ Technology in Huntsville, Ala. Since these contractors all represent small businesses, teaming with them helps NASA to meet its goal of increasing participation of small businesses in high technology programs. Additionally, SAIC continues to identify pre-qualified subcontractors, and to establish consulting agreements with highly qualified individuals. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 21 20:32:38 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:32:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC wins $110 million NASA contract Message-ID: <20050421163134.H882-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 04/21/05 SAIC wins $110 million NASA contract http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/26056-1.html --- By Roseanne Gerin Staff Writer Science Applications International Corp. won a five-year, $110 million contract from NASA for technical services and support, the company said today. SAIC's space, Earth and aviation sciences business unit will provide management, scientific and technical studies as well as risk and costs analyses to evaluate NASA programs. The company also will provide information management services, including Web-based systems, databases, reference documents and Web site development. The contract supports NASA's Langley Research Center Science Support Office in Hampton, Va., and its Science Mission Directorate in Washington. SAIC has supported NASA.s science exploration programs for more than 30 years with assessments and studies, said Henry Pierce, senior vice president and general manager of the company's space, Earth and aviation sciences business unit. SAIC.s team of subcontractors includes Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc., Genex Systems LLC, Futron Corp., Global Science and Technology, Inc. and AZ Technology Inc. Based in San Diego, SAIC is an employee-owned research and engineering company. It employs approximately 42,400 workers and had revenue of almost $7.2 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2005. The company is No. 5 on Washington Technology.s 2004 Top 100 list of federal prime contractors. The 2005 Top 100 list will be published May 9. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Apr 27 22:35:02 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:35:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Alpha Wireless Broadband Announces Seamless Software Program Installed at Science Applications International Message-ID: <20050427183403.F552-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> April 26, 2005 Alpha Wireless Broadband Announces Seamless Software Program Installed at Science Applications International http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/?d=76898 --- LAS VEGAS, April 26, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Seamless Peer 2 Peer, Inc., the developer of a patent-pending encryption software program, announced today that it has completed installation of its Phenom Software Program at Science Applications International Corporation's (Science Applications) Public Safety Integration Center (PSIC). Seamless Peer 2 Peer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alpha Wireless Broadband, Inc. (OTCBB:AWBI), provides software that encrypts Wi-Fi transmissions based upon the government's RSA-certified, 256-bit AES encryption standards. Phenom Software makes available flexible telecom data and voice transport solutions that are coupled with the RSA Public Key Infrastructure. Science Applications' PSIC, located in the Washington, D.C. suburb of McLean, Va., is a laboratory, testing center, and prototype demonstration facility that is used to show the successful integration of capabilities and expertise of Science Applications from SAIC with vendors, service providers and the federal government to suit specific customer needs. Demonstrations and testing are tailored to clients' specific needs in the areas of homeland security, homeland defense, and national security. PSIC staff demonstrates various integrated solutions to suit clients' special requirements in areas that include policy, enterprise architecture, systems engineering, information technology, training and prevention. "Science Applications welcomes Seamless Peer-2-Peer and its Phenom Software Program to the growing list of vendors and products which are demonstrating their capabilities at PSIC," said James W. Morentz, Science Applications Vice President for Homeland Security Technology. Luke Rippy, President of Seamless Peer-2-Peer, stated, "Seamless is very pleased to be able to demonstrate its Phenom Software program at Science Applications Center. Seamless Peer-2-Peer is continually working on the refinement of the Phenom Software program. Phenom Software provides an unsurpassed secure encrypted platform for networks that require the highest level of security and protection. In addition, we are currently adding the Skype API for Voice over Internet Protocol that uses our RSA encryption. We are also working on Document Syncing and Outlook support to mention just a few additions that will be available soon." Scientific Applications International Corporation is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, which provides information technology, systems integration and e-Solutions to commercial and government customers. From science to solutions, Scientific Applications' engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, and health care. With annual revenues of $7.2 billion, Scientific Applications and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 employees and offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about Scientific Applications can be found on the Internet at www.saic.com About Seamless Peer 2 Peer, Inc: Seamless is the developer of proprietary Peer to Peer software. The Seamless Program provides secure communication over Wi-Fi, Local Area Networks (LAN), and Wide Area Networks (WAN) with its patent pending, Virtual Internet Extranet Network, and (VIEN) technology. The program provides secure Peer Mail, Chat, File Transfer and remote PC access in a two meg download. The Application Protocol Interface (API) also supports Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Video Voice conferencing and White Boarding. Seamless is a subsidiary of Alpha Wireless Broadband, Inc. About Alpha Wireless Broadband, Inc: Alpha operates two subsidiaries: Seamless Peer 2 Peer, Inc., (for about Seamless see above) and Skyy-Fi, Inc., a wireless Internet solution provider of Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is the next generation of communication, taking the future of this high-speed wireless data, voice and video communication for hotels, restaurants, coffee houses, cafes, and anywhere a mobile person needs to get connected to the next level. Skyy-Fi is forging a network of Wi-Fi Hot Spots around the country to allow the mobile businessperson to connect anywhere anytime. For additional information, please go to the following web sites: Alpha: www.awbi.biz, Skyy-Fi: www.skyyfi.com, and for Seamless Peer 2 Peer: www.seamlessp2p.net From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 28 11:38:22 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:38:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Settles Allegations Of Defrauding Air Force Message-ID: <20050428073727.G552-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thursday, April 28, 2005 SAIC Settles Allegations Of Defrauding Air Force http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/27/AR2005042702238.html --- By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 28, 2005; Page E05 Federal contractor Science Applications International Corp. has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the company defrauded the Air Force by padding its bills on $24 million in contracts, the Justice Department said yesterday. Under the agreement, SAIC will pay the government $2.5 million but will not acknowledge any wrongdoing. The lawsuit stemmed from a former SAIC manager's claim that the company was reaping profits of 30 percent or more on environmental testing and cleanup work at Kelly Air Force base in Texas during the late 1990s by telling the government its labor costs were higher than they actually were. Its negotiated profit on several no-bid contracts was supposed to be no higher than 10 percent. After the former manager, Michael D. Woodlee, filed the suit as a whistle-blower under the federal False Claims Act, the government decided to join the case as a plaintiff in 2004. The suit attracted notice in December when the Air Force issued an unusual alert to its contracting officials saying the Texas case may not have been an isolated incident. "[T]he Department of Justice believes that SAIC is continuing to submit defective cost or pricing data in support of its pricing proposals," the alert said. The Air Force has awarded SAIC at least 11 new contracts since the alert was issued, including one for $184 million this month. Woodlee's attorney, John Clark, said SAIC's practices merit more scrutiny. "I'm always glad to see the government recover some money," Clark said. "But we would have liked to see the case encompass more than just these contracts." SAIC has said repeatedly that it did nothing wrong in the Texas case and that its pricing practices are common in the industry. "SAIC is pleased that this matter has been resolved," the company said yesterday in a statement. "The Air Force is an invaluable customer, and it was important that this matter be put behind us, so that we can focus on the critical national defense work at hand." SAIC was the federal government's second-largest information technology contractor last year, with $2.6 billion in IT contracts, according to a report by market research firm Input. The company had $7.2 billion in revenue last year, the vast majority of which came from the government. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Apr 28 11:39:29 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:39:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC to settle bill-pad lawsuit Message-ID: <20050428073823.S552-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> April 28, 2005 SAIC to settle bill-pad lawsuit http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050428-9999-1b28saic.html --- New rules stir industry protests By Bruce V. Bigelow UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 28, 2005 San Diego defense contractor SAIC has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle government allegations that it padded the bill on an environmental cleanup contract at San Antonio's Kelly Air Force Base. While the settlement puts the lawsuit to rest, issues raised in the case may take longer to subside. Since allegations in the case became public late last year, the Air Force adopted stringent requirements for certain negotiated bids that have triggered industry protests. In a statement last night, the company also known as Science Applications International Corp. said it was pleased the matter has been resolved. "The Air Force is an invaluable customer," the statement said, "and it was important that this matter be put behind us, so that we can focus on the critical national defense work at hand." The government's suit alleged that SAIC knowingly failed to disclose information about its costs while negotiating the contract price with the Air Force, as required by the federal Truth in Negotiations Act. A whistle-blower suit was filed in 2002 by Michael D. Woodlee, a former SAIC project manager. He alleged the company reaped an average profit of 27 percent on clean-up jobs when it was legally entitled to a maximum profit of 10 percent. The case was kept secret, as required under the False Claims Act, until late last year, when the Justice Department took over the case. The government alleged that SAIC padded its cost and price calculations and used hidden monetary reserves to inflate its estimates of the labor required to complete the project. The company never told the Air Force about the reserves or labor hours used to inflate its costs, the suit alleged. SAIC denied any wrongdoing and asked William Wayne Justice, a senior U.S. district judge in San Antonio, to dismiss the case. Justice rejected that argument in a February ruling that allowed the case to proceed. In a settlement agreement submitted yesterday to the judge, SAIC denied that it violated the law and asserted it was settling "to avoid the expense and uncertainty inherent in all litigation." The company was never suspended or precluded from bidding on government contracts. But the settlement may not have ended a broader dispute. At least two industry groups have protested the new rules the Air Force adopted in response to cost and pricing issues at the heart of the lawsuit. In an alert issued Dec. 20, the Air Force called on its negotiators around the world to demand more detailed information about the way SAIC calculates its costs and pricing in bids submitted for contracts. SAIC defended its conduct, saying it uses a standard industry technique called "quantitative risk management" to calculate unforeseen costs in a prospective project. Nevertheless, the Air Force advised its contracting officials to seek more specific details about the analysis and how it was calculated. When asked to clarify how yesterday's settlement affected broader issues raised by the Air Force advisory, SAIC released another statement: "The Air Force, as part of the settlement, has agreed to issue a Supplemental Notice. While we continue to disagree with the Air Force's interpretation of what constitutes 'cost or pricing data' under the law, we are pleased that the Air Force has made clear that SAIC is not to be singled out for any different treatment than other contractors. In other words, if the Air Force continues to demand this type of information, they will request it from all industry participants." As terms of the settlement were being negotiated, two Virginia-based industry groups sent letters of protest to the top two Air Force officials who oversee contracting policies. An April 4 letter sent by Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. of the National Defense Industrial Association complained that the Air Force notice "significantly expands the definition of 'cost or pricing data' under Federal Acquisition Regulations. A March 29 letter signed by Alan Chvotkin of the Professional Services Council argued in a similar way that the Air Force is overreaching for information. Chvotkin, a senior vice president and lawyer, urged the Air Force to "formally disavow" its new interpretation of the rules. Air Force officials could not be reached for comment. Federal prosecutors involved in the case were not available for comment yesterday, said Daryl Fields, a spokesman for Johnny Sutton, the U.S. attorney in San Antonio. "The United States relies on the honesty of its contractors to provide accurate billing information," Peter D. Keisler, assistant U.S. attorney general for civil matters, said in a statement issued in Washington D.C. Bloomberg News contributed to this report. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Apr 29 11:35:51 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:35:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC settles claims it defrauded Air Force Message-ID: <20050429073515.C552-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thu, Apr. 28, 2005 SAIC settles claims it defrauded Air Force http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/11514162.htm --- Associated Press SAN ANTONIO - A California defense contractor will pay $2.5 million to settle claims that it cheated the Air Force by overcharging for environmental cleanup work at the former Kelly Air Force Base in the late 1990s. But Science Applications International Inc., based in San Diego, does not have to admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement announced this week by the U.S. Attorney's office in San Antonio. "This is a victory in the ongoing battle against alleged contractor fraud," U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton said in a news release Wednesday. "Our office will continue to investigate complaints of fraud on the government and will aggressively work to recover illegal gains especially when taxpayer-funded Defense Department appropriations are so vital to our national security." The case against Science Applications began with a whistleblower complaint filed in 2002 by Michael Woodlee, a former project manager based in San Antonio. Woodlee will receive $500,000 from the settlement, as stipulated under a federal law aimed at exposing fraud against the government. Woodlee alleged that the company padded its cost estimates for environmental work done at Kelly AFB after the base was marked for closure in 1995. A subsequent investigation by the Air Force and other federal agencies found that Science Applications knowingly failed to disclose information about its costs while negotiating $24 million in no-bid contracts at Kelly, according to the Justice Department. In addition, the government alleged that the contractor pocketed excess profits by intentionally inflating its estimates of the labor hours required to carry out the contracts. The company also told the Air Force that it would pay employees a certain wage, but then it substituted lower-cost labor to do the work, according to the lawsuit. The 2004 lawsuit stated that the Kelly negotiations pegged SAIC's profits at roughly 10 percent, but as a result of its manipulations, the company's overall profits were $6.5 million, almost three times the negotiated amount. On some parts of the multiyear contracts, the lawsuit claims, Science Applications earned as much as 60 percent profit. "The basic allegation was that they did that, and that they concealed from the government, during negotiations of the contract, how much money they were going to make," John Clark, Woodlee's lawyer, told the San Antonio Express-News. Science Applications, which reported sales of $6.7 billion in 2004, maintained its innocence throughout the proceedings, but said it is pleased the case is settled. "The Air Force is an invaluable customer, and it was important that this matter be put behind us so that we can focus on the critical national defense work at hand," company spokesman Ronald Zollars said. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Apr 30 12:03:31 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:03:31 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP. TO PAY $2.5 MILLION TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS AT KELLY AIR FORCE BASE IN TEXAS Message-ID: <20050430080214.M552-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 04/29/05 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP. TO PAY $2.5 MILLION TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS AT KELLY AIR FORCE BASE IN TEXAS http://i-newswire.com/pr17781.html --- WASHINGTON, D.C. - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has agreed to pay the United States $2.5 million to settle allegations that it made false claims and engaged in defective pricing on delivery orders with the Air Force for environmental clean-up at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. SAIC, a San Diego-based research and engineering company, provides information technology to commercial and government customers. -Newswire, 2005-04-29 - The government.s complaint alleged that the corporation knowingly failed to disclose information about its costs during price negotiations with the Air Force, as required by the federal Truth in Negotiations Act. The lawsuit alleged that SAIC, in internally developing its cost and price proposals, utilized hidden management reserves to inflate its estimates of the amount of labor hours it would require to complete the delivery orders, but never told the Air Force about the reserves or the padded hours. .Today.s settlement again demonstrates the United States' commitment to protecting the federal government from contractor fraud and abuse,. said Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General for the Department's Civil Division. "The United States relies on the honesty of its contractors to provide accurate billing information.. The settlement resolves an action under the qui tam or whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, filed by Michael Dwight Woodlee in January 2002. The Justice Department joined the action in August 2004, and filed the government.s complaint one month later. The False Claims Act qui tam statute allows persons who file successful actions alleging fraud against the government to receive a share of any resulting recovery. Mr. Woodlee will receive $500,000. The settlement resulted from an investigation by the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, the United States Attorney.s Office for the Western District of Texas, the Air Force.s Office of Special Investigations, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and the Defense Contract Audit Agency.