From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Dec 1 15:27:34 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 10:27:34 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] SAIC Sponsors National Geographic Magazine's Climate Change Exhibit Message-ID: <20071201102722.Q768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 29 November 2007 ; CNN Money SAIC Sponsors National Geographic Magazine's Climate Change Exhibit http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NETH01029112007-1.htm --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation announced today it is sponsoring "Life At The Edge: The Big Thaw," an exhibition of 50 photographs taken by celebrated National Geographic Magazine photographers Paul Nicklen and James Balog at the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C. The exhibition will run until Jan. 20, 2008, and highlights the increasing fragility of the Arctic regions as a result of rising temperatures in the atmosphere. SAIC's sponsorship of the exhibition is a logical outgrowth of its commitment to finding solutions for some of the world's most complex energy and climate challenges. SAIC's climate and energy management expertise spans environmental and atmospheric sciences, public policy analysis, information technology, and energy-efficient engineering and design/build services. "Energy and climate change are major business thrusts for us," said Joseph W. Craver, III, president of SAIC's Infrastructure, Logistics and Product Solutions Group. "We're providing expertise in science, engineering, and technology to develop life-cycle solutions for our clients' challenges." Serving federal and state agencies leading the way in establishing protocol to monitor, report, and address the local, national, and global impacts of climate change, SAIC also works with commercial and industrial organizations in their commitment to the environment and sustainable technologies. Learn more about SAIC's climate and energy solutions at http://www.saic.com/big-thaw/. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Dec 3 21:44:34 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:44:34 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awarded Certificate of Completion for Homeland Security Presidential Directive Message-ID: <20071203164428.J768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 3 December 2007 ; CNN Money SAIC Awarded Certificate of Completion for Homeland Security Presidential Directive http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NEM00303122007-1.htm --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va. /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation announced today that it, along with its team members, was awarded a certificate of completion for Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) Vendor Evaluation. To receive the certification, the SAIC team was evaluated by the General Services Administration in activation and finalization, card management and production, enrollment and registration, systems infrastructure, and systems integration for personal identification verification. "This certification demonstrates SAIC's continuous commitment to provide the highest quality of products and services to our clients," said Tom Dove, SAIC senior vice president. "The certification also validates the exceptional effort and capabilities the team provides as HSPD-12 becomes a reality." On August 27, 2004, President Bush signed HSPD-12 -- a policy for common identification standards for federal employees and civilian contractors. HSPD-12 directs the implementation of a standardized badging process designed to enhance security, reduce identity fraud, and protect the personal privacy of the federal workforce and civilian contractors. The SAIC team includes: Novell Inc., Honeywell, ImageWare, and ActivIdentity, Inc. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Dec 4 02:43:15 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:43:15 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] UBS Expects SAIC to Report Strong 3Q Message-ID: <20071203214308.G768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 3 December 2007 ; Houston Chronicle UBS Expects SAIC to Report Strong 3Q http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5347825.html --- WASHINGTON -- A UBS analyst said Monday government services provider Science Applications International Corp. should post solid third-quarter results, following strong performance from other similar government information technology vendors in the past few weeks. San Diego-based SAIC reports its quarterly results on Dec. 10 after the market close. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expect earnings of 23 cents per share on revenue of $2.29 billion. However, UBS Investment Research analyst Jason Kupferberg said it's likely the company's management "may provide an incrementally more cautious fiscal fourth-quarter outlook," given delays by Congress to complete the fiscal 2008 spending bill and the absence of interim "bridge" funding. For fiscal 2008, the company expects to earn between 83 cents and 88 cents per share on revenue of $8.7 billion to $8.9 billion in the year ending Jan. 31. Wall Street estimates 87 cents per share on revenue of $8.8 billion, according to Thomson Financial. Kupferberg predicts SAIC will provide conservative fiscal 2009 guidance during its earnings call due to the weak visibility of federal IT spending and delays in the supplemental spending bill. He maintained a "Neutral" rating on the stock and $21 price target, noting that SAIC shares have outperformed the S&P 500 in the last two months due to the fact the company has no direct exposure to the troubled financial services and consumer markets. But he thinks that upside won't continue over the next six to 12 months unless the company raises its profit outlook, no easy feat amid unclear federal IT plans. Shares of SAIC added 5 cents to $19.99 in afternoon trading. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Dec 4 12:40:13 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:40:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] Benham wins $2.2M Air Force contract Message-ID: <20071204074006.P768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 4 December 2007 ; St. Louis Business Journal Benham wins $2.2M Air Force contract http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2007/12/03/daily7.html --- The Benham Cos. LLC said Friday it won a $2.2 million, one-year contract from the U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) to provide architectural design and engineering services for a new satellite control facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The $34 million, 39,390-square-foot complex will include a main command and control center, a technical control center housing a large server farm, and a network operations center. Benham is a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI). Both companies have operations in St. Louis. Benham is an architectural and engineering design, design/build and life-cycle technology implementation firm that serves federal government and commercial customers. SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Dec 10 12:47:23 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:47:23 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] When it's not fit to fly, where does it go? Message-ID: <20071210074709.K768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 10 December 2007 ; The Buffalo News When it's not fit to fly, where does it go? http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/225545.html --- >From hand cream to Hennessy, surrendered carry-on contraband has a variety of destinations By Mary B. Pasciak Follow a maze of corridors through the basement at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, pass through several locked doors, and eventually you arrive at the door to a storage room under Gate 26. There, a sign on the door announces: "Warning! This room contains hazardous materials." Unlock the door, and you find two bright yellow, double-wide metal lockers. On both, stark red capital letters warn: "FLAMMABLE -- KEEP FIRE AWAY." "FLAMMABLE GAS." "FLAMMABLE LIQUID." The lockers are filled with covered white bins bearing even more warning stickers. Open the bins, and you find the bottled hazards that lurk within: Hennessy cognac. McCormick vodka. Rite Aid nail polish remover. Napoleon brandy. These are the spoils of the U.S. war on terror, surrendered by airline passengers who realize, as they're going through security, that they can't take certain toiletries and beverages on the plane with them. "The amount of money that's tossed away is just amazing," said Brett C. O'Neil, the Transportation Security Administration's customer service manager at the Buffalo airport. In an average month, the airport collects more than 30 gallons of "hazardous material" -- much of it liquor -- from the flying public. Nearly all of it, from booze to Barbasol, is allowed in checked luggage but not in carry-ons. Passengers are given the option of checking their carryons with the banned items or putting the items in their car. Jake Skabelund, a paleontologist from Salt Lake City, travels three or four times a month -- often enough to know that toiletries and liquids over 3 ounces have to go in checked luggage, not carryons. So he doesn't run into any problems there. But on one trip, he ended up having to check his carry-on. "I got stopped one time because a [fossil] specimen had a sharp edge. I had to check my bag," said Skabelund, who recently flew into Buffalo on his way to Utica. Most of the time, hurried passengers opt to just surrender the items that aren't allowed in the passenger cabin and let the airport dispose of them. "You almost always get the same response: .Here, enjoy.' I wish we could, but we have to dump it," said Dean Chatten, the TSA's transportation security manager at the Buffalo airport. Overall, the airport collects during each shift enough toiletries, non-alcoholic beverages and other banned items to fill 48 bins, each big enough to hold about six gallons of stuff. That's about enough to fill a Dumpster every two days. Airport security also collects about 150 prohibited items such as pen knives and long scissors in an average month. Straight to the trash Where all the material goes, though, isn't clear, although New York, unlike other states, doesn't sell any of the items. Some states, according to a TSA spokesman, sell pen knives and other items on eBay. New York airport security, though, seems to throw a lot of stuff out. "The man-hours it would take to sort and box up these items to sell just isn't worth the time that it would take to do that," said Brad Maione, a spokesman for New York's Office of General Services. "We don't have the manpower or the ability." A lot of banned items -- those that aren't considered hazardous -- are thrown away at the airport, TSA officials say. That includes toiletries such as skin moisturizer and toothpaste. Passengers are allowed to bring them on the plane with them, but only in containers smaller than three ounces apiece, and all the toiletries together have to be put in a quartsize zip-lock bag in the carry-on. Those restrictions were set in place soon after authorities foiled a plot to blow up planes in London using liquid explosives in August 2006. Many frequent fliers say they have since adjusted their habits. "It limits me for some things, like shampoos. I have to buy small bottles and transfer them in," said Maria Ghafoori, an interior designer from Toronto who recently flew into Buffalo. "It takes more time, and it's a little more of a headache. But it's for the safety of everybody." Children's toys end up in the airport's trash, along with the tubes of toothpaste and bottles of moisturizer. Included on the federal government's list of nono's are toys that contain any kind of liquid, gel or putty. So Silly Putty, Play-Doh and snow globes are banned. Guns, real or otherwise So are toy weapons. "We end up with a decentsized box of guns, lightsabers and swords," O'Neil said of the holiday season. "The toys are disposed of. We're not allowed federally to give them to any one charity." Real guns, of course, are a different matter. The airport collects an average of 13 "deadly or dangerous items" per month. They're turned over to Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police, who run a trace to see if the weapon has been involved in any crimes. Guns carried without a permit are turned over to the State Police. The others often are returned to their owners by the courts, NFTA spokesman C. Douglas Hartmayer said. Like toy guns, beverages that passengers bring in their carryons also end up in the trash. Everything from bottled water to beer and wine is just poured down the drain at the airport, O'Neil said. The knives and scissors confiscated by the TSA are donated to the NFTA police, which in turn donates them -- about 14 pounds a month -- to Twin Village Recycling in Depew, according to Hartmayer. There, workers separate the knives and other items based on the type of metal they contain. The items are then melted down and shipped off for their next incarnation. The iron, for instance, becomes rebar and Ibeams used in construction, said Sheila Richmond, who works at Twin Village Recycling. The "hazardous materials" collected at the airport, though -- liquor and toiletries with a high alcohol content -- are sent downstairs, to the cinder-block room under Gate 26. They sit in the bright yellow lockers until somebody from Science Applications International Corp. comes to pick them up. The federal government pays that company about $3 million a year to collect and dispose of hazardous materials that passengers have surrendered at airports across the United States. Local TSA officials say the company comes about twice a week to collect the liquor and alcohol-based toiletries. Where the cologne and Crown Royal end up, though, isn't clear. Alcohol's end is hazy TSA representatives said they didn't know what happened to the liquor and alcoholbased toiletries. They directed inquiries to SAIC, the company with the government contract. Company spokesmen said the TSA had asked them not to comment on the contract and referred inquiries back to the TSA, which said it could not compel SAIC to answer the question. Finally, Lara Uselding, the TSA's Midwest, New Jersey and New York public affairs manager, responded with a one-line e-mail, saying only that "they dispose of it in an earth-friendly manner." Ron Zollars, an SAIC spokesman, responded with a brief written statement, refusing to provide specifics or answer questions by phone. He asserted in his statement that items are disposed of in accordance with federal, state and local environmental regulations. "Items such as toiletries and liquors are transported from an airport location to a licensed facility where, based on the type of material, a decision is made on the disposition method (e.g., incineration, stabilization, recycling)," he wrote. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Dec 11 02:45:29 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:45:29 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] SAIC income rises 7 percent in third quarter Message-ID: <20071210214520.T768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 10 December 2007 ; San Diego Union-Tribune SAIC income rises 7 percent in third quarter http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20071210-1453-bn10saic.html --- San Diego defense contractor SAIC said Monday its net income for the third quarter increased about 7 percent over last year, to $105 million, or 25 cents a share. The company said the expanding market for defense and intelligence contracts helped to drive sales for the quarter ended Oct. 31 up 14 percent, to $2.37 billion. The company also known as Science Applications International Corp. said operating income, which does not reflect SAIC's corporate investments, amounted to $186 million, a 32 percent gain from the same quarter last year