SENATE JUDICIARY EXAMINS EXECUTIVE WARTIME POWER

Vice president of the Global Strategic Security Division, Booz Allen Hamilton Harold Hongju Koh testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the wartime executive power and the National Security Agency's surveillance authority, in Washington on February 28, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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Outside View: New FBI powers necessary for counter-terrorism

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Revised Attorney General Guidelines that govern all FBI activities, including those involving international terrorism, come into effect next month. Although members of Congress, civil rights groups and the media have criticized the new rules, they are a necessary and important step for the FBI's counter-terrorism investigations.

NASA awards planning assessment contract

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded an advanced planning assessment contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Va.

Invertix to support Army INSCOM

MCLEAN, Va., July 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted Invertix Corp. to support the Intelligence and Security Command with management, engineering and information technology services.

General Dynamics to support HSIN network

FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 11 (UPI) -- General Dynamics has been contracted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop an update for the Homeland Security Information Network.

NASA awards ISS contract extension

WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has given the Ares Corp. a $26 million, one-year contract extension for development and operation of the International Space Station.

Booz Allen announces major split

WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- The U.S consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. says it is separating, with private-equity firm Carlyle Group buying its government division for $2.54 billion.

LM wins $324M USAF personnel IT contract

SEABROOK, Md., April 8 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin has won a $324 million personnel information technology contract from the U.S. Air Force.

DRS wins DoD fuel sites review contract

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- DRS Technologies has won a contract to review U.S. Department of Defense fixed site fuel facilities around the world.

IGI to support OCHCO systems

PITTSFORD, N.Y., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Booz Allen Hamilton announced a deal with New York-based Infinite Group to support the Homeland Security Department's Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer.

Analysis: Ghost of outsourcing yet to come

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- It is that time of year again, when we both look back at what happened and what will be. Just as Ebenezer Scrooge did, aided by the Ghosts of Christmas Past and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in Charles Dickens' famous classic, "A Christmas Carol." So in the spirit of Christmas let's look at the issue of national security and privatization.