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Chief information officers from throughout the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had words of advice for companies that want to do business with them at the DHS 2012 Information Technology Industry Day. Among the top topics were the need for agile acquisition and acquisition of agile products, the call for information about the return on investment on the products companies offer, and changes in procurement strategies that could have a huge effect on how the government and commercial sectors interact.

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Richard Spires, chief information officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, kicked off DHS Industry Day by declaring that it is time to find the balance between the IT needs of individual DHS agencies and leveraging IT throughout the department as a whole. The department needs to take a "shared first" approach to commodities and then look at unique technologies the individual agencies need.

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Incorporated, Rockville, Maryland, and Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia, are each being awarded a potential $698,249,000

ITT Corporation, Clifton, New Jersey, is being awarded a $19,636,772 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for the design, development, integration, t

Herley New York, Syosset, New York, is being awarded a $6,713,271 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for up to 100 J-band transmitters including en

L-3 Communications Corporation, Link Simulation & Training, Arlington, Texas, is being awarded a $22,022,091 firm-fixed-price and firm-fixed-incentive, firm target contract for a fully immersive B

Rear Adm. Richard B. Landolt, USN, has been assigned director, J-3 Operations/Cyber, U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany.

Members of the two morning panels at the DHS 2012 Information Technology Industry Day hammered home the need all DHS agencies have for information sharing and information security within a mobile environment; however, the agencies continue to face slow processes to put these capabilities into place.

Although not claiming victory, the DHS has made some serious headway in improving cybersecurity, according to panelists discussing the topic at the DHS 2012 Information Technology Industry Day in Washington, D.C. Experts said the threats have not disappeared but rather have changed, and various DHS agencies have been learning how to better handle them.