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EDS to help veterans learn about health care benefits
05/09/08 -- 12:25 PM EDS Corp. will provide returning war veterans with information about available health care and benefits programs new contract from the Veterans Affairs Department.

Cubic to supply Poland with air combat trainers
05/09/08 -- 11:28 AM Cubic will build and deliver 16 P5 airborne subsystem units that will be integrated with new Polish F-16 aircraft.

Interior bureau seeks content management system
05/09/08 -- 11:16 AM The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service wants a small business to provide a Web content management system.

Telos to assist DOD on identity management
05/08/08 -- 04:56 PM Telos Identity Management Solutions will implement DOD’s Defense Manpower Data Center identity protection and management programs in a contract potentially valued at $582 million.

Deepwater cutter gets training assignment
05/08/08 -- 02:32 PM The Coast Guard is expected to accept delivery today of the Bertholf, the first National Security Cutter produced under the $24 billion Deepwater program.

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Annual M&A Special Report

The pace of acquisitions remained high in 2007 with 99 deals closing last year. Dealmakers included familiar companies such as CACI International Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp. as well as several new players. We worked with investment bank Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin to create a database of all of last year’s transactions. We also worked with a panel of M&A experts to rank and analyze the top 10 deals of the year.

Deals of 2007
Top 10 deals of 2007
Rulers of the M&A game
CACI to continue logistics support to Navy

Unisys to supply biometrics to Canadian airports

ACS stays plugged in with Colo. county

QinetiQ enlists for Marine Corps tech work

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Tyler wins pair of Calif. ERP contracts
By William Welsh

05/05/08 -- 09:37 AM Tyler Technologies Inc. has won two new contracts in California to provide financial management software.

EDS to set up Georgia Medicaid system
By Doug Beizer

04/29/08 -- 12:36 PM EDS will design and implement a new Medicaid management information system for Georgia under a $391 million contract.

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BLOGS
 EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK
By Doug Beizer
Is WiMax ready for prime time?

With the Sprint-Clearwire announcement and other developments, WiMax appears poised for a breakthrough.

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GUEST COLUMN
By Darryl Crapps

Contractors need a solid ethics program

If your organization doesn't have a formal and proactive ethics and compliance program, now is the time to establish one. It's not a matter of whether you trust your employees to do the right thing. It is a matter of educating them so they will know expected ethical behavior.

MARKET SHARE
By Bill Loomis

Market disruption presents silver lining

One comment I often hear lately about the financial markets is that their volatility has increased. The increased volatility is an indicator of uncertainty, causing investors to react quickly to each piece of financial, economic or political news.

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Cloud computing: A bright outlook for systems integrators | Google's David Girouard explains how cloud computing can give an edge to government contractors. More >
Top 100: The challenge to succeed
Washington Technology will Editor in Chief Nick Wakeman will host an InSight eSeminar at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 22 highlighting the magazine’s 15th annual Top 100 issue and the importance of staying on top in the contracting world.

Bones of contention
Contractors face more scrutiny as concerns about conflicts of interest increase.

GWACs start to slide
Business going through governmentwide acquisition contracts has started to drop as agencies rely more on their own procurement vehicles.

ID cards prepare for takeoff
Airports broaden credentialing efforts asCongress and TSA look at security breaches.

Now comes Vangent
Name changes haven’t stunted BPO provider’s ability to win contracts.

No need for reform, EPA says
IBM Corp.’s short suspension by the Environmental Protection Agency is still reverberating through the government market.

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