GSA blames poor wording for STARS contract snafu

GSA officials say email never meant to convey awards. So when the awards really happen?

Finmeccanica battles American defense giants for Air Force contract

Competition heats up for a U.S. Air Force contract to build jet trainers.

Reporting rumors

News organizations can face tough choices about reporting rumors.

Good news for America (in my opinion)

A large minority of Boston high school valedictorians are immigrants, and Steve Kelman has some thoughts on what that means for the nation.

Secure Technologies Group expands with new cyber ops chief

Adam Suri has joined Secure Technologies Group as senior vice president of cyber operations for the government provider of cybersecurity solutions.

A-T Solutions helps US forces counter WMD threats

A-T Solutions Inc. will work with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to support the organization's deployed Technical Support Groups under a five-year, $68 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract.

ATS builds software solutions for government pension agency

ATS Corp. will continue its software development work for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under new indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a $30 million ceiling.

Ban insourcing until policy published, rep urges

Rep. Mick Mulvaney says impact of insourcing on small businesses needs to be considered.

Biz groups want Congress to protect outsourcing

A coalition of business groups is asking Congress to uphold outsourcing and limit insourcing in the upcoming fiscal 2012 spending bills.

IBM reveals ambitious channel plans for Netezza

IBM expects half of Netezza data warehouse appliance sales to be sold through the channel.

Microsoft names new leader for fed sales

Greg Myers has been promoted to vice president of federal sales at Microsoft Corp. replacing Teresa Carlson.

Contractors form coalition to highlight role in international development efforts

More than 50 contractors involved in global development have formed a new coalition.

VA picks small biz contractor for open-source ecosystem

The Veterans Affairs Department has selected a small business as the custodial agent for an open-source ecosystem development program to modernize the VA's VistA electronic health record system.

Oops, GSA takes back major contract awards

GSA officials sent letters telling companies they had won, then quickly reversed course.

Mandiant adds CTO title to its products division chief

Threat detection solutions provider Mandiant has promoted David Merkel to chief technology officer. He will continue to lead the products organization.

Hughes extends broadband availability to remote government offices

Hughes Network Systems LLC has unveiled a group of services called Connect & Express for Government to provide remote government agencies and offices with affordable broadband Internet service.

Could RIM really be on its way out?

Reports say RIM may be on its last legs, but we aren't writing them off just yet.

CACI's Top 100 secret? Customer satisfaction.

CACI set financial records last year. How are they keeping customers satisfied?

Senate outlines $6.4B in cuts to defense spending

The Senate Armed Services Committee is calling for $6.4 billion in defense spending cuts as it pushes forward its proposed DOD authorization for full Senate consideration.

Transportation Command soliciting company white papers on measuring greenhouse gases

The U.S. Transportation Command wants help to develop ways to measure the carbon footprint of its vehicles.