General Dynamics boosts AF maintenance program with laptops

General Dynamics Corp. will provide IT support to the Air Force Materiel Command under a three-year, $23 million contract that calls for the purchase, delivery and integration of ruggedized laptop PCs to be used as portable maintenance aids.

HP ramps up data center services for Special Ops Command

Hewlett-Packard Co. has won a four-year, $68.1 million data center services contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to support its worldwide missions.

Women in Technology names 2011 leadership award finalists

Women in Technology has selected 40 finalists in 12 categories for its leadership awards. Winners will be named in May.

Executives reassess how to grow during tough times

Among the budget delays and economic worries, government contractors are still finding opportunities for growth. But they also are focused on controlling costs and investing in infrastructure.

Nothing wussy about moderate security

"There is nothing wussy about moderate," Robert Williams, president of Clear Government Solutions said at a recent briefing on cloud computing in the government in Washington, D.C.

GSA pulls the plug on GovGab; POGO meets POTUS

After a four-year run, the General Services Administration put the final nail in the coffin of its GovGab blog by shutting down its Twitter account this week.

New role for CSC North American Public Sector executive

Jose Jimenez, president of CSC's North American Public Sector Strategy and Development division, has been named the company's chief diversity officer, effective April 2. He will report to CSC Chairman, President and CEO Michael Laphen and the company's chief human resources officer.

TechAmerica renews drive to increase H-1b visas

With just days to go until the application period starts for this year's round of H-1b visa petitions, the TechAmerica Foundation is calling on Congress to increase access to the visas and improve procedures for adjudication

Sid Fuchs adds senior adviser to list of corporate positions

Sid Fuchs, former president and CEO of ATS Corp., is now a senior adviser to Indus Corp. CEO Shiv Krishnan

ICF wins EPA Energy Star recompete contract

ICF International Inc. has won a five-year recompete contract from the Environmental Protection Agency worth $36.5 million.

Due process for contractors under attack

Are you guilty until proven innocent? Columnist and PSC President Stan Soloway argues that too many people and groups want to slap contractors with a debarment without considering due process rights.

HP unveils cloud partner program

Hewlett-Packard launched its CloudSystem partner program for users to develop cloud skills and receive guidance on the necessary business model changes.

ManTech granted Navy extension for warfare analysis, software upgrade

ManTech International Corp. has won a $17.5 million Navy award that calls for a range of IT services under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.

ICF in winning trio for new DOT environmental work

ICF International Corp., PB America and CDM, a consulting and engineering company, have won a five-year contract worth up to $40 million from the Transportation Department for environmental work.

DOD's contractor database could lead to the wrong results

The Defense Department's past-performance database sometimes is not a reliable guide to which contractors are best prepared to handle a job, a wartime commission has found.

Not playing games with process

Appian founder and CEO Matt Calkins has taken his love of strategic board games to build a winning business process management company that has been growing rapidly.

Share-in-savings contracting coming back?

Blogger Steve Kelman says the current budget environment gives agencies all the more reason to consider share-in-savings procurements.

New contracting era begins for U.S. Army

New policies are starting to be felt across the Army as the service adopts more cloud computing, mobile technology and social media to gain efficiencies and save money.

Cisco exec Paul Brubaker joins new company

The former Cisco executive who led its Internet Business Solutions Group accepts a top post at D.C.-based IT consulting firm Synteractive.

Cisco cloud buy expands its services

Cisco intends to buy software provider NewScale.