A simple message to contractors: Do your homework

A leading government CIO advises contractors to study hard before they talk to their customers, writes Staff Writer Alyah Khan.

Government shutdown temporarily averted

Congress has approved a continuing resolution to fund the government until March 18, temporarily staving off fears of employee furloughs resulting from a government shutdown this Friday.

Services, IT support cut to save millions in Coast Guard's 2012 budget

The Coast Guard is looking for savings from contractors and reduced IT support to shift resources to its operations.

Gordon pushed to release past performance records

Experts want more information from the meetings assessing agencies' oversight to protect the government from abusive contractors.

Boeing's new unit will sell satellite telecom services

Boeing has established a Commercial Satellite Services unit to market satellite telecommunications services, including hosted payloads, to the federal government and other satellite users.

Booz Allen gets smart with $114M intelligent transportation contract

Booz Allen Hamilton will help the Federal Highway Administration enhance intelligent transportation systems under a five-year, $114 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract.

How would you spend $2,000?

If your agency gave you $2,000 to spend on mobile devices, what would you buy?

The downfall of volunteerism: The report

There was a no report because there was no time to finish the report.

Deltek names new leader of Input unit

Deltek hires veteran of paid content to expand its Input market research footprint.

FAA puts IT projects on fast track

The FAA is saying good-bye to projects that take years to payoff, if ever. How quickly do they now want contractors to show results?

Industry official: If the baby is ugly, say so

TechAmerica's Trey Hodgkins says that the responsibility for a healthy relationship between the government and industry doesn't just rest with the feds.

VA considers moving e-mail to the cloud

The Veterans Affairs Department is looking for vendors to help with e-mail, archive, backup and storage solutions in the cloud.

Automatic debarments not the answer in a war-zone, White House official warns

Dan Gordon tells the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan to avoid creating blanket recommendations on how to punish contractors.

Quartet of top tier contractors gain $204M in Navy work

Four of the nation’s largest government contractors have won Navy task orders under a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a total potential value of $204 million over five years if all options are exercised.

Mitre calls all innovators for ID contest

Mitre Corp. has launched of an identity recognition competition open to techies, amateurs and professionals, individuals, and teams alike who think they have an idea to improve identity recognition technologies.

Why IBM's Watson is good news for government

Watson’s pipelined, pragmatic process demonstrated significant innovations that overcame the type of grand challenges faced every day by the government IT community.

Government shutdown could get postponed

It now seems likely that a feared government shutdown at the end of this week will be averted, but the reprieve is only temporary. If Congress can't agree on a budget deal soon, the threat will return in two weeks.

Readers fret about shutdown risk

Our readers express anger, worry, cynicism in face of possible government shutdown.

Contracting panel urges suspensions, debarments for misbehaving contractors

A commission reviewing government contracting in war zones recommends both expanding jurisdiction for punishing wrongdoers and requiring suspensions and debarments.

GTEC pushes ahead on strong 2010 results

The defense technology company built thrust in the second half of 2010 with new contract awards and by finishing two major acquisitions.