Telos to modernize Air National Guard wireless infrastructure

The company will use commercial technologies to modernize the wireless infrastructure at 10 sites.

Is the government sending mixed signals about collaborating with industry?

Contracting officers are getting pulled in opposite directions by OMB and Congress, writes Editor Nick Wakeman.

National Archives giving tips on history through FourSquare

Checking in at the Washington Monument? Get a tip from the National Archives while you are there.

TSA's Blogger Bob and the many angry comments

A lesson in blogging: Report that a passenger was charged with crimes and omit his acquittal, and expect to be roasted.

Alaska Native Corporations' contracting status under fire again

Four ANCs have been among the top 100 recipients of contract awards, and in 2009 six companies made Washington Technology's Top 100 List of IT contractors.

Unisys realigns Federal Systems group, alters portfolios

Unisys Corp. has added two new executives and assigned new roles to three others to bolster its senior Federal Systems management team and, more precisely, to target government sales.

GOP senators again target repeal of contract withholding tax

This isn't the first time such proposals have been made, although no one has been successful in killing the tax that is due to take effect next year.

ASI exec departs to join fed's new cyber unit

Jeremy Grant has announced he is stepping down as chief development officer at ASI Government effective Feb. 4. He will lead the new National Program Office for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. On Monday, ASI Government announced that Kimberly McCabe had been named president of the public-sector consulting company.

What the Brits can teach us about collaboration

To combat its budget woes, the U.K. has increased communications between industry and government. Should we follow its example?

Tech leaders advance $1 trillion productivity agenda

The federal government can save $1 trillion through 2020 by consolidating infrastructure, combining supply chains and reducing energy consumption among other moves.

Oracle pays $46M to settle false-claims charges against Sun

Oracle Corp. has agreed to settle allegations against Sun Microsystems Inc. What did the Justice Department accuse them of doing?

DHS unveils rigid requirements to replace terminated SBINet

The Homeland Security Department is inviting vendors to an Industry Day on Feb. 17 to present its three-part strategy for border-security solutions to replace the cancelled SBInet program.

SBA expects first contracts in new woman-owned business program by summer

Contracting officers will now be able to set aside specific contracts for woman-owned small businesses for the first time through the program.

4 firms vie for $200 million in Navy cybersecurity work

Science Applications International Corp., General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Booz Allen Hamilton have won awards from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, and will vie for cybersecurity task orders under a five-year contract valued in excess of $200 million.

CSC gains $143M Labor award for workers' comp claims processing

Computer Sciences Corp. will continue to help the Labor Department process workers' compensation claims under a new seven-year contract that has an estimated total value of $143 million.

ASI taps Army official as president

Kymm McCabe takes on new role as president of ASI Government. Former president Anne Reed will continue as CEO.

NASA extends SAIC's $63M IT contract

NASA has extended its Unified NASA Information Technology Services contract to Science Applications International Corp. with an eight-month base of $36.4 million with options for a 14-month period with potential value up to $62.7 million.

OPM's security clearance reformer retires

Kathy Dillaman, the Office of Personnel Management official in charge of reforming the security clearance process, retired Monday after 35 years of government service, Federal Times reports.

OPM tries again to get word out about weather dismissals

OPM alerts employees today on early-release options tomorrow.

Navy's server freeze no harbinger of rough seas for contractors

The Navy's decision last week to reduce its IT infrastructure by freezing the purchase of servers and not building new data centers won't have an immediate -- or long term -- negative effect on the federal contracting community.