Agency watchdog wants more power to target contractors

Labor Department office tosses Bush-era rules and wants more power to investigate companies about pay discrimination.

NCI names former Stanley exec as CFO and treasurer

NCI Information Systems Inc., a provider of IT, engineering and logistics services to the federal government, has named Brian Clark executive vice president, CFO and treasurer. Clark succeeds Judith Bjornaas, who resigned as CFO in December.

ManTech to service Navy aircraft, weapons systems

ManTech International Corp. will provide engineering, technical and administrative support to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s naval aircraft and systems under a five-year contract worth $57 million.

Navy freezes server purchases

The Navy has frozen its server purchases and halted the creation of new data centers in a move seen as a step toward reducing its IT infrastructure.

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Fed contractors' history could be open to public in April

The Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System database contains details on the federal contractors' reliability and history of work with the government.

Four contractors vie for $1.4B in Navy awards

A quartet of contractors will provide IT systems for ships, submarines and land-based facilities for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command and other prospective U.S. government and foreign military customers.

QinetiQ North America names new corporate CFO

QinetiQ North America has named Bill Goss executive vice president and chief financial officer, with responsibility for finance and accounting, treasury and risk management.

Rival snags Microsoft GM

Salesforce.com has hired Microsoft GM Matt Miszewski as senior vice president for the global public sector.

SRA's Platinum Solutions will improve crime tracking for FBI

SRA International Inc.'s recently acquired Platinum Solutions will upgrade the FBI's crime tracking technology by delivering a modernized Uniform Crime Reporting system that will improve the efficiency and usefulness of nationwide crime statistics data thanks to a newly won task order valued at more than $9 million.

NYC gets its first Chief Digital Officer

Social media entrepreneur Rachel Sterne has been named to the new position to coordinate social media and digital media for the city's 83 agencies.

Serco deal for SRA falls apart, Brits report

Serco walked away from an attempt to acquire SRA after the price for the company grew too steep, according to published reports.

House Dem pushes IT policy as bipartisan agenda

Rep. Gerry Connelly (D-Va.) thinks IT management and procurement are issues Democrats and Republicans can embrace. He wants hearings on insourcing federal work and poaching contractors' employees.

Opinion

BAE makes $86M deal for imaging company

BAE Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fairchild Imaging Inc., a privately held company specializing in solid-state electronic imaging components and systems for scientific imaging applications.

Many federal blogs wither from neglect

Our Dying Blog List highlights those in critical condition. Help us add to it.

Google restructures top leadership roles

Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, will be stepping down from that position while continuing to serve the company as executive chairman.

Austerity best served with a healthy dose of collaboration

Columnist Stan Soloway says the best way to weather the coming years of government austerity is for agencies and contractors to collaborate on the best and most cost-effective solutions.

Who you don't want in your BD organization

Every business development organization has them — shepherds who work hard but use precious resources with little return.

5 ways to shape how agencies pick winning proposals

Columnist and capture management consultant Bob Lohfeld explains the role contractors should play in helping agencies develop evaluation criteria for awarding contracts.

Former GSA assistant commissioner rejoins former company

Ed O'Hare rejoins Dynanet Corp. with a goal of helping the company's transition out of the 8(a) small business program.