GD wins $177M contract to run the Army's supply system

The company will manage supply systems to support military operations in Southwest Asia. Most work will come out of Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.

Will DOD's 2012 budget request answer industry's questions?

Contractors are anxious about the Feb. 14 Defense Department budget submission. What are they hoping to see in Gates' 2012 funding request?

New federal database is one contractors will want to avoid

The fiscal 2011 defense authorization act takes a contractor's reckless behavior to the Web.

Boeing's SBInet contract gets the axe

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Boeing's virtual fence can't meetin security objectives. New strategy includes a mix of new technologies at the border.

FOSE Institute launched

New organization will focus on fresh approach to conferences and other events touching on government technology policy and implementation.

The dynamics of taking blame in the workplace

A researcher shares with Steve Kelman some findings on what happens to people who take blame for problems in the workplace.

IG Skinner to leave DHS

Inspector General Richard Skinner will be leaving his role as a federal government watchdog on March 1 after 42 years of service.

GE's $500M bet on data center consolidation and cloud computing

General Electric's energy division has agreed to acquire Lineage Power Holdings in a $520 million deal that will get the company into the cloud computing and data center game.

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Should federal employees lose their mobile phones?

California Gov. Jerry Brown is taking state-provided mobile phones away from about half of the state employees who currently have them. Should the federal government follow suit?

HP has contract cut short by Military Health System

The General Services Administration has not explained why it is terminating a Military Health System contract ahead of schedule, according to a report in NextGov.

Brown-Dixon goes from GSA to SBA

A small-business guru and director of small business takes talents to SBA

Contractor gets prison time for hacking TSA terrorist screening database

After finding out his five-year stint at the TSA had come to a close, TSA contractor James Duchak took out his dismay by messing with the terrorist screening database.

Boeing shuffles its IT organization leadership

Boeing Co. names puts a new executive in charge of its IT organization and promotes another to run its new Information Solutions division.

Contractors put more focus on being focused

Editor Nick Wakeman sees increasing signs that government contractors are shedding noncore businesses to focus on what they do best.

Why are federal employees the latest scapegoat?

Federal employees are working under a pay freeze and facing possible reductions in their numbers. What's caused the new attention?

Contractors lack skills to help agency modernize, Customs official says

Ken Ritchhart, Customs' IT chief, is urging IT workers to get retrained. What advice is he offering his prime contractors?

CSC locks up deal for health care solutions company

Computer Sciences Corp. has completed its acquisition of Image Solutions Inc., a provider of regulatory submission management solutions for the contractor's Life Sciences sector. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

In today's market, the big boys should be wary

Long-time industry observer Jim Kane explains how changing market dynamics will give a competitive advantage to nimble and agile contractors over larger competitors.

DRC hires another VP for its Federal Group

Daphne Zweifel has joined Dynamics Research Corp. as a vice president and general manager in the company's Federal Group, which supports DRC's federal clients in the Washington, D.C., capital region.