Unanet promotes business development exec to senior VP

Donna Kilbourn has been promoted to senior vice president for business development at Unanet Technologies.

Google sues Interior over cloud RFQ

Google and a cloud partner have sued the government alleging that an Interior Department RFQ unfairly excludes Google.

FBI names names: 46 ‘most wanted’ contractors

The FBI releases the names of the 46 vendors that recently qualified to compete for task orders over the next year under the $30 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services contract.

Election pontificating -- what's your take?

How do you think the election will turn out, and what are the implications for federal IT and procurement?

DOD acquisition officials see trade-off problem

Best-value trade-offs are time-consuming and a sticky subject, especially when they involve complex contracts, a lot of money and bid protests.

DOD auditors raise the limit on what they'll examine

The Project on Government Oversight released a government memo indicating that the Pentagon has "radically" reduced the scope of cost reviews to be performed by DCAA.

Record $30B FBI IT services contract awarded

46 contractors will compete for task orders under the FBI’s eight-year, $30 billion Information Technology Supplies and Support Services contract, known as IT Triple S.

Lockheed's Air Force win marks 2 decades of IT support

Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a $65 million information technology task order from the Air Force that marks 20 years of the defense company’s IT support to the military branch.

Intelligence operations carry $80B price tag

The government has released the topline budget for intelligence operations for the first time.

SAIC captures $321.2M NASA consolidation contract

The company gets the first award under NASA's $4 billion Information Technology Infrastructure Integration Program.

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Harris win secures third year on Air Force satellite program

Harris Corp. will continue its operations and maintenance support to the Air Force having won a $64 million third option year for the Network and Space Operations and Maintenance program.

C4ISR services help push CACI to record first quarter

CACI International Inc. reported a historic first quarter for fiscal 2011, with a record number of contract wins and net income of $28.7 million, an increase of 20.1 percent over the $23.9 million recorded in the same period last year.

Aerospace, IT spur rise in General Dynamics' quarterly earnings

General Dynamics Corp. reported third-quarter 2010 earnings of $649 million, compared to $575 million for the same quarter in 2009. Revenues in the quarter were $8 billion. Operating earnings grew to $966 million for a 10.5 percent increase over third-quarter 2009, the company reported yesterday in an earnings statement.

Federal vs. corporate pay scales: A cartoonist tries to sort it all out

In the end, FCW cartoonist John Klossner can't sort out the economics of federal and private sector salaries, but that doesn't hold him back.

Delivering IT projects in quick increments: 23rd time's the charm?

Perhaps the recent recommendations by a TechAmerica panel finally will inspire agencies to take a more agile approach to system development, writes FCW blogger (and commission co-chairman) Steve Kelman.

CIOs need more budget power, VA's Baker urges

VA CIO Roger Baker says if CIOs had more budget power, IT management would improve.

Army prepares for shrinking budgets

Upcoming Defense Department efficiency measures have Army officers thinking about balancing the need for force modernization with tight future budgets. What steps have they already taken?

Coalition for Government Procurement gets government insider as head

The Coalition for Government Procurement has chosen a new president.

Northrop Grumman sales help push up third-quarter earnings

Northrop Grumman Corp. had a strong third quarter overall as it increased sales, revenue and net income, compared to the same quarter in 2009, the company reported today. The company’s sales rose 4 percent, from $8.35 billion in the third quarter of 2009 to $8.7 billion this year.