Recruiting top-level government contractor executives involves a feeling-out process, something akin to a dance, before negotiations can begin. Both sides have certain restrictions and play their hands close to the vest.
Satellite technology could hardly be hotter as government agencies rely on it to predict the weather, surf the Web, run defense and intelligence applications, further scientific research, and provide critical data.
Improved communications is necessary to achieve cost reductions and efficiencies at the Defense Department, writes Stan Soloway of the Professional Services Council.
Bill Scheessele of MBDi tells how the founders of companies appearing on Washington Technology's Fast 50 list took risks, learned from their failures and experienced great success as a result.
The Technology CEO Council claims the federal government can save $1 trillion in 10 years by streamlining supply chains, consolidating data centers, automating paper processes and applying anti-fraud analytic tools.
Should program managers--the professionals who are best-suited to provide a results-oriented, front-line perspective on the features of the system as it is developed and released--work with program offices, or in IT shops? Blogger Steve Kelman ponders the question.
GlobalNet Services Inc. will provide a variety of IT services to the Food and Drug Administration under three recently awarded contracts that have a combined value of $81 million.
DARPA's Insight program will develop automated tools to help human analysts sift and identify valuable battlefied data from a variety of information sources and platforms.
The Supreme Court case involving security checks on federal contractors at a NASA facility brought up details on how many contractors have been denied a federal credential as a result of answers they gave during background checks.
An overwhelming percentage of security experts say cyberattacks against companies and government are increasing but neither group is properly equipped to protect itself, according to a cybersecurity survey released today.
Stephen Comber was named general manager of Science Applications International Corp.’s Health Solutions business unit Oct. 1. He will report to Joe Craver, president of SAIC’s Infrastructure, Energy, Health and Product Solutions Group.
