Government plans to 'make and move markets' with emissions reporting

Officials predict a future where companies must report their greenhouse gas emissions inventories to the government to receive a contract.

Prior resigns as ManTech president, COO

Lawrence Prior III has resigned as president and chief operating officer of ManTech International Corp. A brief ManTech statement today said only that Prior had submitted his resignation and ManTech had accepted it.

Harris antennas will greatly accelerate NOAA weather data processing

Harris Corp. has won a 10-year, $130 million contract to build a ground antenna system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that will enable the agency to receive and process weather data 40 times faster than today, as well as deliver weather images directly to end users.

Raytheon wins $250M award to upgrade IT in Navy Ospreys

Raytheon Co. will provide information technology support for Navy V-22 Osprey aircraft under a five-year, $250 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.

Defense budget constraints force hard acquisition decisions

As the Defense Department shaves down its budgets, particularly within acquisition, it’s becoming harder to balance costs with the logistics of implementing new technologies, according to a panel of defense officials.

NASA cloud goes open source, but where are feds heading?

Blogger Brian Robinson wonders about the long-term impact of NASA’s involvement with a new industry initiative aimed at promoting open source-based cloud technology.

Agencies may have to abandon bureaucratese

Agencies may have to change their writing style because a new writing coach -- the law -- may soon arrive, blogger Matthew Weigelt writes.

SAP again extends $5.8B tender offer for Sybase

SAP AG, through its indirectly wholly owned subsidiary Sheffield Acquisition Corp., has again extended the expiration of its cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Sybase Inc. because certain conditions to the offer are not yet satisfied.

SRA acquisition bolsters energy offerings

SRA International Inc. has acquired Sentech Inc., an energy management consulting company with expertise in renewable energy, distributed generation, energy efficiency and advanced transportation technologies.

Acquisition Solutions changes name to highlight services

Acquisition Solutions Inc., a provider of performance management solutions to the federal sector, is changing its name to ASI Government effective Sept. 1.

Harris will continue to help tell FAA which way the wind blows

Harris Corp. will continue to maintain the Weather and Radar Processor system it developed for the Federal Aviation Administration under a six-year, $97 million contract.

Former Telos exec buys Navy contractor

Dave Aldrich leads a group of investors in an acquisition of Research and Engineering Development Inc., a Navy contractor.

IBM faces loss of $836M data center contract

Texas puts IBM on notice that if it doesn't shape up in the next 30 days, it might get fired from the state's data center consolidation contract.

Navy adds 556 contractors to SeaPort-e program

The Navy has qualified 556 additional contractors to compete for task orders under the SeaPort Enhanced acquisition program.

Is the intell market out of control?

Editor Nick Wakeman kicks off a discussion about the findings of a new Washington Post series on the explosive growth and the lack of comprehensive management of intelligence agencies.

Agencies defend charges of contracting fraud

Officials say the recently reported fraud that GAO uncovered in a small-business set-aside program comes from business owners and contracting officers not understanding the program rules, but at least one member of Congress rejects that explanation.

Raytheon adds defense expert to lead government relations unit

Raytheon Co. has hired Mark Esper as vice president of government relations reporting to Thomas Culligan, chief executive officer of Raytheon International Inc.

SAS’ second recent acquisition builds intelligence sector

SAS has made its second major purchase within two months with the completion of its acquisition of Vision Systems & Technology Inc., a provider of analytic intelligence solutions to the U.S. intelligence community. Financial details were not released.

New acquisition chief plots changes to GSA schedules

In the coming weeks, new FAS Commissioner Steve Kempf will unveil plans to improve schedule contracts and introduce new tools for contractors and agencies.

DARPA crowdsourcing chief joins Microsoft

Peter Lee, head of DARPA's Transformational Convergence Technology Office, is stepping down to join Microsoft.