ManTech, BAE and SAIC shift executive positions

Major systems integrators shift their executives as resignations and pending retirements create a series of high-level openings.

Level 3 brings an engineer's approach to Networx

Level 3 relishes odd duck status on Networx contract as it pushes the advantages of its fiber network.

Strong guidance needed for insourcing

The hot button issue of insourcing is creating unease, especially in the Defense Department, where weak guidance has produced a sense of confusion among the various components.

7 deadly sins of business development

Small businesses face a new competitive environment and must guard against missteps that suffocate business development.

Federal contractors need the right stuff for success

Federal contractors must have strong attributes and depth to succeed amid slowing discretionary federal spending.

Lessons from yesterday's giants

The contracts of the mid-1990s laid the foundation for many of today's most important contract vehicles.

Agencies to share contractor past-performance assessments

A revised FAR rule requires agencies to use a standard database to share contractors' performance information with one another.

GSA should run IT 'storefront' not schedules, Kundra says

The federal CIO says federal government needs a procurement system that can keep pace with the rapid changes in technology.

Alion modeling will help Air Force design better weapons

Alion Science and Technology will provide modeling and simulation services to the Air Force under a contract valued at $5 million.

Three contractors win Navy NECC awards

FGM Inc., Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. and Science Applications International Corp., have won Navy Net-Enabled Command Capability contracts worth a combined total of $172.3 million.

QinetiQ to support testing of Marines’ EFV components

QinetiQ North America will assist with the testing of command, control, communications and intelligence functions on the Marine Corps’ expeditionary fighting vehicle under a new contract.

Readers blast DHS effort to harvest personal information

Washington Technology received a number of trenchant comments about staff writer Alice Lipowicz's July 1 Web story “DHS requires more personal information from employees, contractors.”

New virtualization solutions can cut desktop costs

Desktop virtualization aims to lower the costs and increase the security of desktop computers, but agencies must determine which approach — or combination of methods — best suits their needs.

SAIC to support communications infrastructure at Fort Polk

Science Applications International Corp. will provide a variety of information technology support services to the Army base and facilities at Fort Polk, La.

DHS requires more personal information from employees, contractors

DHS says it is expanding the types of personal information it will collect on employees and contractors who require long-term access.

DHS launches cost-cutting measures

DHS has cited savings from recycling software, consolidating contracts and pursuing other cost-cutting measures.

Networx pressure on agencies to increase

As the 2010 deadline gets closer, agencies will feel more and more heat -- both financial and political.

Lockheed wins ‘space fence’ concept project

Lockheed Martin Corp. is one of three contractors hired by the Air Force to design and demonstrate a concept for space fence that would detect objects orbiting the Earth.

More scrutiny of DOD services contracts under House bill

The fiscal 2010 National Defense Authorization Act seeks greater oversight of services and speedier ways to buy information technology.

OMB Web site charts government IT spending

A new Web site launched by OMB lets the public see how agencies are spending money on information technology.