Rising Star: Siddartha Chowdhary

Chowdhary founded his company in 2005 to provide management consulting, business transformation, strategy and advisory services to government agencies.

Rising Star: Dan Ellis

Ellis coordinated the development of "The Practical Guide to Federal Service-Oriented Architecture" for American Council for Technology/Industry Advisory Council.

Rising Star: Carlos Laureano

Laureano is deployed with the Army at the Regional Computer Emergency Response Team, Southwest Asia.

Rising Star: Branko Primetica

Primetica was a key contributor to "The Practical Guide to Federal Service-Oriented Architecture."

Rising Star: Yash Shah

Shah provided strategic consulting to the Office of Management and Budget on e-government and IT initiatives.

Rising Star: Thomas Smialowicz

Smialowicz has been the de facto program manager for the OMB effort.

Management lessons from Brett Favre

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GAO waves off Avue TSA protest

GAO said this week it would not consider the protest because it has no authority over TSA procurements initiated before June 23.

TSA besieged by protests

Northrop Grumman Corp. and Avue Technologies Corp. recently filed protests with the Government Accountability Office and the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition concerning contract awards worth a total $3.2 billion.

Homeland security bills move forward

House approves measures that address cybersecurity, information sharing.

Contract roundup

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News briefs

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TechToons

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M&A roundup

Motorola Inc. bought AirDefense Inc., an Atlanta developer of wireless local-area network security products and services.

Bids and proposals

The Montana Public Health and Human Services Department wants a contractor to provide a Medicaid management information system.

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These Rising Stars rock

With all the gnashing of teeth in the federal market about the tidal wave of retirements headed toward us, it is nice to pause and realize that there are talented young people hard at work in the government market.

A sure path to success

Rising Stars advise newcomers to follow their passion and get involved in the government community.

Accenture to support Air Force net-centric operations

Accenture will provide services to improve and expand on existing net-centric capabilities across a variety of domains and environments.