SentrySafe, a provider of security-storage containers, has introduced a new fire-resistant and waterproof hard drive designed to withstand temperatures of 1,550 degrees Fahrenheit.
One of the significant outcomes of a successful business development process is client intelligence. This information comes in two forms: research intelligence gathered on an opportunity, client or request for proposals and personnel intelligence about individuals who experience problems, allocate funds and make purchasing decisions.
Transparency is essential to building credibility when dealing with public funds and the public trust, and numerous proposals now before Congress seek to enhance transparency in government contracting. Their essentialgoal is laudable even though some of these proposals are driven bya misperception that fraud is rampant in federal contracting ? aperception even the special inspector general for Iraq reconstructionhas repeatedly challenged.
A number of recent significant cross-border transactions, regulatory actions, and domestic and international political developments have put globalization of government and defense into the cross hairs of the 2008 presidential election.
Curt Kolcun, formerly vice president of Microsoft Corp.'s federal division, has been promoted to vice president of its parent organization, Microsoft's Public Sector business group.
The Homeland Security Department is seeking information from contractors that could provide technical support and analysis for its information security program.
Appropriations Committee report concludes that efforts to enable checks of foreign visitors' identities as they exit the country should be postponed until a new administration takes office in 2009.
Apptis Inc. will provide critical network operations and information assurance support to the U.S. Central Command under a multiyear award worth $25 million.
Lockheed Martin Corp. will continue developing technology that provides a virtual view of the battlefield under a $36 million contract for the Army Battle Command System.
State governments should take an enterprisewide approach with an established IT governance structure to preserve e-records, according to the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
