It's not just the members of Generation X and Generation Y who want instant gratification. A lot of veterans of the government contracting market share that trait.
The stocks of federal information technology and professionalservices companies are performing in line withthe S&P 500 this year. Both are down about 6 percent,while aerospace and defense companies' stocks are havinganother solid year and are up 7 percent.
Some in Congress believe the proportion of federal contracts that are competitivelyawarded has dropped precipitously even though competition levels are at about the same proportion today as they were 10 years ago.
A professional engineers group is trying to jump-start FEMA's procedure to authorize use of the Common Alerting Protocol for national emergency alerts.
DHS initiated pilot projects at three airports this week to test its new Global Entry program for pre-registered U.S. citizens and permanent residents returning from travel abroad.
The Bush administration is requiring that all federal contractors use an electronic verification system to ensure that employees are eligible to work in the U.S.
AT&T Government Solutions will continue work on a global communications network for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System.
