Under a new contract, QinetiQ will assist the Marine Corps with the design, development and implementation of its IT application, service and data systems.
One important step to improving GSA's multiple award schedule contracts would be to reconsider use of the price reduction clause, said contracting experts who spoke before an advisory panel May 5.
Every spring, Washington Technology puts out the annual Top 100 contractor list. And each year, starting about three days after that issue is delivered, I start getting calls with questions that go something like this: " ... How can I move my company up into that top bracket?" There are a few simple concepts you have to understand to succeed in this market.
My last column outlined six challenges that can hamper organic and strategic revenue growth in your organization. In this column, I have identified seven key concepts to facilitate the shift from an independent federation - or stovepipe - business development model to a strategic growth model.
Municipalities are increasingly outsourcing the management of police-initiated and private automobile towing and tracking. As one indication of the growing market, two providers of such services announced a merger this week.
Just as in every campaign that has preceded it, the issue ofjobs has been at center stage throughout the 2008 presidentialcampaign. Candidates talk about creating jobs, buildingsustainable domestic industries and so forth. Ironically, onetopic that never comes up in those discussions is one of thenation's most significant sources of high-quality, well-compensatedemployment: government contracting.
Since 2004, the price-to-performance multiples of publiclytraded government technology services companies havetrended downward, while the valuations of mergers andacquisitions have held their ground. Is this rational,sustainable and likely to continue through this year and the next?
CACI will design a new communications framework for the Defense Department that will enable national leaders to communicate better and take action during crises.
DHS' cybersecurity initiative might be relying too much on contractors and might not be providing enough information to the public, according to two key senators.
