Booz Allen lands Digital Soldier opportunity with open concept

Booz Allen Hamilton has won a $561 million Army contract to build a Digital Soldier system built on an open architecture that supports technologies from other companies.

Leidos, civil group president part ways

Leidos announced in a regulatory filing that the company and its civil group president are parting ways, effective Oct. 18.

AECOM finds buyers for government services business

AECOM is opting to sell its government services business to a pair of private equity firms for $2.4 billion rather than spin that unit off into a new public company. One of those buyers is not new to the market, while the other one is.

FBI CIO joins tech lobbying group

Information Technology Industry Council is renewing its focus on public sector with the addition of FBI CIO Gordon Bitko.

Tech trumped price in Booz Allen's $1B VA win

Booz Allen Hamilton had the highest price in the competition for a $1 billion Veterans Affairs IT modernization contract, but higher technical scores carried the day.

4 push back after missing out on $5B CMS award

Four companies, including one incumbent, have filed protests after missing the cut for a $5 billion Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Guidehouse closes Navigant acquisition

Guidehouse closes its acquisition of Navigant Consulting to gain critical mass in services supporting highly regulated industries.

Shareholders approve Raytheon-UTC combination

Raytheon and United Technologies shareholders vote to approve their merger, which is getting close scrutiny by antitrust regulators.

PSC: Most agency business forecasts fall short

The Professional Services Council has scored the business forecasts of nearly 50 agencies and found that half are in need of improvement.

From ship driver to senior exec, GDIT's Gilliland shares career advice

General Dynamics IT President Amy Gilliland shared her career path and along the way offered lessons on overcoming adversity, resiliency and not being afraid to take leap of faith.

Coming Summer 2020: Big GSA's schedule changes

Federal contracting community will see the biggest changes next summer as GSA completes phase three of its plan to merge multiple purchasing schedules into a single one.

Podcasts

BAE Systems and the future of defense tech

Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers speaks with Peder Jungck, BAE Systems Inc. vice president and general manager for intelligence solutions, about how technology is remaking the defense market and what it'll take to win the future

$341M telecom task order key to IRS modernization

The IRS plans to support modernization of customer-facing operations via its Enterprise Infrastructure Services award that it made to Verizon.

HP wins hardware portion of NGEN recompete

The Navy awards the first piece of its multi-billion dollar NGEN recompete to HP Federal as it appears to be sticking with what it has on the hardware front.

Inside the planning for Dovel's CEO transition

Dovel Technologies is entering a new phase of growth and is offering a lesson on how you plan and navigate the transition points that come with growth.

Brown named president of ORI

Customer experience and data analytics consulting firm ORI has named Shannon Brown as its president.

Nominations open for top women tech leaders

The nomination period has opened for the annual Women in Technology award program. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 11.

New service offers market research with emphasis on the personal

A new data and market research firm has launched with the promise of a more personalized approach to contract and budget analysis.

Unisys adds $152M DISA contract to federal growth story

Unisys' federal business continues to help spur the company's comeback with an almost $152 million Defense Information Systems Agency contract now part of that story.

Steampunk builds out civilian leadership team

Launched earlier this year, Steampunk makes a suite of appointments to its executive team including a leader of the company's civilian business.