Deloitte's Dan Helfrich: Don't be a dinosaur, embrace change

Deloitte's Dan Helfrich explained the dangers of resisting change and why contractors and customers need to embrace new ways of doing business.

ICF shifts its public sector lineup

ICF makes a trio appointments in its public sector leadership team that include one hire and two promotions from within.

Small biz wins $553M Army unmanned training contract

Pinnacle Solutions has won a seven-year, $553.2 million contract to help the Army conduct unmanned aircraft training.

Noblis names new president of ESI group

Noblis promotes Rick Harrison to president of its Noblis ESI subsidiary.

Don't sweat a flat IT budget

President Trump's 2020 budget proposal shows the IT budget as flat but that doesn't mean it is a stagnant market. There is a lot of activity under the surface.

Navy awards almost $1B SAP software supply contract

The Navy chooses four IT consulting firms for an almost $1 billion contract to provide and maintain SAP brand name software.

Cognosante hires Maximus, GDIT vet Gordon

Health IT contractor Cognosante hires former Maximus and General Dynamics IT executive James Gordon to the leadership team.

Navy explores HUBzones for submarine support work

The Navy is exploring whether a HUBzone small business can provide IT support needed to maintain, engineer and procure submarines.

Curtiss-Wright buys data link software outfit

Curtiss-Wright acquires a provider of software to be used in tactical data links and other military communications functions.

Integrators are now scouts for new technology

Traditional systems integrators are adopting the practice of scouting technology now that most innovation is driven by the private sector, not government.

Alion taps former MacB chief Fuchs as COO

Alion Science and Technology names Sid Fuchs as chief operating officer seven months after the acquisition of MacAulay-Brown, which he led as CEO.

Schafer's private equity backers shift company across portfolio

Schafer Corp.'s private equity owners combined that government services contractor with another, similar business in the portfolio.

NewWave books $196M CMS modernization order

NewWave Telecom & Technologies takes a $196M IT and application modernization order with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Maximus objects to lost Labor contract

Maximus is unhappy over the loss of a $277 million contract to Perspecta to support the Labor Department's IT modernization efforts.

How data literacy drives successful IT modernization

For IT modernization to truly change the government, agencies and contractors need to put an emphasis on data literacy. Here are three key factors to consider.

Ernst & Young to take over contractor entity validation

Ernst & Young will take over the system agencies use to validate and track contractors, breaking Dun & Bradstreet's decades long hold on the service.

Cubic makes deal for secure comm outfit Nuvotronics

Cubic Corp. buys Nuvotronics for $64 million in cash to further grow a portfolio of secure communications technology.

Army moves cyber to the front lines

The Army Cyber Command plans to move more cyber and electromagnetic activities to the battlefield and into every brigade combat team, division, corps and Army service component staff.

PE firm backs Sev1Tech

Private equity firm DFW Capital Partners acquires a controlling equity stake in Sev1Tech, a government and commercial IT services provider.

Opinion

3 keys to meeting DOD's security requirements

The Defense Department is now mandating the protection of its data and systems as part of its procurement processes. If your response plan does not cover the implementation of these cyber defense essentials, you’ll risk missing out on opportunities that could make or break your business.