SAIC adds former Army acquisition exec Wiltsie

Science Applications International Corp. hires former Army acquisition executive Douglas Wiltsie.

ECS makes deal as it chases $1B revenue mark

In buying DHA Group, ECS Federal continues its quest toward $1 billion in annual revenue by looking for growth organically and through acquisitions.

Shutdown recovery will take months or longer

The partial government shutdown lasted for weeks but the road to recovery will likely be measured in months or longer, according to government contractors responding to our shutdown survey.

Pentagon review of possible Amazon-JEDI conflict just routine

There has been some reporting that the Defense Department has "admitted' it is reviewing a possible conflict of interest involving Amazon Web Services and the JEDI cloud contract. But the reality is a little more mundane.

Government's reputation as a reliable partner gets battered by the shutdown

An underlying notion of the government market has long been its stability and reliability. But even if it's over for now, this shutdown brings that notion into some question.

Window closes on bids for Navy NGEN recompetes

Proposals should now be in for the Navy's almost $3.4 billion recompete of its Next Generation Enterprise Network contract, one of the year's largest defense IT competitions.

General Dynamics books $155M F-35 program office IT order

General Dynamics' IT services arm takes a $155 million task order to support the F-35 Joint Program Office's technology environment.

SAP NS2, Google form cloud integration partnership

SAP National Security Services and Google are partnering to bring integrated cloud computing and data offerings into the public sector.

Public GovCon firms to face shutdown questions

Financial reporting season kicks off the last week of January for many publicly-traded government contractors. They need to prepare to answer tough shutdown questions.

TeraThink captures $100M PBGC award

TeraThink has won a $100 million, single-award contract to support the financial management systems at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

John Hynes joins Applied Insight as CEO

John Hynes, former TASC CEO and Engility COO, is now chief executive of Applied Insight and will bring his large business experience to an emerging mid-tier player.

Fed 100 nominations coming to a close

Judging takes place this weekend, so all Federal 100 Award submissions must be in by 6 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 25.

Small biz vulnerability grows as shutdown continues

Contractors of all shapes and sizes are having to make all kinds of adjustments as the partial shutdown continues but some may be more drastic than others, especially for small businesses.

Enlightenment Capital backs secure IT company System High

Government market investment firm Enlightenment Capital acquires a controlling stake in System High Corp. to create another platform in the sector.

Opinion

Shutdown impact has ripple effect across the market

Bob Lohfeld Jr., CEO of Sev1Tech, shares his insights on how the government shutdown is impacting companies and the tough choices and consequences many companies face.

Navy awards $12.6B maintenance, logistics contract

The Navy awards a $12.6 billion contract for maintenance, logistics and other support work on manned and unmanned aircraft.

CenturyLink makes exec promotions in government arm

CenturyLink promotes a pair of executives in its government business and added more duties for one leader who was elevated late last year.

VT Group makes deal for National Technologies Associates

VT Group acquires engineering and logistics services provider National Technology Associates.

BAE books $250M NGA video, analytics order

BAE Systems Inc. takes a $250 million task order for video and analytics services to NGA in support of that agency's technology roadmap.

Analytics outfit OmniSci hires new federal lead

San Francisco-based analytics company OmniSci has hired 25-year government market veteran Ray Falcione Jr. as vice president of the federal business.