Booz Allen hires new M&A, investment lead

Booz Allen Hamilton names John Noh to oversee the firm's M&A and investment strategy.

Opinion

The Big R: Relationships remain the key to GovCon success

Whether it is your customer or a prospect, competitor or partner, you can't overstate the importance of relationships for success in the government market. Here are some simple steps to make sure you are building and maintaining your relationships.

Space market opportunities look ready for takeoff

As the government pays more attention to the space domain across-the-board, it is creating more opportunities for government contractors. If they are positioned correctly.

DHS plans family of contracts for 'EAGLE NextGen'

DHS will forego its own contract to replace EAGLE II and will instead tap a family of contracts from GSA and NIH for "EAGLE NextGen."

GDIT gets ONENet extension

General Dynamics IT, through the CSRA acquisition, gets a $159.6 million extension for the Navy ONENet contract as the service prepares for NGEN-R.

NIH takes next step in completing CIO-SP3 SB on-ramp

NIH confirms new winners and has named intended awardees for the 8(a) portion of the CIO-SP3 on-ramp.

Pivotal receives $100M production OTA from Air Force

Pivotal Software receives a $100 million “Other Transaction Agreement” to continue helping the Air Force develop new combat software.

Small biz captures $2.6M Fish & Wildlife human capital contract

DTS, a small business in Arlington, Virginia, has won a $2.6 million contract with the Fish & Wildlife Services to provide program management and change management services.

Podcasts

Project 38: A reporter's notebook

Washington Technology Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers joins Editor Nick Wakeman in a review of the major trends and issues driving today's market, including major acquisitions, procurement treads and what JEDI says about contracting today.

Unisys adds Iridium CEO to board

Unisys adds Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch to the global IT company's board of directors.

LMI elevates Todd Stottlemyer to chairman

Nonprofit organization LMI elevates board member Todd Stottlemyer to chairman on the heels of his CEO appointment at CNSI.

Planet reshapes federal biz with new acquisition

Satellite imagery outfit Planet kicks off a two-part reshaping of its federal market strategy that begins with a new acquisition.

Pain of sequestration still being felt

Sequestration might be a distant memory but those automatic budget cuts had major impacts on the market that continue to be felt.

HPE wins $323M DISA processing contract

Hewlett Packard Enterprise wins a $323.9 million processor capacity services contract with DISA.

1901 Group adds GD vet Hirsch

Cloud services contractor 1901 Group adds former GDIT executive and three-decade market veteran Don Hirsch to the executive team.

How partners, competitors collaborate on CDM DEFEND

Primes on DHS' CDM DEFEND program share how they compete and cooperate to bring cyber defenses to their customers.

Change at the top made L3-Harris merger possible

Former L3 Chairman and CEO Michael Strianese's retirement paved the way for his successor and Harris' CEO to go beyond informal talks and make their mega-merger happen.

Perspecta objects to $325M DHS awards

Perspecta has filed a bid protest after failing to win a spot on a $325 million DHS contract for R&D and other technical services.

TechFlow takes $968M TSA explosive detection system contract

TechFlow wins a $968 million contract to help TSA maintain explosive detection systems at airports.

Opinion

5 steps for preventing fraud and abuse

Contractors can do a lot more to prevent fraud and abuse for themselves and government agencies. Here's a five-tiered approach.