Northrop appoints new division VP, cyber

Northrop Grumman has named Robert Fleming vice president of cyber, unattended systems and division strategy for the company’s land and self protection systems division.

IT Cadre makes five management changes

IT Cadre had made a number of changes to its management team in order to better align the company for success.

IT jobs continue to rise in July

Information technology jobs have continued the trend of tepid growth from last month, according to a report from TechServe Alliance.

Opinion

Top 4 opportunities at FAA

The FAA dominates the IT spending at the Transportation Department, and immixGroup analyst Kevin Shaker explores the top four opportunities at the agency.

If you aren't ready for September, it's too late

Nearly a quarter of all government IT spending happens in September, so billions of dollars are at stake. Have you laid the ground work for the busiest month of the year?

GSA, OPM to set up large human capital contracts

The General Services Administration released solicitations for two multiple-award governmentwide contract vehicles to provide agencies with complex, tailored training and development services for employees.

American Systems picks up more engineering, IT services with latest acquisition

American Systems has added complementary engineering and IT services as well as new employees with its acquisition of EM Business Holdings.

Abt Associates wins $7.4M contract for technical assistance

Abt Associates has won a $7.4 million contract to provide technical assistance for the Social Security Administration’s Work Incentive Planning and Assistance program.

Northrop wins $13.6M contract mod for IT support

Northrop Grumman has won a $13.6 million contract modification to provide information technology to the Army.

SRI International wins $8.5M R&D contract

SRI International has won an $8.5 million contract with the Navy to provide research and development services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

No protests for huge Leidos health record contract

IBM and Computer Sciences Corp. have decided not to protest Leidos' $4.3 billion Defense Department electronic health record contract, leaving us in the dark about many details of how Leidos pulled off the victory.

$700M State IT contract hits the streets

The State Department has released the final solicitation for its $700 million small business contract.

Octo Consulting taps new president, COO

Octo Consulting Group has named Bob McCord president and chief operating officer.

DISA plans for five-year IDIQ to develop virtualization platform

The Defense Information System Agency extended the response date for feedback on developing and planning the Defense Department’s virtualization platform.

CSC takes on fight against weapons of mass destruction

Computer Sciences Corp. has won a $10.3 million contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency counter weapons of mass destruction.

Wright State Applied Research Corp. to support ISR efforts under $42.5M contract

Wright State Applied Research Corp. has won a $42.5 million contract to provide the Air Force with human-machine teaming for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance analysis.

Orizon Inc. nabs $6.3M task order for program, analytical support

Orizon Inc. has won a $6.3 million task order to provide programming and analytical support for web development to the Treasury Department.

Lockheed wins DHS cyber accreditation

Lockheed Martin becomes the first non-telecom company to earn a commercial service provider accreditation from the Homeland Security Department.

GSA proposes cyber addition to Schedule 70

GSA wants to create a new category under Schedule 70 to make it easier to call out cyber and information assurance products and services.

Opinion

18F steps up its acquisition game

PSC President Stan Soloway takes another look at GSA's 18F experiment and finds that maybe it's going to help the acquisition process after all.