SAIC wins $33M anti-terrorism contract

SAIC has won a $33 million option to provide the Navy with anti-terrorism/force protection global sustainment at Navy regions around the world.

Will protest decision bring Eagle II relief?

Don't count on it. A recent GAO decision to deny a bid protest of Eagle II small-business awards could clear the way for the $22 billion contract to get underway. But it's not quite that simple.

Opinion

How snow days make the argument for IT reform

This winter's spat of snow days and related office closures make a strong argument that IT reforms can play a critical role in giving agencies the ability to keep employees working, no matter what the forecast.

HP wins $40M order for Navy hardware replacement

HP has won a $40 million delivery order to provide PCs for the Navy’s OCONUS Navy Enterprise Network, or ONE-Net, the service’s enterprise network of bases outside of the continental United States.

Salient names new director of data analytics center

Salient Federal Solutions has named Cynthia Walker director of the company’s Data Analytics Center of Excellence.

PSI taps new VP for capture management

Planned Systems International has named Kristin Pennypacker vice president, proposal and capture management.

Sometimes no competition makes good sense

A recent GAO protest decision sheds some light on when a brand name requirement in a solicitation isn't such a bad idea, and why protesting the decision just seems silly.

L3 buys big data firm focused on national security

L-3 Communications has acquired Data Tactics in a move that bolsters its data analytics and cloud computing capabilities in the national security market.

Abt wins EPA task order for communications support

Abt Associates has been awarded a communications support task order from the EPA's Climate Change Division.

Navy expects CANES awards by late June

The Navy expects to make awards for the CANES network deployment by the end of June, and meanwhile Northrop Grumman reaches the end of its CANES contract extension by late March.

HP wins $548M contract defense data center

HP Enterprise Services has won a $548 million contract for maintenance and support of the Defense Manpower Data Center’s mission-critical hardware and software around the globe.

DLT Solutions wins $46M BPA for software maintenance, support

DLT Solutions has won a $46 million blanket purchase agreement to provide the Air Force with software maintenance and support.

SAIC wins $13M contract for distributed common ground system

SAIC has won a $13 million task order with the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic to provide support services for the Distributed Common Ground System – Marine Corps Integrated Project Team.

Serco taps TASC exec to be new SVP, Corporate Development

Serco has named Al Pisani senior vice president, corporate development, where he will oversee corporate development, strategy planning, mergers and acquisitions, program management center of excellence and customer satisfaction activities.

Northrop Grumman wins $33M task order to improve combat system trainers

Northrop Grumman has won a $33 million task order with the Navy to continue development and improvement of combat systems trainers.

An insider's guide to the 2015 budget

It's easy to dismiss the annual release of the president's budget as political theater, but it's hard to ignore the policy and spending priorities that will guide government actions whatever the final budget numbers are.

Six win $80M SEC modernization contract

Six small businesses have won spots on an $80 million SEC contract to help the agency modernize its IT capabilities.

VMware, Carpathia join forces on new cloud offering

VMware and Carpathia have formed a partnership that will leverage both VMware's dominance as a virtualization provider and Carpathia's public cloud infrastructure.

DOD seeks outsourced collaboration capabilities

The Defense Department is pressuring itself to deploy a subset of outsourced voice of Internet protocol and unified communications services. Now it wants to know what industry can provide under the time constraints.

DOD wants a 21st Century payroll system

The Defense Department has kept annuitants’ pay records on an old mainframe system that dates back to 1980. Now the department wants a new system that works smoothly in the 21st Century.