Lockheed furloughs 3K as shutdown impact grows

Lockheed Martin is sending 3,000 employees home as the impact the government shutdown grows. Other companies report similiar moves as they try to protect employees and profits.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Amazon-IBM court battle set to begin

Oral arguments are about to begin in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims as Amazon fights a GAO decision to uphold an IBM protest of a $600 million CIA cloud contract that went to Amazon.

  • By Frank Konkel

Pizer makes return to SCI Consulting

Gerald Pizer is taking another bite of the apple at SCI Consulting, rejoining the company as corporate vice president after seven years working elsewhere.

  • By Mark Hoover

Buchanan & Edwards taps new COO

Buchanan & Edwards has named Michael Innella chief operating officer as the company prepares for upcoming organizational growth.

  • By Mark Hoover
Opinion

Should your company be insourcing or outsourcing?

Gary Slack, president and COO of QinetiQ North America, reviews the benefits of insourcing and outsourcing, and suggests that you ask yourself which is better for your company in today's market of uncertainty.

  • By Gary Slack, QinetiQ North America

OASIS becomes shutdown casualty

Just three days after saying the $60 billion OASIS contract would move forward despite the government shutdown, the General Services Administration has reversed course and has postponed the proposal due date for the contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman

NASA delays $20B SEWP V due date

The government shutdown has nixed the Oct. 14 due date on the $20 billion NASA SEWP V contract, and a new date won't be set until the government reopens, whenever that is.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Shutdown's pain on its way for contractors

As the government shutdown stretches from days to a week, and possibly beyond, the impact will only get greater and greater for contractors.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Allen-Vanguard captures pair of foreign military training contracts

Allen-Vanguard International was tapped by the U.S. Navy to help the Polish Armed Forces and the Azerbaijan Navy train its personnel in bomb disposal techniques.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Opinion

Is there a cure for the shutdown blues?

For contractors, the impact of the shutdown might continue to be felt long afte the government reopens. Here are insights on what to expect and what to do from Centurion Research Solutions expert Mike Lisagor.

  • By Mike Lisagor

Who won September's biggest contracts?

Weighing in at 67 contract awards, September sticks with tradition and records the most contract awards of the year. Who landed in the top 10?

  • By Mark Hoover

Salient taps new director of Middle East operations

Salient Federal Solutions has named James Hetherington director of Middle East operations, where he will lead the company’s Saudi business office and manage the company’s international training organization.

  • By Mark Hoover

Big contract awards make easy protest targets

Fiscal 2013 closed with a flurry of contract awards, and some of those will be easy 'pickins for those looking to file bid protests once the government reopens.

  • By Nick Wakeman

EMC wins $210M SSA contract

EMC captures $210 million mainframe storage contract after the Social Security Administration concludes that moving to another technology would be too risky.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Bigger sequestration cuts coming in 2014

Sequestration will become more tangible in fiscal 2014, so companies should prepare themselves, be willing to take risks and make quality acquisitions right now, according to market analyst Bill Loomis.

  • By Mark Hoover

Mid-sized dealmakers look to replace lost revenue

Acquisitions made by mid-sized companies are going to be less about strategic investment in high-yield areas and more about increasing scale to compete in a low-cost environment, according to investment bankers Bob Kipps and Larry A. Davis.

  • By Mark Hoover

GAO shutdown could cause protest backlog

Despite the other avenues through which contractors can file protests, the fact that GAO is closed during the government shutdown could cause problems for the agency and for companies when it reopens due to backlogged protests.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Maximus nabs $848.4M student aid contract

Maximus Federal Services has won a $848.4 million contract to provide operation and maintenance support for the Office of Federal Student Aid at the U.S. Education Department.

  • By Mark Hoover

Shutdown won’t slow $60B OASIS

While much of the government is shuttered, the beat goes on at GSA's OASIS program office with no delays expected for the $60 billion procurement.

  • By Nick Wakeman

All NetCents II protests dismissed

The Air Force is taking corrective action on the protests involving the $6.9 billion NetCents II Products contract, and all the bidders will end up with spots on the contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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