Salient tapped to help OPM with billions in benefits

Salient Federal solutions won a $17 million contract to help the Office of Personnel Management develop and manage applications that deliver billions of dollars worth of benefits to retirees and federal employees.

Opinion

4 strategies that can kill your recompete

Proposal guru Bob Lohfeld shares the four most common strategic mistakes incumbments make when pursuing a recompete. Do you know what to avoid?

D.C. Capital acquires intelligence firm

D.C. Capital Partners moves a little further into the intelligence market with its latest acquisition of Computer Security Solutions Inc., known as CompSec.

Citrix promotes two to DOD, state and local

Citrix promotes two executives to lead sales and partnerships in the defense and state and local markets.

Inside Deloitte's big data HIVE

Deloitte has been building a HIVE for big data projects. What lessons can you learn from their approach?

Salient Federal expands mobile app for law enforcement

Salient Federal Solutions has expanded its Voyager Query for Law Enforcement app, which will now be able to be run on Apple iOS and Android mobile platforms.

Opinion

Mission critical: Training in tight budgets

Despite sequestration and looming budget cuts, training and professional development are critical to success, so don't skimp.

ManTech loses leading exec

ManTech President and Chief Operating Officer for its emerging markets group, Terry Ryan, leaves the company for another firm.

B3 taps insider for its new COO

B3 Solutions has dubbed its former executive operations advisor, James H. Washington, chief operating officer.

TSA forms industry ‘engagement’ group

TSA forms industry engagement group to focus on improving how it interacts with the private sector and how it can improve procurements.

Cyber déjà vu: Wasted dollars

Will cybersecurity become a big hole where we throw dollars? The risk is there and it's real.

Opinion

Can you answer the attend or not attend question?

The landscape for government conferences and events has been rocked by scandal in the last year, so you need to look critically when deciding what to attend and where.

DHS releases first draft for $3.1B BioWatch program

DHS wants to expand the capabilities for the BioWatch program, and is planning a three-way competition for the final prize.

Deloitte hires new managing director of health care practice

Deloitte has hired Todd Kerr as a managing director of the Governance, Regulatory and Risk Strategies practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

RTI tapped for $10.2M disability research contract

RTI International has won a contract to advance research on developmental disabilities.

The SI hires new chief technology officer

The SI has hired Barry Barlow as chief technology officer, where he will accelerate company development.

Golf tournament to honor Joe Caggiano

The Coalition for Government Procurement will rename its annual golf tournament to honor Joe Caggiano, and to raise funds for wounded veterans.

Alion wins $1.5M contract to help DOD with radio frequency strategy

Alion has won a contract to study the impact of possibly reallocating or sharing radio frequency spectrum bands with the commercial sector, whose interest in these is on the rise.

Navy considers Dell-only procurement

The Navy is looking to buy some laptops and workstations, but they must be Dell products.

Go it alone or share the costs; that's the question

Readers debate the merits of asking allies to share the burden of our military might, versus the need for the United States to carry the costs alone. It's a question where money and policy collide.