Opinion

What can a 65-year-old Christmas movie teach about 'purpose?'

Today's tough market demands that successful business development executives put a little Kris Kringle into their mission statement. In other words, serve your customer first.

CACI's latest deal targets health care market

CACI International acquires Emergint Technologies in move to bolster its health care practice.

American Systems wins $83M pact for IRS communications system

American Systems will help build out a unified communications system for the IRS that brings together voice, email, texting and other technologies under a $83 million contract.

SRA to help DOJ with biometric database system

SRA will provide services in support of the DOJ's Joint Biometric Data Exchange Hosting Environment program under a $21.4 million contract

Accenture will revamp SEC websites

Accenture will help the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by modernizing its websites, online applications and intranet under a $13 million contract.

Who are the top innovators in the government market?

CTOs from CSC and KoreFederal win top honors for innovations and contributions they've brought to their customers and companies.

Salient buys List to counter coming budget cuts

Salient closes on acquisition of List and its portfolio of self-funded government customers will help the company weather coming budget cuts.

SAIC completes sale of test and evaluation business

American Systems picks up 300 employees from SAIC and expands skills in testing, engineering, logistics and other areas.

Permabit hires new SVP, COO

Daniel Eiref will report to CEO Tom Cook as Permabit's new senior vice president and chief operating officer.

Where are the bucks at DHS?

Where can government contractors expect to see the most spending go within the DHS? CSIS breaks it down.

Lockheed's scandal: A lesson for the rest of us

Sure it is embarrassing, but Lockheed Martin's swift action in the face of scandal teaches an important lesson for any company.

Lockheed fires CEO-to-be over affair

Lockheed Martin's Christopher Kubasik, who was slated to become CEO on Jan. 1, was fired for having an affair. Marillyn Hewson tapped to be new CEO.

Air Force cancels failed $1B logistics program

Seven months after firing CSC from its Expenditionary Combat Support Systsem, Air Force shutters $1 billion program and decides to start over.

6 win spots on $11B Coast Guard contract

The Coast Guard makes a new batch of awards under its $11 billion TABSS contract for technical, acquisition and business support.

Lockheed takes on Labor data center consolidation initiative

Lockheed Martin will consolidate the Labor Department's data centers into a single facility before a move to the cloud.

Small biz lands farm loan program

22nd Century Technologies to tackle improvements to farm loan program under $25 million contract.

Westat acquires research and technology company

Westat has acquired Geostats to combine their capabilities and bolster business opportunities in the government and commercial markets.

Harris wins $7M radio order under $3B TacCom vehicle

Harris will provide two types of radios under its TacCom vehicle to the DHS, Coast Guard and FEMA.

Accenture award applies social media to biosurveillance

Accenture will develop social media program for the Office of Health Affairs that will help with its biosurveillance in order to better service the American people.

14 small businesses tapped for $98.7M C5ISR contract

14 small businesses will compete for taks orders to provide C5ISR services to the Navy, worldwide.