Air Force suspends three firms for bad, unfinished work

The IT companies are accused of walking off the job, doing shoddy work and not helping their customer fix the problems.

American Systems adds professional services vet as unit VP

American Systems taps veteran executive Edward Lussier to be its vice president and executive director of the Professional Services Federal Market business.

CGI logistics aid will follow Army Reserve to new post

CGI Federal will continue providing logistics services to the Army Reserve as it moves its headquarters to North Carolina thanks to a three-year contract renewal worth $38.36 million.

CACI wins $139M Navy order for communications technology

A new $139 million Navy SeaPort-e order calls for CACI to provide an array of communications technology to the Defense Department and other federal agencies.

Who are the market's top contractors?

The annual Government Contractors Awards program picked the best companies and executives for 2011. Who captured the top honors?

How the $16 muffin story harms the discourse

The story of conference muffins costing $16 each, a recently iconic mental image of government waste, is false -- and Steve Kelman explains why spreading such stories is harmful.

Booz Allen shuffles execs to better meet agency needs

Booz Allen Hamilton has announced several executive moves that reflect the growing government demand for cyber and other services.

DHS releases draft RFP for $3B FirstSource contract

Homeland Security intends to issue a final RFP by the end of the year.

CACI wins $350M in hush-hush intell contracts

In the first quarter of CACI's fiscal year 2012, the company said it had garnered $350 million in contracts from the intelligence community, but didn’t divulge many details.

Spinoffs complete, ITT focuses on 4 markets

ITT's defense and information Solutions business is now an independent ITT Exelis and ITT Corp. becomes a $2 billion company focused on four markets.

CGI to break out health care revenue

Growth and importance to corporate strategy lead company to create vertical business segment.

HP decides to keep PC business

Following extensive in-house evaluations, HP under its new CEO decides not to sell off it personal computer business.

Storms continue to rain on LA municipal cloud project

Controversy still swirls around CSC's Google email implementation in Los Angeles. What's the latest complaint?

CSC option pickup continues IT, procurement support for NASA

With NASA exercising the second option period of its Shared Services Center contract, CSC will continue to provide the financial management, IT and other support to the space agency.

Harris team will recode VA health care system to meet HIPAA deadline

Harris Corp.’s new five-year, $5.3 million contract from the Veterans Affairs Department will help the VA’s Health Administration Center comply with the new international medical coding standards and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Could budget cuts inspire true innovation?

Tight budgets will put constraints on agency ambitions, but sometimes a constraint can provide a structure for building something inspired.

VA ignores GAO protest ruling

Agency risks court fight for refusal to reopen two contracts on which veteran-owned businesses won their bid protest.

ManTech’s $90M purchase opens access to $6.6B contract

ManTech uses cash to gain access to a huge intelligence agency contract.

House kills withholding requirement on contractors

The House approves a repeal of the 3 percent withholding tax on contractors. Next up a Senate vote.

Former Northrop and CIA engineer joins TASC

Bob Pattishall, an engineer whose career includes positions at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems and the CIA National Reconnaissance Office, is joining TASC Inc. as a vice president.