Kundra's 'IT cartel:' Fact or fiction?

Outgoing Federal CIO says a cartel of contractors holds back progress in federal IT. Is he right, or on shaky ground? Our readers speak up.

CACI, 2 small firms will strengthen IT at DOD intell center

CACI International Inc. and two smaller contractors have won prime positions on a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Defense Department signals intelligence contract has a potential value of $40 million.

CACI completes $61.5M buy of cyberspace solutions provider

CACI International Inc. has wrapped up its $61.5 million acquisition of Paradigm Holdings Inc., a provider of cybersecurity and enterprise IT solutions that will expand its cyberspace solutions offerings.

DOD: Wartime contracting reforms underway

Defense officials say they have toughened prosecution of fraudulent contractors and boosted the department’s overall acquisition workforce, including contract managers.

Retired CEOs come to agencies' rescue

Mason Harriman Group places retired CEOs, CFOs and CTOs temporarily into the government employment pool.

Kundra 'IT cartel' remarks raise ire of contractor professionals

Former Federal CIO Vivek Kundra provoked an outcry with an editorial claiming that major federal contractors are holding back progress in updating federal technology.

GTSI promotes practice leader to chief technology officer

GTSI Corp. has named Jim Sweeney chief technology officer and the company's strategist for its integrated solutions and services offerings. He will report to Sterling Phillips, GTSI's chief executive officer.

SAIC blames 2Q earnings drop on ‘challenging government environment’

SAIC Inc. saw revenues decline 6 percent to $2.60 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2012 compared to $2.75 billion in the corresponding quarter 2011, the company announced in an earnings report released August 31.

IBM brings another analytics company under Big Blue umbrella

IBM Corp. continues its international shopping spree for analytics companies with the announced agreement to pay approximately $387 million for Algorithmics, a Toronto-based risk analytics firm.

GDIT leads team to upgrade DOD language center infrastructure

General Dynamics Information Technology and five smaller companies will share potentially $96.3 million to provide language-training technology and staffing at the Defense Department center.

Harris' 4 contracts call for Air Force base IT upgrades

Harris Corp. has won a quartet of Air Force contracts worth a combined more than $12 million to upgrade the service's IT infrastructure at four bases.

CSC tasked with IT support for immigration services

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide a range of IT services to the Homeland Security Department's USCIS under a three-year task order that has an estimated total value of $291 million.

VA's Roger Baker gives an iPad a test run

CIO Roger Baker is one of more than 100 VA employees trying out iPads and iPhones on VA networks.

ObjectFX hires geospatial expert as ops executive VP

ObjectFX, a provider of geospatial solutions to the federal government, has hired Al League an expert in innovative geospatial data technology as executive vice president of operations.

Big Blue crosses pond to buy UK intell analytics firm

IBM Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire i2 to accelerate its business analytics initiatives and help public- and private-sector clients address crime, fraud and security threats.

Teledyne develops new missile testing technologies for DOD

A Teledyne Technologies subsidiary will provide new testing technology for the Missile Defense Agency’s Objective Simulation Framework under a five-year contract with a potential value of $595 million.

Let's argue procurement. It's healthy.

Nothing is better for the procurement process that a good argument that pushes the best ideas forward.

SAIC plans to cut 80-plus employees in October

The jobs were tied to an NIH contract that was not renewed.

Intel creates subsidiary to seek federal business

Intel Corp. has launched a wholly owned subsidiary, Intel Federal LLC, to provide strategic focus as the chipmaker seeks new opportunities within the federal government, initially in the area of high-performance computing.

DOJ names new acting director for ATF

The Justice Department has appointed a new acting director for ATF while the former director has been reassigned.