Contractor trio wins $363M for Special Ops IT assistance

Three well-known government contractors have won five-year Defense Department contracts worth a total of $362 million for IT assistance for the Special Operations Command.

Do you know the three R's of the government market?

When you boil them down to their basic elements, the keys to success in the government market are the three R's: research, resources and relationships.

Planning for FOSE 2011? Here's a primer.

The expo and conference, July 19-21 at the Washington Convention Center, will present a smorgasbord of innovative technologies and products, and techniques for applying them to government.

Shareholders OK SRA's $1.9B takeover

Acquisition by Providence Equity Partners expected to close in next three months.

ITT picks energetic name for defense spinoff

Following completion of ITT’s three-way split, the new defense company will be named ITT Exelis.

Is Fox News in trouble?

The crimes allegedly committed by News Corp. employees in the UK could put Fox News at risk.

Army's 2012 plan emphasizes innovation, frugality

The service's 2012 Modernization Plan puts focus on using technology to maximize resources amid dwindling funds.

Raytheon takes on brainy intell project

Company will research how the brain processes large amounts of unstructured data.

Is a government love affair with the iPad about to begin?

Washington Technology's sister publication Federal Computer Week spoke with some avid tablet users in the federal government about how they use their tablets and how these still-new devices are likely to change the game.

The long tail of space shuttle tech

Even though the Atlantis' 12-day mission marks the close of the shuttle era, you might be surprised at some of the beneficial technologies the program leaves behind.

Senate wants to roll back $1.1B in defense services contracts

The Obama administration and Congress have a number of plans to cut DOD's costs and increase contract oversight, but there's little connection between them all.

DOD to announce cyber strategy: What to expect

DOD is set to release its first overarching cyber strategy, but the public shouldn't expect too much in the way of juicy details.

Chopra vs. Kundra in online clout: Who's the champ?

Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra is a newcomer to Twitter, but he is already surpassing federal CIO Vivek Kundra in a measure of online influence. Also, a new Apps against Abuse contest and GPO eBook update.

Booz Allen conducting 'full review' of data file hacking

Booz Allen Hamilton has confirmed the posting of certain data files to the Internet on Tuesday was the result of an illegal attack.

GovLoop debuts government vendor directory

GovLoop, a social network designed for federal employees and contractors, introduces its new online directory of public-sector vendors.

Honeywell promotes from within for new CIO

Honeywell has named Mike Lang vice president and CIO effective immediately, succeeding Bask Iyer, who is leaving the company.

Raytheon unit moves to Phase 2 of DARPA net upgrades

Raytheon BBN Technologies will create architectures, protocols and network devices that will improve network capabilities and integrity for tactical military units.

Citrix doubles down on open-source bet with cloud purchase

Citrix's acquisition of Cloud.com strengthens the company's embrace of open-source software as an essential component of cloud computing, according to company officials.

Vendors gripe at contracting conference

Steve Kelman found the opening sessions of the National Contract Management Association World Conference to be 'whining and self-serving'

Northrop names new VITA program manager

Northrop Grumman Corp. has appointed Jim Kane vice president and program manager of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency program, effective September 19.