How many contractors does it take to make the government work?

It won't be easy for Congress to count and possibly cut the number of contract employees -- for a variety of reasons.

Can the administration really trim $6B from support services contracts?

The Obama administration intends to cut $6 billion in spending by the end of fiscal 2012 on support services contracts beneficial to agency managers.

Delta Solutions adds DEA contract to string of recent wins

Delta Solutions and Technologies Inc.'s five-year, $18 million contract with the Drug Enforcement Administration is the latest in a series of contract wins that total almost $66 million.

We'll always have Paris -- and so will the Chinese

Steve Kelman observes signs of increasing Chinese influence in the City of Lights.

STG task order covers Navy C4ISR systems worldwide

STG Inc. and Science Applications International Corp. have been awarded task orders that could be worth as much as $99.9 million under a seven-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to support the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center–Atlantic.

ICF enlisted in CDC fight for HIV prevention

ICF International Inc. will provide technology assistance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's efforts to reduce and prevent HIV transmission under a four-year, $25.9 million task order.

5 predictions for the 2020 market

Bob Lohfeld offers predictions on the future of the government market. Will things be better or worse in 2020 — or both?

Did a rogue Twitter account confuse White House town hall participants?

An apparently unrelated Twitter account named @askobama collected more than a thousand users and dozens of tweets in the days before the White House Twitter Town Hall.

BAE names replacement for retiring government relations chief

BAE Systems Inc. has named Erin Moseley as senior vice president for government relations succeeding Bob Fitch, who is retiring.

Raytheon broadband award scores nation's firsts

Raytheon Co. has won the nation's initial competitive Public Safety Long Term Evolution contract, the first under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program for recipients of the FCC's 700 MHz Broadband Waiver.

Jacobs works to boost ODNI’s forecasting capabilities

Jacobs Engineering Group is working with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to provide events forecasting technology services. The four-year contract has a potential value of approximately $11 million.

Relationship advice for contract managers

Problems can begin soon after a contract award. Our experts offer advice on how to stay on track from the start.

Big A turns big guns on CityTime fraud officials

Investigators probing the massive, fraud-ridden New York City CityTime payroll system involving SAIC are widening their focus to staffers within Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, according to a NYC tabloid.

Russia provides a case study in government corruption

Russians are pessimistic, and it's no wonder that they are.

TASC hires experienced IT pro to grow company

TASC Inc. has appointed Dale Luddeke the company's chief growth officer, reporting to David Langstaff, president and CEO.

14 contractors make VA's $12B T4 contract winners list

The Veterans Affairs Department finally announces the contract award winners for its $12 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology acquisition program.

Harris wins peach of a radio contract in Georgia

Harris Corp. will establish a digital radio system to support public-safety first responders across the 518 square miles of Floyd County, Ga., under a $23.6 million county contract.

Former BAE exec joins Xe Services as senior vice president

Michael Cauldwell will join Xe Services LLC as senior vice president of business development July 11. He will focus on expanding the company's portfolio of government and commercial customers.

Contractors face their own cloud demons

More companies are turning to the cloud for infrastructure and applications, what can their transition teach the rest of us?

IBM's chief innovator peers into the 21st century

Bernard Meyerson, IBM's vice president for innovation, connects the company's first 100 years to where IBM is headed.