Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Why a Top 100 company changed its name after 33 years

CEO Paul Dillahay explains to Editor Nick Wakeman why NCI Information Systems became Empower AI and how the multi-year journey leading up to that new name transformed the Top 100 company.

Top 100

Maximus moves up the Top 100 with acquisitions, awards

The company's transformation journey also includes leveraging demand for services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contracts

General Dynamics IT grows student aid work with $122M award

Under this new Education Department contract, General Dynamics will move an award eligibility determination system to a cloud environment.

Contracts

Inside the rejection of Booz Allen's $1.4B DHA protest

A significant price gap existed between Booz Allen and the field, but the company was eliminated so early on that the difference didn't matter.

Top 100

Diversity remains elusive for Top 100

Many Top 100 companies have made diversity and equity a priority, but women and minorities are still dramatically under-represented in the C-suite.

Companies

Small firm fights off protest, secures its biggest win

Brillient Corp. weathered two rounds of bid protests and can now finally brag about this company-record victory.

Top 100

User guide to our Top 100

An inside look at how we created the 2022 Top 100 rankings and what you can learn from them.

Contracts

GAO: Agencies relying too much on time-and-material contracts

In the Government Accountability Office's eyes, T&M contracts put too much risk on agencies instead of companies.

Companies

NCI has a new name and brand

The company is retiring its three-decade old identity to bring the focus on what it does today: deliver artificial intelligence solutions.

Companies

SAIC reports organic growth for sixth consecutive quarter

That start to Science Applications International Corp.'s 2023 fiscal year comes amid the loss of a large contract.

Companies

Teresa Carlson returns to Microsoft

She rejoins the company nearly 12 years on from her last stint there.

Opinion

Coming Soon: The Top 100 Big Reveal

We are unveiling the 2022 edition of the rankings next week following the GAIN conference. You don't want to miss either of them.

Companies

NASA adds more time for $700M competition

Industry has several more days to put in their bids for NASA's Omnibus Multidisciplinary Engineering Services contract.

Companies

8(a) firm makes cybersecurity acquisition

Electrosoft becomes a rare example of an 8(a) small business being a consolidator.

Companies

Battle for $2B DHA IT contract likely going the distance

All signs point to this being a waiting game on a Government Accountability Office ruling.

Companies

Marines task GDIT to bring DEOS collaboration tools to the battlefield

General Dynamics IT will work with the Marine Corps on how to use the cloud-like services when in a disconnected or limited bandwidth environment.

Contracts

General Dynamics-Iridium team wins $324M ground systems contract

The Space Development Agency is buying the assets to support at least 100 low-Earth orbit satellites.

Companies

Acacia Group adds ERP platform to its portfolio

The Baer Group represents another acquisition vehicle to the private equity group's portfolio.

Contracts

Booz Allen loses shot at $1.4B DHA workforce contract

The protest centered on perceived evaluation issues that are often hard to prove if an agency can show its work.