Opinion

Is your banker part of the family? They should be.

The relationship with your commercial banker is critical especially in an active M&A market.

Navy's $3.5B NGEN recompete heats up

The primes are stepping up with their teams as the competition gets hotter for the Navy's $3.5 billion NGEN services contract.

Booz Allen takes on growth and the talent challenge

Booz Allen Hamilton's employee mix is shifting as the company moves deeper into its Vision 2020 strategy.

GSA names winners of first OASIS Small Business on-ramp

GSA has named 31 winners of the first on-ramp for OASIS Pool 2 for small businesses.

Booz Allen takes $621M CDM task order

Booz Allen Hamilton books a lucrative cybersecurity task order worth up to $621 million through the government-wide Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.

PAE buys Macfadden to add more disaster response work

PAE purchases disaster response support provider Macfadden & Associates to further expand work with the U.S. Agency for International Development and other agencies.

Serco's U.S. arm names Shields to new health services lead role

Serco Group's U.S. subsidiary appoints recently-hired former CMS executive Karen Shields to the new role of vice president of health services.

Dell, VMware move closer to mega deal

Dell and VMware are moving closer to some kind of deal that will return Dell to the public markets.

Tetra Tech acquires aviation software maker Bridgenet

Tetra Tech acquires aviation software provider Bridgenet International in a push to grow technology offerings with federal and commercial customers.

Mercury closes $180M Themis Computer acquisition

Mercury Systems closes its $180 million acquisition of Themis Computer in a deal intended as a platform for more buys.

Alion promotes Dietrich to senior VP

Alion Science and Technology promotes deputy group manager Alan Dietrich to senior vice president and manager for rapid solutions such as ISR.

How can defense primes play to win in government IT?

General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have all kept their IT and services work rather than divested it. We go under the hood of what these businesses mean to them and how they can win in a crowded market.

IBM loses last shot at DHS data center contract

IBM has lost its bid protest of DHS data center contract that went to Accenture. And IBM's low price may have been the deciding factor.

How CACI plans to spend its tax cut

CACI International wants to take the benefits of the recent tax reform legislation and put them toward their employees. Executives offered a glimpse of how they plan to do that.

NCI wins, then loses bid protest

NCI's AdvancedMed unit had won an earlier protest over a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contract. But it was not so lucky this time when CMS made its second award.

ECS Federal to be sold for $775M

ECS Federal has agreed in a $775 million deal to be acquired by publicly-held staffing firm On Assignment, a large but new player in the federal market.

Leidos to consolidate Reston HQ

Leidos is consolidating its Reston corporate headquarters from two buildings to one as part of its larger post-Lockheed deal synergy goals.

Who made the 2018 Fed 100?

More than two dozen industry executives have been recognized for their work on the annual FCW Federal 100 list.

SRC takes $86.7M Navy command and control contract

Scientific Research Corp. has won an $86.7 million contract to help the Navy install command and control systems.

Verizon promotes Cohen to federal civilian lead

Verizon elevates one of its team leaders in Andrea Cohen to lead the telecommunications company's business with federal civilian agencies.