General Dynamics opens space innovation center

EDGE Innovation Center will bring latest advanced technologies and innovation from industry and academia to doorstep of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, General Dynamics says.

Can you help customers see the cloud more clearly?

If your approach to selling the cloud to government agencies emphasizes cost above all else, you might be missing the real opportunity.

6 questions to drive the LPTA debate

Editor Nick Wakeman shares six questions he plans to ask during a roundtable discussion on lowest price, technically acceptable contracting, the dreaded LPTA. Is he taking the conversation in the right direction?

Opinion

Should you follow the Yahoo telecommute policy?

Guest columnist Shirl Jenkins discusses telecommuting and teleworking, and offers three questions your telework policy must answer.

Opinion

Never stop your market research or risk the consequences

When a contractor and a customer work together long enough, doing your market research might slip by you but you ignore it at your own peril come recompete time.

Draft RFP out for $10B NIH IT contract

The draft RFP for the $10 billion NIH CIO-CS contract will offer two models for contractors to deliver IT products and services to the government.

Opinion

Who needs sales and BD training? Everyone

If you aren't training all of your employees to be knowledgeable ambassadors for your company, you're missing a gold opportunity to expand the reach of your sales and BD organization.

SEWP V takes on supply chain worries

NASA SEWP will collect data on supplier relationships as it tries to secure the supply chain for its customers.

Signs of an HP comeback

Things are looking brighter for Hewlett-Packard, as it rebounds on Wall Street and awaits a showdown on its biggest government contract.

DISA looking for more PKI support

DISA has released a request for information for DOD public key infrastructure services, as well as a performance work statement for contractors, as it considers development of a new contract.

Do you have a diversification plan?

Lockheed Martin and IBM Corp. look further afield to leverage their technologies. Their strategies provide a lesson for the rest of the market, for those looking for new ways to leverage what they've got.

Nominations open for contractor of the year awards

The 2013 Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards nomination period is open, so it's time to apply for this year's slate of awards.

FAA posts updates on former ONE-IT contract

The Federal Aviation Administration has released a list of updates on ONE-IT, including a name change to Information Technology Shared Services Solution Delivery contract.

Seven more win spots on $22B EAGLE II contract

The Homeland Security Department has made seven more small business awards under its EAGLE II contract. Who's made the cut so far to compete under the $22 billion contract?

10 win $249.6M C5ISR contract with Navy

Ten small businesses have won a contract with the U.S. Navy that will allow them to compete for $250 million in command and control and enterprise information services work.

SAIC takes next step toward split

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, SAIC lays the groundwork for creating two publicly traded companies, one called SAIC, the other Leidos. The filing covers the structure of the new SAIC, market challenges and revenues.

Capping compensation isn't the answer to procurement troubles

Another attempt to cap executive compensation reimbursement doesn't get to the real issue with contracting: the reluctance of the government to focus on results over process.

Opinion

Time for management to manage

With the budget issues there is plenty of uncertainty in today's market, but waiting for clarity isn't an option with tighter competition and rapidly changing technologies.

NASA releases draft for $10.5B SEWP V

NASA has finally released a draft RFP for its $10.5 billion SEWP V contract, and has announced an industry day to field contractors' questions.

Who won Februrary's biggest contracts?

February was a slow month when it comes to contracts, but it still had its share of large awards. We countdown the big winners for the month.