Opinion

7 steps from good to great proposals

Proposal expert Bob Lohfeld offers seven tips to make your proposals better. Hint: It's not about you; it's about the customer.

Opinion

Will the cloud lose its economic advantage?

Sure cloud computing has cost advantages today, but you have to understand network costs and performance drivers to maximize your return.

Opinion

4 strategies for thriving in today's market

Sure times are tough, but here are four business strategies focused on helping your customers and your company succeed.

It's beginning to look a lot like sequestration

Sequestration is more likely today than ever. Here are three reasons why.

Now is not the time to skimp on BD

It is more important than ever to make business development and capture management your top priorities.

New buying strategy for AF Materiel Command

The Air Force Materiel Command has launhced an effort to streamline and standardize how it buys.

Opinion

Why not low-price, technically exceptional?

The government and contractors shouldn't settle for technically acceptable, instead the goal should be affordable and innovative solutions.

Don't let sequestration blind you

The market is rife with uncertainty driven by the specter of sequestration, but don't let the unknowns paralyze you. Focus on what you know.

Market woes have one cause: sequestration

Some investment bankers are downgrading the federal market, and with good reason.

Opinion

Contractors: Don't shirk your cloud responsibilities

GTSI Chief Technology Officer Jim Sweeney brings his views on the critical role contractors play in helping customers understand and embrace the power of cloud computing.

Opinion

Thinking of rebranding? Here's how to succeed

Todd Stottlemyer shares his experience of rebranding his company and the four keys to gaining value from the effort.

Nick picks his four top trends

Editor Nick Wakeman shares four trends that he thinks will have a lasting impact on the market. Do you agree? What is he missing?

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Take your pick: Plenty of contracting woes ahead

From low-price contracting to sequestration to selective sourcing, 2013 promises to be as tough as 2012.

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Doing the low-price limbo?

Agencies are increasingly forcing companies to present lower and lower prices on contracts at the risk of long-term value.

Sequestration memo sets stage of allowable costs

White House memo to agency CFOs and procurement execs lays groundwork for contractors billing for sequestration costs under the WARN Act.

Opinion

Do's and don'ts of lowering your proposal costs

Today's market is pressuring companies to lower costs. Here's what you can gain and lose by reducing your spend on proposals.

Lockheed expands cybersecurity alliance

Verizon becomes the 18th member of Lockheed Martin's Cyber Security Alliance.

Army releases $5B ITES hardware RFP

Proposals are due Oct. 22 for the next generation of the Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions contract.

Will you be on the winning side of today's shifting market?

The market is going through a fundamental change driven by constrained budgets and new technologies, and the result will be a widening gulf between strong and weak companies.

Air Force green lights bidders for launch program

The Air Force deems all bidders for the Orbital/Suborbital Program-3 contract eligible.