FedBiz IT Solutions turns NASA contract into stellar growth platform

FedBiz IT Solutions hopes its second straight year atop our annual Fast 50 rankings is merely the start of a long winning streak in the government market.

DISA floats financial management contracts for small businesses

DISA is developing a pair of small business contracts for financial management and support work.

White House tech council sets vision for IT modernization

A new IT modernization plan from the Trump administration's American Technology Council looks to use commercial cloud and industry best practices to improve how the government uses technology.

Delayed contracts, rush to end fiscal year collide in September

Industry is facing a September that promises to be busier than the usual fiscal year's end. But they also must manage through delays in major procurements.

Unisys uses partnership to bring commercial, federal business together

Unisys signs a reseller agreement with Computer Marketing Associates to help bring one of the former's commercial products into wider use in the federal space.

Opinion

Why we should save DHS' biodefense, chemical threat centers from proposed Trump budget cuts

A former DHS undersecretary and his Chertoff Group colleague explain the growing threat from biological and chemical agents and why Congress and the Trump administration need to back away from proposed cuts to their budgets.

Army starts development of audit agency contract

The Army Audit Agency is developing a contract for IT services to cover a wide range of needs such as system upgrades and cybersecurity.

Microsoft wins one battle in challenge to AWS

Microsoft has won a quiet victory in its ongoing fight to dig into Amazon Web Services' dominance as a cloud provider in the federal market.

Opinion

5 steps to launching an employer branding strategy

In part three of our series on employer branding, Elizabeth Harr explains the five steps you should take to build and launch the employer brand strategy that works for your company.

FAA survey seeks strategic sourcing ideas

The Federal Aviation Administration seeks input from the market on how it should approach a new strategic sourcing acquisition.

VA seeks telecom asset management tool for EIS

The Veterans Affairs Department seeks a new telecommunications asset management tool to support the GSA EIS contract.

VA faces lawsuit over Cerner health record plan

An electronic health records vendor sues the Department of Veterans Affairs over the VA's plan to award a sole source contract for Cerner's commercial EHR product used by the U.S. military.

TOP 100: How Engility turned its back on LPTA

Engility was created to be an LPTA player but didn't find the success it sought. Here's what the company had to do to abandon LPTA and shift its focus to delivering value.

DHS plans Unity of Effort Event

The Homeland Security Department plans to host an industry conversation surrounding its Unity of Effort initiative.

Opinion

Is a Space Corps in our future?

We might be years away from the creation of a separate Space Corps. But that doesn't mean there aren't opportunities today to support the mission.

Get ready for one ugly September

While many will focus finishing up the fiscal year, Congress and President Trump will be trying to figure out how to get fiscal year 2018 started without an embarrassing debacle.

TOP 100: Inside Boeing's strategy to be a leader of autonomous systems

For Boeing, unmanned systems are about more than the vehicle. Here is their story about how they've embraced a broader concept of autonomous systems and created a standalone autonomous unit as part of a revamp of its defense business.

Cybercom getting promotion to full combatant command

Cyber Command is getting a long-planned elevation in status to full combatant command on par with other unified and functional commands.

In wake of Charlottesville, CEOs should ready their moral voice

The fallout from the violence in Charlottesville and the reaction to President Trump's response sets the stage for more CEOs to find themselves thrust into the role of moral leadership.

Verizon steps up rivalry with AT&T, FirstNet

Verizon says it will carve a dedicated network out of its national 4G LTE network for first responders and create a direct challenge to AT&T and FirstNet.