Contractors form coalition to highlight role in international development efforts

More than 50 contractors involved in global development have formed a new coalition.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Oops, GSA takes back major contract awards

GSA officials sent letters telling companies they had won, then quickly reversed course.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Senate outlines $6.4B in cuts to defense spending

The Senate Armed Services Committee is calling for $6.4 billion in defense spending cuts as it pushes forward its proposed DOD authorization for full Senate consideration.

  • By Amber Corrin

Transportation Command soliciting company white papers on measuring greenhouse gases

The U.S. Transportation Command wants help to develop ways to measure the carbon footprint of its vehicles.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Coast Guard accused of 20 Anti-Deficiency Act wrongs totaling $7M

The inspector general found that Coast Guard managers violated the Anti-Deficiency Act in the recent response boat acquisition.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Senators move to block politics from procurements

A Senate committee doesn't want political contributions disclosed with bid proposals. What else is in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act?

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Will federal IT contracting survive the 'age of austerity'?

Federal agencies will spend $91.3 billion for IT products and services by 2016, modest growth for government contracting in this "age of austerity".

  • By David Hubler

After Kundra: What next?

Vivek Kundra has been a forceful leader for change in federal IT. What will happen to the efforts now underway when he leaves the federal CIO post in August?

  • By Washington Technology staff

Raytheon assesses, repairs Navy jam-proof communications system

Raytheon Co. will provide the Navy with communications logistics support for its Extremely High Frequency Satellite Program under a $51.6 million contract.

  • By David Hubler

The dark side of DOD's acquisition reform bid

Tech initiatives could be at risk in DOD's tug of war between efficiency and spending.

  • By Amber Corrin

Ginman officially named director of defense procurement policy

Richard Ginman takes place of Shay Assad in defense procurement policy, as Assad moves to pricing policies.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

New ethics language needed for 'at-risk' federal contracts

The Administrative Conference of the United States is considering a proposal that would require new federal acquisition language on certain types of federal contracts defined to be at special risk.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Marines go shopping for $880M worth of new computers

The Marine Corps is planning to spend $880 million to buy more than 400,000 desktop and laptop computers as well as a smaller number of commercial and rugged tablet computers through a five-year Marine Corps Common Hardware Suite procurement contract.

  • By David Hubler

How smaller budget may mean more business

Budget cuts might create more business for systems integrators. What three trends must you understand?

  • By Janet Kumpu

Oklahoma program pays primes for job creation

A new program in Oklahoma will pay prime contractors cash for bringing jobs to the state.

  • By Nick Wakeman

New NASA priorities open billions in new opportunities

As NASA reduces its focus on space operations, opportunities in other science and technology areas will grow.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lockheed might outsource F-35 to Japan

As part of its sales pitch to Japanese buyers, Lockheed Martin said it would consider building some of the fighter jets in Japan.

  • By Washington Technology staff

DOD increases scrutiny of contractor pricing

New pricing chief Shay Assad says the Defense Department is going to pay more attention to how much it pays for goods and services.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

GTSI wins $450M to bring the FAA better IT

GTSI is tasked with bringing cost-saving IT services to the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the SAVES program.

  • By David Hubler

Are inventories of service contracts worthless?

Some agency officials worry that their inventories of service contracts will never be used for anything meaningful.

  • By Matthew Weigelt
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