A Defense Department initiative designed to improve the acquisition process must strike a fair balance between risk and reward to ensure the health of the defense industry, writes Stan Soloway with the Professional Services Council.
The Small Business Administration has suspended EG Solutions and MultimaxArray FirstSource until they can address accusations of acting as fronts to pass small-business work to large company subcontractors.
To survive graduation, small businesses need to prepare for tougher competition by building the infrastructure and relationships needed for success. What steps have the Top 25 8(a) companies taken?
CACI International Inc. has been awarded a three-and-a-half year, $75 million Defense Department contract from the DOD’s Business Transformation Agency to assist in processing applicants who want to join the armed forces.
TechAmerica President and CEO Phil Bond today urged the upcoming lame duck session of the 111th Congress to take concerted action before adjournment on a range of unresolved IT issues.
The Government Withholding Relief Coalition, a group of 113 associations, is urging the lame-duck Congress to delay tackling the withholding tax change for two years, if it cannot simply repeal the measure.
A Senate committee report exploring the role of Afghan nationals working for private security contractors fails to consider difficulties embodied in building accurate personnel databases in a country with complex and shifting alliances, says Stan Soloway of the Professional Services Council.
Business development leaders and individuals who refuse to change in difficult economic times risk significantly limiting their professional and personal growth. When the pain of change is less than the pain we are in, we will change, writes Bill Scheessele of MBDi.
Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaking at the GEOINT 2010 Symposium called for broader and better fielding of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology in Afghanistan.
The Project on Government Oversight released a government memo indicating that the Pentagon has "radically" reduced the scope of cost reviews to be performed by DCAA.
Upcoming Defense Department efficiency measures have Army officers thinking about balancing the need for force modernization with tight future budgets. What steps have they already taken?
Northrop Grumman Corp. had a strong third quarter overall as it increased sales, revenue and net income, compared to the same quarter in 2009, the company reported today. The company’s sales rose 4 percent, from $8.35 billion in the third quarter of 2009 to $8.7 billion this year.
A debriefing provides a better understanding of how the government evaluated your proposal and what you could have done differently to improve your proposal score, writes Bob Lohfeld.
