SAIC faces challenge in False Claims defense

SAIC claims the lawsuit is false, but one expert says that the company is playing a game of chicken with the Justice Department.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Group says SAIC investigated before

SAIC, which is facing a current False Claims Act lawsuit, received no sanctions following a five-year investigation of apparently similar claims that ended in 2007, according to a watchdog group.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Coast Guard seeks contractor for EVM

The Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center will hire a contractor to implement its Earned Value Management program.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Lawmakers get tough on defense contractors over injuries

If a contractor is found at fault for causing injury to a government employee, DOD must prohibit any award fee.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

GSA nomination mired in Senate muck

A busy Senate schedule, not further questions, is apparently holding up confirmation of Martha Johnson to be administrator of the General Services Administration.

  • By Sami Lais

SAIC vows to fight False Claims lawsuit

Science Applications International Corp. plans to strongly defend itself against a whistle-blower lawsuit involving a General Services Administration contract to support naval facility in Mississippi.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Feds announce billions available for broadband grants

Vice President Biden announced that $4 billion worth of broadband grants and loans are now available under the recovery act.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

DEIS blossoms on timing and leadership

The Defense Enterprise Integration Systems contract came on the heels of procurement reform and when DISA needed a quick and efficient way to retool its IT systems.

  • By Nick Wakeman

9 contracts that changed how government buys tech

The contracts that shaped today's government market, from Advanced Automation System to SEWP IV.

Eye on M&A

Private equity deals in the government services market are coming fast and are good news for the foundering economy.

  • By Sami Lais

10 stories you've been following

These daily news stories received the most traffic on WashingtonTechnology.com during June.

Booz Allen's Shrader: People, process and attitude are the keys to better partnership

Booz Allen Hamilton's Ralph Shrader discusses a three-point strategy for industry and government to take teaming to a new level.

  • By Ralph W. Shrader

Strong guidance needed for insourcing

The hot button issue of insourcing is creating unease, especially in the Defense Department, where weak guidance has produced a sense of confusion among the various components.

  • By Stan Soloway

Federal contractors need the right stuff for success

Federal contractors must have strong attributes and depth to succeed amid slowing discretionary federal spending.

  • By Jerry Grossman

Agencies to share contractor past-performance assessments

A revised FAR rule requires agencies to use a standard database to share contractors' performance information with one another.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

GSA should run IT 'storefront' not schedules, Kundra says

The federal CIO says federal government needs a procurement system that can keep pace with the rapid changes in technology.

  • By John Stein Monroe

DHS launches cost-cutting measures

DHS has cited savings from recycling software, consolidating contracts and pursuing other cost-cutting measures.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Networx pressure on agencies to increase

As the 2010 deadline gets closer, agencies will feel more and more heat -- both financial and political.

  • By Sami Lais

More scrutiny of DOD services contracts under House bill

The fiscal 2010 National Defense Authorization Act seeks greater oversight of services and speedier ways to buy information technology.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

OMB Web site charts government IT spending

A new Web site launched by OMB lets the public see how agencies are spending money on information technology.

  • By Doug Beizer
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