Small businesses expected to benefit from geospatial BPA

It is believed that the BPA will provide greater transparency, leverage the government's buying power and reduce administrative costs.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Cisco, GSA fall out over schedule contract

Cisco Systems Inc.'s GSA schedule contract is set to expire as negotiations stall.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Agencies slip up on contract classification

A number of contracts to large businesses were counted as small business awards by government agencies.

DOD to scale back workers' comp for contractors overseas

Congress has instructed the Defense Department to trim workers' compensation costs for contractors supporting overseas operations.

DOD contract will coordinate collaboration

The new contract for the Defense Department's high-performance computing program seeks to improve collaboration among government agencies, industry and academia.

  • By Doug Beizer

Input: Fed IT spending up 3.9 percent in '09

The federal government's spending on IT will increase a modest 3.9 percent overall in 2009.

  • By David Hubler

Navy envisions new strategy for NGEN

The Navy is considering a new acquisition approach for its Next-Generation Intranet Program, reports FederalNewsRadio.

Strong companies stand to benefit from changes ahead

Federal IT and professional services stocks have been outperforming the broader stock market because investors are attracted to the relative stability of the industry.

  • By Bill Loomis

Troubled economy won't slow data projects

Data storage projects are one area that may be immune from the economic downturn, according to attendees at the Storage Networking World conference.

ICF to support Head Start program

ICF Inc. LLC will provide support to the Health and Human Services Department's Head Start program under multiple contracts.

  • By William Welsh

GAO: Feds needs uniform approach to biometrics

Agencies that collect biometric information need to access and share that data, GAO said in a report issued Oct. 15.

  • By Doug Beizer

OPM terminates RetireEZ contract

The $290 million deal with Hewitt Associates was ceased, according to OPM, because the company failed to deliver a functioning benefits calculator.

  • By Mary Mosquera

Input: Wall Street bailout could open new doors

The federal government's Wall Street bailout might create new opportunities for contractors to oversee the rescue effort.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Defense Authorization act passes

The bill mandates changes to contracting regulations, including more competition for task and delivery orders.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Ohio CIO Edmonson steps down

Ohio Chief Information Officer Steve Edmonson will vacate his post by the end of the week.

Panel acknowledges need for new pricing plan

The MAS Advisory Panel's key recommendations would eliminate a central pricing clause in the General Services Administration Acquisition Manual.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

SEC seeks to increase transparency

The SEC is planning to modernize its disclosure system under the agency's 21st Century Disclosure Initiative.

  • By Mary Mosquera

DARPA looks to develop sensing technologies

A new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project hopes to give warfighters the ability to see inside buildings in urban environments.

  • By Doug Beizer

Defense contractors brace for slowdown

Attendees at last week's AUSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition expressed concern that a new administration might be forced to scale back defense spending.

Six in running for anti-terrorism tech challenge

Maryland and Seattle firms are among six finalists for global anti-terrorism innovation award.

  • By Alice Lipowicz
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