Most prospective buyers in the government services markets are seeking pure-play, federal-oriented targets. These acquirers are either already focused on thefederal segment and want to expand there or they are seeking to enter the federal arena. This approach essentially involves sticking to the market you know.
A recent Input Inc. report shows that state and local purchases under GSA's IT schedules grew to $361.2 million in 2007, a marked increase compared to 2006. Inputprojects sales under cooperative purchasing to continue to grow at a compound annual rate of 24.6 percent, surpassing $1 billion by 2012.
During the last week of February, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ordered the Defense Department not to exercise any future options that extend a support services contractwith Lockheed Martin Corp. for DOD's Tricare medical services program. The order follows a decision last year that the contract award violated organizational conflict of interest rules.
Dulles International and Reagan National airports have become the 15th and 16th airports in the country to begin offering the Registered Traveler service.
The FCC is weighing its options to improve public safety communications after it failed to attract an appropriate bid for creation of a nationwide wireless broadband network for first responders.
The Coast Guard's first national security cutter constructed as part of the $24 billion Deepwater program might not be ready by its scheduled date, according to a new report.
Nortel Government Solutions has prevailed in a protest of its $300 million contract to build a voice-over-IP network for the Social Security Administration.
Conducting privacy impact assessments on data brokers' proprietary databases could discourage companies from offering their services to assist federal agencies, the OMB official says.
But Thomas McNamara says cultural and administrative challenges still impede getting government to better share homeland security, law enforcement and intelligence data.
State and local law enforcement agencies are moving to strengthen their links with the National Counter Terrorism Center's classified online information repository.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has passed a measure that Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is warning could result in the removal of prominent government contractors.
The Homeland Security Department wants a contractor to supply integrated off-the-shelf products that will gather IP routing data for technical studies and analyses.
Information sharing needs to improve between the U.S. and Canada, and between public agencies and the private sector, to prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics, an industry expert told Congress.
DHS will hire Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory to test the next-gen technology system that DHS plans to deploy to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
The draft of updated security measures for Canadian transportation and trade companies that want preferential treatment in trade with the U.S. will be released March 31.
