NATO wants facilitator for Multiple Futures project

NATO has issued a for a company to facilitate information associated with a project to identify scenarios the alliance will need to prepare for in the years ahead.

House establishes contracting caucus

New caucus will hold briefings with experts from think tanks, academia, industry, and government and independent oversight organizations.

Ride, mobile, ride

More applications and more bandwidth answer an ever-growing demand for mobility.

Lockheed exec makes bid for House seat

New Jersey candidate for Congress Chris Myers is touting his credentials as a senior executive with Lockheed Martin, but he also is being criticized for this association.

U.K. leaders wary of Lockheed census bid

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s bid for an $890 million national census contract in the United Kingdom is coming under fire from several members of Parliament.

GAO: More monitoring needed of potential conflicts of interest

Thousands of former Pentagon employees are working for defense contractors without strong oversight of their potential conflicts of interest, according to a new report.

DHS meets small-biz goals but needs to try harder

DHS needs to try harder to facilitate contracting opportunities for small, minority and disadvantaged firms, concluded a report from Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson.

Newsbriefs

The wait is over ? Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.will split into two businesses with the sale ofits government unit to the Carlyle Group.

Newsbriefs

The wait is over ? Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.will split into two businesses with the sale ofits government unit to the Carlyle Group.

Bids and proposals

The Alaska Transportation Department wants a contractorto provide a vehicle information system.

Bids and proposals

The Alaska Transportation Department wants a contractorto provide a vehicle information system.

More cards to deal

ACE program moves forward as IBM wrestles with more challenges.

Army readies active RFID procurement

The Army plans to issue a draft request for proposals this week for active radio frequency ID devices to meet its need to monitor DOD assets.

A man of multiple passions

Music, business and education drive David Langstaff in his post-Veridian career.

TSA contract heats up

Next phase of competition under way for a $2 billion IT infrastructure prize.

Build strong business development culture

An organization's culture is the aggregate of each individual'sthinking. It includes individual attitudes, beliefs,values and feelings. Cultural components can be positiveor negative. For example, many organizationsdon't really understand and value business development and, assuch, they've taken it for granted.

Organic growth is making a comeback

The small-business recertification rule implementedlast year by the Small Business Administration is havinga profound effect on companies that depend heavily onsmall-business set-aside contracts for growth and midtieracquirers of such companies, forcing both to focus more onorganic growth.

GSA panel on track with schedule policy

To the credit of former GSAAdministrator Lurita Doan and Acting AdministratorDavid Bibb, GSA's Multiple Award Schedule AdvisoryPanel is moving forward. The next meeting of the 15-memberpanel was scheduled to be held May 22 at the GSA auditorium.Such meetings are open to industry.

DHS to monitor access to IT systems

Government employees, contractors and consultants with access to DHS computer systems are among those whose personal information will be kept in a newly created database.

GAO: Regs needed for unmanned aerial systems

The number of Unmanned Aerial Systems being built for civilian uses is expected to quadruple between 2012 and 2017 assuming relevant federal regulations are complete, according to a new report.