Networx's gravity field

Companies with niche services seek opportunities at the fringes of the huge telecom awards.

Author spins yarns of future

John Scalzi's novels chart the way changing technologies affect human interaction.

Picture this | New world order

The AeA, formerly the American Electronics Association, held its annual Technology 4 Government Dinner in Washington last month.

Picture this: Hot tickets, hot crowd

Hundreds of IT entrepreneurs saluted the nominees and winners of the sixth annual NVTC Hot Ticket Awards.

Court cuts through fog of clarifications, discussions

The wavering line between clarifications to proposals and discussions concerning proposals is one that frequently results in protests.

Medical logistics gets in shape

Enterprise architecture brings new vision to health care support.

Big shoes to fill

CACI's Cofoni faces tough market as he takes CEO reins from London.

What else is in the blend?

A blended workforce is more than contractors, embedded or otherwise.

Embedded but delicately balanced

Contractors and civil servants work side by side, but each presents distinct management challenges.

New report on contractor workforce rife with flaws

The Progressive Policy Institute's recommendation to slash 750,000 contractor jobs from the government is short-sighted and fatally flawed.

New leaders shouldn't disrespect the past

New leaders "come in and try to prove themselves, and that can do a dishonor to the work that has gone on before them."

ID theft not common in federal data breaches

Retailers and a credit card processor were responsible for the data breaches that led to identity theft, GAO says.

Paradigm acquires Caldwell Technology

Paradigm Holdings Inc. has purchased Caldwell Technology Solutions LLC, a provider of information technology services and solutions for national security programs within the intelligence community.

SAIC to buy engineering company

Science Applications International Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire Benham Investment Holdings LLC, an engineering and life-cycle technology firm.

NOAA seeks assistance with solar data management

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks a vendor to help the agency study the status of commercial equipment for gathering information about solar flares.

Hart InterCivic maps GIS strategy

Hart InterCivic Inc., a maker of electronic voting systems, has acquired a geographical information systems company and restructured to incorporate the new technology.

Size matters in small-business mergers

A small business that merges with or is acquired by another company now must immediately recertify its size.

Alion gets Navy contract extension

Alion Science and Technology Corp. has won a $25 million contract option to provide program management expertise to support the Navy's Program Executive Office for Ships.

DSCI closes Viatech buy

Defense contractor D&S Consultants Inc. has completed its acquisition of Viatech Inc., a government systems engineering, information management and technical services company.

Pentagon eyes IT support for data center

The Defense Department will request proposals from vendors in August for architecture and database support to the Defense Manpower Data Center.