When I saw the news that GTSI Corp. and World Wide Technology Inc. had won the small-business contracts under the Army's Information Technology Solutions Enterprise 2 Hardware program, I had to scratch my head.
It is pathetic that anyone believes yet another regulation will help prevent improper business practices. ["Ethics rules proposed for federal contractors," Washingtontechnology.com, Feb. 16]
Rep. Henry A. Waxman's latest government contracting legislation includes several provisions that are unnecessary and may be detrimental, according ITAA and others.
Harris Corp. won a four-year, $33.5 million follow-on contract from ViaSat Inc. for integration services and hardware for a U.S. military digital tactical communications system.
General Dynamics has won a task order from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division to manage the center's Aircraft Carrier Distributed Data and Control Network and the Navigation Critical Distribution System.
Although information technology-savvy acquisition personnel at DHS have developed customized applications to help them perform their jobs, their efforts have created disjointed levels of service, according to a deputy inspector general.
BearingPoint will deliver program management support and assistance with other critical functions to the Navy office responsible for information systems through a new contract.
The intelligence community has launched a new steering committee to guide its information sharing activities, under the leadership of associate director for national intelligence and CIO Lt. Gen. Dale Meyerrose (USAF-Ret.).
Root out burdensome overregulation, ban permanent Internet taxes and make research and development funding ongoing, a panel of technology and telecommunications business representatives and owners urged a congressional committee.
In-Q-Tel, the private venture capital firm created by the CIA, made a strategic investment this month in StreamBase Systems, a provider of high-performance complex event processing software.
Science Applications International won a contract from the Army Contracting Agency to operate and maintain the Battle Command Training Center at Fort Lewis, Wash.
An incident that may have exposed new security risks inherent in radio frequency identification technology has gained the attention of the Computer Emergency Response Team within DHS.
