Inside track: In brief

Dial up an opportunity ... New communications for FAA ... Help with traffic data ...

Infotech and the Law: If the FOIA exemption fits, wear it

Imagine your agency customer calls and says, "We've received a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of your contract. We will comply with that request unless you explain to us why we shouldn't."

Can you hear the savings now?

Complexity, lack of standards stymie common operating picture efforts.

Practice makes perfect

Computer-based training helps first responders strengthen decision-making.

No stopping wireless

Integrators to plan for secure access as demand grows.

Wrangling communications woes

IP telephony becomes mainstream technology.

From our Web site

We asked: How will Boeing succeed with the SBI-Net project? Experts chime in.

Mergers & Acquisitions

IBM closes MRO buy ? ManTech seals GRS deal ? SRA kicks up deal-making ? Lockheed finishes PAE buy

Mergers & Acquisitions

IBM closes MRO buy ? ManTech seals GRS deal ? SRA kicks up deal-making ? Lockheed finishes PAE buy

Contract Roundup

Northrop Grumman makes $750M deal with DHS ? more contracts ?

Gary Arlen | Making the team: What you need

Large primes want partners who do their homework and have skills, flexibility and relationships with critical customers.

Shhh! We have a secret

Fast 50 execs share how they've risen to the top.

Help or hassle?

In small-business IT contracting, the challenge is distinguishing which agencies have the dollars and a willingness to assist.

Stan Soloway | Buy Lines: Narrow policy matters trip up small-business program

Rep. Nydia Velazquez is right in wanting agencies to get credit for small-business awards when it is due. Mistakes in the system should be corrected. But it seems clear that her lists of contracts are far from accurate.

Four vendors win GovCon awards

Partnering was foremost on the minds of the winners of the fourth annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards held Wednesday night.

TechTeam to shore up IT support at NIH

TechTeam Government Solutions Inc. won a five-year, $28 million contract to deliver IT computing support and services to the National Institutes of Health.

Got commercialization? Center wants applicants

A Defense Department-funded group that helps to accelerate commercializing military technologies is accepting applications from government laboratories, academic researchers and small entrepreneurs and businesses that have developed new technologies.

Government to study online procurement

The federal government again will review the advantages and disadvantages of online procurement services.

WWT to consolidate Missouri IT procurement

The Show-Me State has tapped World Wide Technology Inc. as its primary vendor for a range of IT products and services under a $110 million contract.