Enterprise architecture, followed closely by information-sharing, are areas of federal government IT that present the most business opportunities during the next 12 to 18 months, according to a market survey of industry officials.
A top priority for the new administrator of the General Services Administration should be fixing morale and process problems, according to industry members of a panel at Wednesday's Washington Technology Top 100 Conference.
The Small Business Administration is proposing to implement a new regulation aimed at providing more contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses.
Standardization, consolidation and outsourcing have reduced demand for traditional government systems integration while providing new areas of opportunity, Renato DiPentima, SRA International's chief executive, said today at the Washington Technology Top 100 conference for federal contractors.
The General Services Administration will hold an industry day later this month to provide the latest information on the agency's Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 product-approval process.
RS Information Systems Inc. has won a five-year, $111 million seat management and services contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Accela Inc. won a $2.6 million contract from Brevard County, Fla., to furnish agencies and citizens with a new enterprise permit and land management solution.
Merlin Technical Solutions Inc. has won a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide service-oriented architecture governance products for the agency's Net-Enabled Command Capability and Net-Centric Enterprise Services initiatives.
Multimax Inc. won a contract with the Defense Enterprise Account Management Office at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., for the Independent Verification and Validation Laboratory.
The three departments that jointly run the Integrated Wireless Network project to build out the next-generation interoperable voice and data radio network for federal agencies have chosen General Dynamics C4 Systems and Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions as contractors for the acquisition's second phase.
The Government Printing Office plans to issue a solicitation for a vendor that can establish a repository that will manufacture, personalize and issue Personal Identity Verification cards for smaller agencies.
