General Dynamics Corp. won two contracts totaling $2.7 million from the Army to develop and equip an advanced combat-helmet system for vehicle crewman.
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) urged the head of the General Services Administration today to review acquisitions that may overlap with the agency's $20 billion Networx telecommunications procurement, fearing that GSA does not have the resources to manage simultaneously all the programs.
RS Information Systems Inc. won a $50 million contract to provide technology support services to the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
Covenant Aviation Security has received Safety Act designation from the Homeland Security Department for its airport passenger and baggage screening services.
SALT LAKE CITY ? Air Force Chief Information Officer John Gilligan plans to return to the private sector once a new organizational structure for the CIO's office is in place, he told PostNewsweek Tech Media.
The controversial Chief Information Security Officers Exchange effectively collapsed today, with both of its co-chairs, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), and the federal CIO Council, withdrawing their support.
Systems integrators and IT companies that want to keep abreast of the latest trends and innovations in state and local contracting need look no further than midsize states.
Dorothea Johnson, the Protocol School of WashingtonNo matter how high you've climbed on the corporate ladder, if you're lacking in etiquette, you could be hurting your company's image, as well as your own, according to Dorothea Johnson.
E-government initiatives have been effective for transforming government service but have failed to bring about the much ballyhooed re-invention, said Martin Cole, chief executive of the global government group at Accenture Ltd., at the FOSE 2005 trade show, produced by PostNewsweek Tech Media, publisher of Washington Technology.
Organizational conflicts of interest are a constant source of concern for both industry and government. Despite guidance offered in the FAR and a long line of Government Accountability Office cases, contractors and agencies struggle with identifying and resolving these conflicts.
The federal government's IT spending will grow at a compound annual rate of 4.5 percent through fiscal 2007, as total IT investments hit $68.3 billion that year, compared to $59.8 billion in fiscal 2004.
