Washington revolves around relationships. Knowing the right people and belonging to the right organizations are critical to getting business done. <b>Steve Charles</b>, executive vice president of immixGroup Inc., wants to join the Coalition for Government Procurement, a well-connected industry group representing companies that hold contract schedules with the General Services Administration. The coalition's close ties with GSA make it a key organization for schedule-holders such as immixGroup. But the coalition won't let immixGroup join, Charles said.
Agencies must limit contractual connections with companies that have been debarred, suspended or proposed for debarment from federal business, a Federal Register notice said today.
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font>Computer Sciences Corp. should be replaced if it does not show significant performance improvement on the IRS lengthy modernization project, an oversight board said today.
James Kane, president of Federal Sources Inc. since June 2000, has left the company effective Dec. 8, just 45 days after it was acquired by Washington Management Group.
It's no secret that the government IT market is growing faster than others. One result is that systems integrators are deluged with product vendors wanting a piece of that market, according to panelists at a government solutions conference hosted by Gartner Inc. in Orlando, Fla.
Congress is increasingly convinced that commercial software tools are adequate for the data mining and analysis requirements of fighting terrorism and protecting personal data from misuse.
Market valuations for publicly traded government IT companies rose an average of 17 percent over the last six months, according to an analysis by a market research firm.
The federal government has not yet taken full advantage of private-sector technology expertise to fight the war on terrorism, according to a new think tank study.
The Defense Department is preparing for a pilot of an identity management system that will allow authentication of credentials across multiple agencies and vendors.
Phil Condit, chairman and chief executive officer of the Boeing Co., has resigned, saying he would be a distraction in light of the company's recent troubles.
Language in the fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury spending bill that would have curtailed some new procedures for competition of federal jobs has been altered in an omnibus spending bill.
Affiliated Computer Service Inc. has won a contract that could be worth more than $2 billion over 10 years to process Education Department student loans.
While Congress has not yet completed its appropriations work for fiscal 2004, one market research firm believes the upcoming year is going to be a strong one for information technology and technology-based services.
