John Spotila has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of GTSI Corp., Chantilly, Va. Spotila, who has been with the company for 13 months, assumes responsibility of the day-to-day running of the government reseller.
John Stallworth, president and chief executive officer of Madison Research Corp., Huntsville, Ala., has been elected to the National Football League's Hall of Fame, the NFL announced Feb. 2.
John Spotila has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of GTSI Corp. Spotila, who has been with the company for 13 months, assumes responsibility of the day-to-day running of the government reseller.
The emergence of the government technology sector, or GTS, as a hot investment opportunity presents important questions for owners and executives running privately held companies.
MapInfo Corp. of Troy, N.Y., Jan. 29 announced it formed a homeland security unit to help government agencies use location information to protect the nation's people and assets.
Maximus Inc. has won a contract renewal to provide an array of federal revenue enhancement services to the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, the company said Jan. 28.
General Dynamics Corp. has formed a new unit, called Eagle Enterprise Inc., under its combat systems group to compete for the U.S. Army's $10 billion Future Combat Systems unmanned tank contract.
One sure sign the government market is gaining respectability is the attention coming from Wall Street, as two government technology companies prepare to go public amid talk that other private firms soon will follow.
A sign of e-government transformation, the final issue of the Department of Commerce's venerable Commerce Business Daily rolled off the Government Printing Office's presses Jan. 4. Vendors and other interested personnel can now get word of the government's latest contract awards and solicitations on a General Services Administration-run Web site, called Federal Business Opportunities, www.fedbizopps.gov.
Science Applications International Corp. has received a three-year extension on its industrial prime vendor contract with the Defense Logistics Agency.
Titan System Corp. has been awarded two government contracts, including one valued at up to $18 million to develop computer-simulated wargames for the U.S. Navy. Gene Ray, president and chief executive officer of parent company Titan Corp., said the company has been providing this computer simulation expertise to the Navy for the past 13 years.
Three systems integrators signed new partnership agreements with companies that strengthen their ERP offerings, enhance Web and collaborative software capabilities and bring access to cutting edge technologies.
For the second time in a month, a firm focused on the government market has decided to join the ranks of publicly traded companies. Anteon International Corp. is looking to raise up to $230 million in an initial public offering of stock.
The aerospace industry will see strong growth in information technologies and solutions needed to bolster homeland defense, a top industry official said Dec. 12.
Facing a growing shortage of information technology workers, the federal government may double its spending on outsourcing over the next four years, according to IT research company Input Inc.
