Business groups team to boost opportunities for women entrepreneurs

To promote more opportunities for women entrepreneurs, Women Impacting Public Policy, a leading women's business advocacy group, is teaming with the American Small Business Coalition.

MSGI Security Solutions Inc. to complete purchase of AONet

New York company tries to grab more of the data recovery and secure storage market.

Pragmatics to support Justice automated booking system

Pragmatics Inc. won a $4 million task order from the Justice Department to provide systems engineering, design and development for the system that helps federal law enforcement agencies electronically book, identify and share data about people in federal custody.

Due date for FirstSource proposals moves back

Proposals pushed back until Jan. 23 for huge small-business contract.

CACI to buy Information Systems Support

In a move calculated to boost its core IT capabilities, CACI International Inc. will purchase Information Systems Support Inc. of Gaithersburg, Md. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

IBM to buy Micromuse

IBM will acquire Micromuse Inc., a network management software maker, in an all-cash transaction for $865 million.

Protest cycle continues for FedBizOpps

Development InfoStructure Corp. of Arlington, Va., once again is protesting the General Services Administration's award of the contract to run the government procurement portal to Symplicity Corp. of Arlington, Va.

Lockheed Martin buys Aspen Systems

Lockheed Martin Corp. has acquired information management company Aspen Systems Corp.

Deals consolidate IT clout

If General Dynamics Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Anteon International Corp. closes, five companies will control about $21 billion in annual IT contract revenue?nearly one-third of the government's IT budget.

Velazquez admonishes Congress, SBA to do more for small biz

With many small businesses still reeling from a string of hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, Democrats on the House Small Business Committee today released a midyear evaluation of congressional efforts to aid such companies.

ASD lands $405 million Army information systems deal

Advanced Systems Development Inc. won a 10-year, $405 million contract to provide IT solutions for the U.S. Army's Command Information Management System.

SBA adjusts size standards for inflation

Almost 12,000 companies will be re-classified as small businesses after a move by the Small Business Administration to factor three and one-half years of inflation into its monetary-based size standards.

General Dynamics to buy Anteon

In a blockbuster deal involving two of the largest IT players in the government market, General Dynamics Corp. today announced it was acquiring Anteon International Corp. for $2.2 billion.

General Dynamics to pick up FC Business Systems

General Dynamics Corp. is planning to buy FC Business Systems Inc., a fellow Washington Technology Top 100 company, which provides IT services.

Video surveillance firms make a deal

MDI Inc., a security software and hardware provider, plans to buy Advanced Security Link Inc., a maker of video communication technology.

New breed of M&A players heat up

Private equity groups and companies looking to make deals in the homeland security and government contracting market are about to face a new competitor.

Mergers & acquisitions

New York-based L-3 Communications Inc. in the past month has closed its all-cash, $49 million purchase of EOTech Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., and acquired Applied Signal and Image Technology Inc. of Linthicum, Md.

Report: Minority businesses need greater access to capital

Minority-owned businesses are thriving despite limited access to venture capital, loans and the federal marketplace, according to a report released this week by the ranking Democrat on the House Small Business Committee.

L-3 buys Applied Signal and Image Technology

L-3 Communications Inc. acquired Applied Signal and Image Technology Inc., a provider of research, engineering and production of signal processing systems.

ITS buys federal services unit

California IT and engineering solutions company ITS Corp. has acquired the federal sector support services business of Noesis Inc.