The Small Business Administration still plans to simplify its small-business size standards despite its recent decision to reassess changes it proposed in March, according to <b>Gary Jackson</b>, assistant administrator for size standards. Thousands of public comments raised significant concerns about the planned changes and led SBA to pull back.
Spectrum Astro Inc. joins General Dynamics C4 Systems unit that specializes in command and control systems, communication networking, and computing and information assurance.
State Department<br>2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20520<br>202-647-4000<br>http://www.state.gov<br>Founded: 1789<br>Secretary: Colin Powell<br>Chief of staff: Lawrence Wilkerson<br>Employees: 30,900<br>
Lockheed Martin Corp.'s IT division is aiming for double-digit growth, and the unit's president said that business process outsourcing is a big part of that strategy.
The four companies that have received limited legal liability protection from the Homeland Security Department for an anti-terrorism product or service have an advantage that their competitors don't: assurance that they won't be sued for unlimited damages if a terrorist attack causes their technologies to fail.
Just weeks after launching its high-end routing platform, a system that took four years and $500 million to build, Cisco Systems Inc. of San Jose, Calif., spent $89 million to acquire high-end routing competitor Procket Networks Inc., Milpitas, Calif.
Unisys Corp. acquired Baesch Computer Consulting Inc., which provides software and systems engineering to the federal defense and intelligence communities.
IT industry groups are welcoming news from the SBA that the agency would reassess a plan to change the size standards defining a small business for the purposes of federal government contracting.
Federal agencies aren't adequately measuring the effects of contract bundling on small businesses, according to a General Accounting Office report published today.
