The House Government Reform and Small Business committees have negotiated changes to several procurement provisions of legislation that reauthorizes the Small Business Administration.
The SBA has proposed to cut the number of small-business size standards, used in loan programs, contracts set asides and other federal business-development programs.
CACI International Inc.'s proposed acquisition of American Management Systems Inc.'s defense unit will position CACI for work helping the Defense Department manage its outsourcing and transformation projects, the company's top executive said.<br>
When Michael Jalbert came to E.F. Johnson Inc. in early 1999, the company was losing money, had been delisted from Nasdaq and was facing class action lawsuits from shareholders.
Industry and investors sat up and took notice of CGI Group Inc.'s proposed purchase of American Management Systems Inc. and the sale of AMS' defense and intelligence group to CACI International Inc.
SafeNet will use Rainbow Technologies' resources to "delve deeper" into the two companies' services with the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, an executive says.
Defense IT giants Lockheed Martin Corp. and Titan Corp. are working to complete a merger that has been delayed by allegations that Titan consultants made improper payments to officials abroad.
As states rebound from three straight years of budget shortfalls, systems integrators are showing remarkable creativity in helping states stretch scarce dollars. Many are signing contracts that require less upfront funding by customers, and that generate additional revenue for the state. Although these approaches are not necessarily new, the demand for them is strong and growing.
The departments of Defense and Homeland Security are preparing four new communications and network projects that will generate billions of dollars in business for IT, wireless and telecom companies.
The Army Corps of Engineers is looking for a developer of Web-based tools to make better use of its geo-information system data. The tools will help in identifying and classifying roads and trails on military installations and modeling their impact on sedimentation within watersheds.
ESRI of Redlands, Calif., last month became the first vendor to sign on to SmartBuy, the federal government's enterprisewide software licensing initiative, following nine months of hard work by the company and federal agencies to create the agreement.
California is facing a $15 billion budget shortfall, and it doesn't have a lot of money to throw at new information technology initiatives. So state CIO Clark Kelso said government agencies will aggressively pursue share-in-savings contracts with their vendors.
Standardized procedures to respond to national, regional and local emergencies may soon be the rule for all levels of government, according to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.
