Satellite firm PanAmSat Corp. acquired telecommunications firm Esatel Communications Inc., expanding the Washington presence of its G2 Satellite Solutions division. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Science Applications International Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Jullien Enterprises Ltd., Jullien announced. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
<b>Washington Technology presents its Top 25 8(a) companies and Fast 50 rankings</b><br>In 1998, Preferred Systems Solutions Inc., President Robert Hisel Jr. sold all his commercial work to another firm and used the proceeds to focus on the government market. Colleagues questioned his wisdom. Today, he says, "They are asking me, 'How the hell do you get into this government stuff?' "
Forensics, consulting, information technology services, engineering. The small businesses showing the fastest growth in the government sector also showcase a variety of services and niches that contractors can thrive in.
Mary Ann Elliott doesn't believe there's anything she can't do. A wife at 14 and a mother at 15, she was selling encyclopedias part time when her husband was killed in a car crash in 1975. Knowing she needed full-time work to support herself and three children, Elliott applied for work at Motorola, which had just started hiring women. She was turned down three times.
Innovative public-private partnerships are creating new revenue opportunities for both contractors and government agencies ? and new reasons to scrutinize the public values of such arrangements.
CDW Government Inc. has created a small business consortium, which the Vernon Hills, Ill., information technology reseller said will help small and disadvantaged businesses win federal contracts.
The Commerce Department this week issued the solicitation for Commerce Information Technology Services Next Generation, a small-business governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology. The multiple-award contract has a ceiling of $8 billion over 10 years.
