A strong appetite for acquistion

Conditions still good for deals in the government market.

A contest of wills

Sun's fallout with GSA won't hurt but might raise some eyebrows.

Skeptics beware

Renaud restores faith in USCIS transformation.

Perot taps DHS trailblazer

Perot Systems recruits DHS veteran Bucella, who offers lessons learned from the inside.

Ensuring a smooth exit

Planning is the key to successfully graduating from the 8(a) program.

DISA seeks to expand managed services to software

DISA already uses managed services to meet its demand and constriction for storage and processing power, but now officials want to expand the concept's use to software.

Rules of engagement

Use of task-order contracts expands as the Defense's IT vehicle of choice.

Stan Soloway | Old personnel policies harm government

The Intelligence Science Board published a report in late 2006 warning that the intelligence community is losing rather than gaining connectivity to the technologycommunity.

A new day for IDIQs

Commentary: If the Defense Enterprise Information Systems contract were a person, he or she would be one proud grandparent today.

DISA needs help to clean up its books

Efforts by the Defense Information Systems Agency to clean up its financial books could mean money for its contractors.

Lawmakers zero in on high-risk IT projects

Lawmakers today expressed frustration over the continued shortcomings of IT projects. They questioned how much of the $65 billion agencies spend on IT is being wasted.

Input: State and locals gradually warm to Schedule 70

State and local government purchasing through the GSA Schedule 70 is steadily increasing and may lead the governments to use other federal schedules when allowed to do so, reports Input Inc.

Competition heats up for U.K. identity card work

Several U.S. companies are expected to participate in bidding for the upcoming $2 billion biometric national ID card system being developed in the United Kingdom.

SIA to streamline Defense Intel Enterprise

DIA issued Sept. 14 its much-talked about solicitation to consolidate about 30 contracts into one for intelligence analysis support. Responses to the RFP are due Sept. 28.

GSA greenlights Verizon systems

Verizon Business has cleared the final hurdle needed to start selling through the Networx Universal contract.

2007 Small Business Report | Diverse talents

Top 8(a)s show wide range of information technology skills as ANCs continue their dominance.

2007 Small Business Report | It's not just about speed

Companies making the 2007 Fast 50 follow many paths to success in the government market.

Steve Charles | Competition advocates take center stage

One of the all-encompassing, farthest-reaching questions in the world of public contracting is how to create meaningful competition within the procurement system and measure the results in a transparent way.

Richard Rector | Prepare now to avoid conflicts

It's protest season again. It comes around at the end of the government fiscal year when a spike in the number of new contracts inevitably is followed by a wave of bid protests.

Bids and proposals

The Indiana Administration Department may want a contractor to provide an electronic grants application system for the state's Education Department.