Harris Corp. will continue its operations and maintenance support to the Air Force having won a $64 million third option year for the Network and Space Operations and Maintenance program.
Perhaps the recent recommendations by a TechAmerica panel finally will inspire agencies to take a more agile approach to system development, writes FCW blogger (and commission co-chairman) Steve Kelman.
TASC Inc. will help the Federal Aviation Administration transition to the NextGen air traffic control system under a 10-year contract worth as much as $827.8 million.
Federal agencies would do themselves a favor if they stopped thinking in terms of requirements and started talking about user needs, writes consultant Ray Kane.
Federal agencies waste a lot of time and money on large government IT projects because they lack the necessary management expertise, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
Serco Inc. will provide the Veterans Affairs Department with program management assistance under a competitively won task order valued at approximately $20 million.
Improved communications is necessary to achieve cost reductions and efficiencies at the Defense Department, writes Stan Soloway of the Professional Services Council.
The Technology CEO Council claims the federal government can save $1 trillion in 10 years by streamlining supply chains, consolidating data centers, automating paper processes and applying anti-fraud analytic tools.
Should program managers--the professionals who are best-suited to provide a results-oriented, front-line perspective on the features of the system as it is developed and released--work with program offices, or in IT shops? Blogger Steve Kelman ponders the question.
GlobalNet Services Inc. will provide a variety of IT services to the Food and Drug Administration under three recently awarded contracts that have a combined value of $81 million.
