Defense contractors see mixed impact from Gates proposals

Defense contractors see potential gains, losses under Gates' plan

  • By Alice Lipowicz and Doug Beizer

Jacobs' test support for NASA programs to continue

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. will continue to provide testing support services to NASA, having secured the first of two one-year contract options with a potential value of $54 million.

  • By David Hubler

Alion helps Army develop future combat systems

Alion Science and Technology will help the Army develop future combat systems under a task order valued at $4.35 million.

  • By David Hubler
Opinion

A bounty of leadership expertise

The defense and government services sector has shining examples of leaders who have guided their companies through both good times and bad.

  • By John Allen

Watchdog group questions FEMA appointment of contractor

Group alleges potential conflict of interest for former contractor who is now FEMA chief of staff.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Mills confirmed to head SBA

Karen Mills would help put SBA back on track to carry out its lending, technical assistance and entrepreneurship programs, a senator said.

  • By Mary Mosquera

GAO: Costs, delays seen in weapons programs

A recent Government Accountability Office report reveals continuing high development costs and delays in many of the DOD’s major programs.

  • By Brian Robinson

California to lead states in stimulus jobs

California will get the most jobs from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a private company tracking the stimulus spending.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

CACI will help Veterans manage IT resources

CACI International Inc. will help improve budgetary and financial processes associated with information technology management at the Veterans Affairs Department’s under a new contract.

  • By William Welsh

Coast Guard may need to report officials hired by contractors

The Coast Guard would change some acquisition processes under new legislation.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Contractors prepare to tap into stimulus' billions for tech projects

Contractors and their partners adjust strategies and form new programs to chase billions in new opportunities.

  • By Richard W. Walker

HHS to boost grants for child-support enforcement

The Health and Human Services Department plans to provide $1 billion worth of additional grants to states over a two-year period to support programs that enforce federal child-support mandates.

  • By William Welsh

POGO: Penalized contractors kept winning contracts

A government watchdog group says some contractors kept winning federal work despite being banned from getting that work.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

DRC to continue logistics assistance to Air Force center

Dynamics Research Corp. will provide continuing logistics support to the Air Force under a five-year task order worth $3.7 million.

  • By David Hubler

BearingPoint sells assets; Deloitte gets government business

BearingPoint Inc. will sell substantially all of its assets and effectively go out of business.

  • By David Hubler

Alion to improve management of DOD technical information

Alion Science and Technology Inc. will provide management and information support to the Defense Department under a $3.2 million task order.

  • By David Hubler

CACI criticizes court ruling on Abu Ghraib torture case

CACI International criticizes a court ruling rejecting the contractor’s request to dismiss charges alleging that CACI employees abused prisoners during interrogation sessions at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.

  • By David Hubler

SAIC helps Army counter improvise explosive devices

SAIC will assist the Army with technical support designed to counter improvised explosive devices under a five-year contract could be worth as much as $41 million.

  • By David Hubler

CGI to upgrade Medicare Part D services

CGI Federal Inc. will expand its technology services to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under a new contract that could be worth as much as $135 million.

  • By David Hubler

Auditors declare FEMA acquisition files a disaster

Private auditors could locate only eight of the 24 contracting files they requested in a recent review at the agency's headquarters.

  • By Alice Lipowicz
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