Lillian Karuri-Magero likes to solve problems. As small-business liaison officer for IBM Corp.'s public sector programs, Karuri-Magero recently stopped by the Agriculture, Defense, Education and Interior departments as well as the Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs departments. Her objective: Help agencies match IT projects with IBM's small-business providers.
Powerful political and regulatory cross-currents could affect acquisition strategies and impinge on federal IT consolidation in the short term, but long-term prospects for continued consolidation remain strong.
The chairwoman of the Senate Small Business Committee believes the agency has inhibited small firms from bidding on the GSA Infrastructure Technology Global Operations acquisition vehicle.
McKean Defense Group LLC, a Philadelphia-based naval engineering and IT company, today announced the acquisition of Lloyd Lamont Design Inc., an IT company.
Staff writer Ethan Butterfield moderated an online forum featuring Guy Timberlake of the American Small Business Coalition.<br><a href="http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/forum/forums/29527-2.html">Transcript</a>
Officials from the White House and Small Business Administration formally unveiled a revamped Web site that provides small businesses with a compendium of federal regulations information.
A Defense Department-funded group that helps to accelerate commercializing military technologies is accepting applications from government laboratories, academic researchers and small entrepreneurs and businesses that have developed new technologies.
The Transportation Security Administration now must adhere to the same small-business procurement goals as other federal agencies, according to a provision adopted by Congress in the fiscal 2007 homeland security appropriations bill.
