AT&T's numbers emphasize commitment to small business

AT&T Government Solutions underscored its commitment to small-business partnering when it tapped 30 such companies for its team chasing the gargantuan Networx telecommunications contracts.

SiloSmashers to help merge federal acquisition centers

SiloSmashers Inc. has won a pair of contracts from the Interior Department totaling $9.7 million to help merge two previously separate federal acquisition centers into a single procurement organization.

Input: 2006 top federal contracts boon for subcontractors

Three major federal contracts worth a total of $4.35 billion will offer ample subcontracting opportunities to IT product companies next year, according to a new report from the market research firm Input Inc.

Lessons from the market trenches

Network administrators usually spend their time concerned with routers, PCs and servers. Operating a chainsaw? Cutting down trees? That's not part of the job description.

CHANNEL LEADERS: Top of their game

As the water within their Pensacola, Fla., building began to reach ankle depth ? thanks to 2004's Hurricane Ivan ? Computer Sciences Corp.'s employees working with the Navy put aside personal worries and focused on how to keep the operation running.

Inserso nets Air Force contracts

Inserso won two contracts to perform application development services for the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General.

Global Computer wins Coast Guard software maintenance deal

Global Computer Enterprises Inc. won a five-year contract from the Coast Guard to perform software maintenance services.

Making the team: Matchmaker

Things don't always go as planned in government contracting.

NASA proposes recertifications for small business programs

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants small business contractors to recertify their compliance with program regulations before receiving final payments.

New rules weighed for time-and-materials, labor-hour contracts

Federal officials proposed new rules changing how the government buys and defines time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts.

Buy Lines: A place for small business in strategic outsourcing

Lately, I've been thinking about what role small businesses can play in the growing initiative to implement strategic sourcing across federal agencies. Are there specific activities they can facilitate between the federal agencies and technology manufacturers?

Inside track

The U.S. Agency for International Development seeks proposals from vendors for designing and establishing an information system for the Armenian police.

Inside track

The U.S. Agency for International Development seeks proposals from vendors for designing and establishing an information system for the Armenian police.

Small business makes big news

Our annual small-business special report is one of my favorite issues of the year, mostly for personal reasons: It makes me think of my parents, who were themselves small-business owners.

Contract roundup

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. of Dallas won a $45 million, eight-year contract from the Ohio Job and Family Services Department for electronic benefits transfer services.

Contract roundup

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. of Dallas won a $45 million, eight-year contract from the Ohio Job and Family Services Department for electronic benefits transfer services.

Small business: 'We need to play on this field'

Valerie Perlowitz, along with other prospective bidders, was in the audience for the Homeland Security Department's industry day for its $45 billion Eagle IT procurement. It was then that she learned that past performance would be weighed for prime contractors only -- not for subcontracting partners or teams -- when making awards.

8(A)s still a hit with ANCs, tribally owned companies

Alaska Native Corporations and tribally owned companies increase their presence on the Top 25 8(a) list, with 10 such companies ranking among the most successful small businesses in the government market.

Lawmaker: SBA disaster management system may not be Katrina-ready

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) believes recent changes at the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance may have left it unable to process the onslaught of loan applications expected from Katrina-affected businesses.