Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va. next week will introduce legislation to give government agencies greater access to the commercial marketplace and encourage the use of commercial best practices in procurement.
Some new offerings of e-learning resources; Group offers legal program terrorism-related issues; Not feeling well? Illness leads slight rise in unscheduled absences.
Computer Sciences Corp. has won four task orders from the General Services Administration under a blanket purchase agreement to provide distributed computing services throughout the agency's Federal Supply Service.
Turbulence in the information technology industry is reflected in a new survey of compensation trends at technology firms, which shows executives' annual bonuses shrinking this year while many rank-and-file employees garner healthy pay hikes.
Sitting under hot, bright lights, Kevin Blakeman carefully answered probing questions about SurfControl Inc., where he serves as president of U.S. operations. A camera peered over the shoulder of the interviewer sitting opposite him. Was that a bead of sweat on his forehead?
Carol Sauder, a program manager for systems integrator Unisys Corp. of Blue Bell, Pa., has lost two of 39 employees in her unit to the call-up of National Guard and armed forces reservists, and faces the loss of 10 more.
Firms Create AppreciateAmerica.com; employees laud terrorism talk; EDS, Women In Government start online health care forum; the best places for working moms.
Titan Corp. of San Diego has created a Homeland Security Office to focus on providing solutions to chemical and biological terrorism. CEO Gene Ray's company is touting a electronic solution to zap anthrax in mail and other packages.
Electronic Data Systems Inc. won a five-year, $132 million General Services Administration contract to enhance the Army's Web-enabled recruiting system.
Science Applications International Corp. will launch an educational portal for teachers nationwide under the Hospitals, Universities, Businesses and Schools program.
It has been nearly a month since the world stopped and stood transfixed before televisions, radios and news Web sites, watching two jetliners destroy New York's World Trade Center, then another smash into the Pentagon. More than 6,000 people died.
Sprint Corp. recently made life a little brighter for the elderly and disabled residents of an Alexandria, Va., apartment building. The building's common areas hadn't been painted in eight years, and its nonprofit management firm didn't have adequate funds to fix it up.
