SI International Inc. won a five-year blanket purchase agreement to provide technical support and services for the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.
The administration's competitive sourcing initiative will have a few more dings in it after this year's legislative session is done, industry and union observers said.
The four companies that have received limited legal liability protection from the Homeland Security Department for an anti-terrorism product or service have an advantage that their competitors don't: assurance that they won't be sued for unlimited damages if a terrorist attack causes their technologies to fail.
IT industry groups are welcoming news from the SBA that the agency would reassess a plan to change the size standards defining a small business for the purposes of federal government contracting.
Federal agencies aren't adequately measuring the effects of contract bundling on small businesses, according to a General Accounting Office report published today.
Survey of IT executives finds mandates from government and major retailers encouraged nearly half to take the first steps toward adopting radio frequency identification technology.
