For the last eight years, Bill Colligan has carefully managed the growth of CSSI Inc. to ensure that the Washington company would retain its status as a small-business contractor until it was ready to compete with larger firms. This meant holding CSSI's annual revenue under its small-business revenue cap of $21 million, even while the number of employees grew to 210.
General Services Administration officials are asking agencies for their help in negotiating enterprisewide software licensing agreements under the SmartBuy program, said Neal Fox, assistant commissioner for commercial acquisition at GSA's Federal Supply Service.
Legislation this year may force the Defense Department to speed its process for granting security clearances to private contractors and government personnel who need access to classified information on the job.
Five systems integrators won spots on a $46 million, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for systems integration and engineering services from the Transportation Department.
RS Information Systems Inc. won a $22 million contract to provide systems engineering to the Office of Cyber and Information Security at Veterans Affairs, officials of the McLean, Va., company said today.
EDS Corp.'s federal government revenue increased 20 percent in the first quarter of 2004, but the huge Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project still drains the Plano, Texas, company's finances, according to company statements.
Analytic Services Inc. was chosen to operate the new Homeland Security Institute, the Homeland Security Department's first federally funded research and development center.
Companies responding to the federal government's request for information for new e-government projects should provide ideas for systems that integrate existing initiatives.
The United States fell from third to sixth place in an annual global survey of nations' e-readiness, largely because other countries had greater adoption of broadband Internet access.
Anteon International Corp. won a five-year contract worth up to $16 million for engineering and installation support services to U.S. military forces in Afghanistan.
As manager of the Defense Department's smart-card project, <b>Mary Dixon</b> acts as a referee, balancing the needs and desires of dozens of agencies. Dixon is one of 10 winners of the first Government Computer News Management Leadership Awards, to be honored May 19 in Washington. Like Dixon, all the winners have shown a willingness to tackle tough jobs and blend confidence and humility. Read their stories...
Internet sites and recommendations from colleagues are the most important sources of information on IT products and services for federal IT buyers, according to a survey of federal IT professionals.
