Why the tech industry should care about immigration

President Obama's immigration plan includes some moves that will help the tech industry, but does it go far enough?

$20B NIH contract faces pre-award protests

Pre-award protests have been filed against the $20 billion NIH CIO-CS contract.

Unisys, Amazon win consumer protection contract

Unisys and Amazon Web Services have teamed to win a five-year, $7 million contract to help the Consumer Finance Protection Board deliver information to citizens.

Advice: Don't overlook boring business opportunities

Sure, cyber is everywhere and the cloud and big data analytics are hot, but sometimes the smarter growth strategy is to focus on less glamorous segments of the market, as long as they throw off plenty of cash.

NetCents 2 suffers four major strikes

The Air Force piled on mistake after mistake as it evaluated the bids for the $980 million NetCents 2 Application Services contract, leaving the GAO little choice but to side with the losing bidders and ask for new evaluations and award decisions.

Lockheed promotes two corporate officers

Lockheed Martin appoints two senior vice presidents for human resources and communications.

Do you know how to crack the SI code?

Breaking into the federal market, or even trying to grow your federal business, means having to work with some of the biggest systems integrators. A new event will explore cracking the SI code.

Don't count Sprint out of federal market

The rumors have swirled for months, and Sprint is now going through layoffs, but does that mean it's leaving the federal market?

Politics, business collide at WT election event

Our Contractors and Cocktails event will focus on the convergence of politics and business and what the 2014 mid-term elections mean to government contractors.

Contractor 'community' shines at 2014 GovCon awards

The concept of community was front and center at the 2014 Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards as large and small businesses delivered messages of cooperation and collaboration.

NASA backs off SEWP V awards

Faced with 17 bid protests, NASA decided this week to pull back the awards for its $20 billion SEWP V contract and re-evaluate all the proposals.

Are agencies to blame for most bid protests?

Reducing the number of bid protests will take time and money, and most of the effort lies with correcting poor procurement decisions.

Four deals, four takes on today's market

As merger and acquisition activity picks up, it's worth looking at the diversity of buyers and sellers, and what they say about the state of today's market.

GOP in charge: What changes, what doesn’t?

The 2014 mid-term elections brought some tremendous changes to the political landscape, and at our first Contractors & Cocktails event, we'll explore how the election results will impact government contractors.

Dell gets second chance at ITES-3H

Dell Federal Systems and its bid protest have convinced the Army to give the company a second chance to compete for the $5 billion ITES-3H contract.

Meet the 2014 GovCon finalists

The annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards gala will recognize some of the best companies and executives in the market. Here's your guide to the finalists that you'll want to watch.

SEWP V protests rise to 17

Seventeen companies are now protesting the $5 billion SEWP V awards, but the clock is ticking. The big question is, how will NASA react?

Defense opportunities take center stage

Join us for our Defense Opportunities 2015 and Beyond breakfast briefing this week. And if you can't be there in person, send us a question for our panel of experts.

Air Force suffers NetCents 2 defeat

The Government Accountability Office has rebuked the Air Force's NetCents 2 awards and is asking the service to re-evaluate bids for its $960 million Application Services contract. What companies are back in the hunt?

Metalogix bought by another private equity firm

Metalogix, a company that provides management tools for collaboration platforms and counts the Army and Air Force among its clients, will be bought by private equity group Permira.