Budget decisions are too often disconnected from outcomes, and many budget officials know it. The problem, according to one contractor, is that agencies don't know how to prioritize, set targets and analyze results. And that means there just might be a business opportunity out there for the right contractors.
State Department cancels it's $2.1 billion HITSS 2 procurment and instead will use the GSA schedule to buy a variety of IT products and services from small businesses.
Quarterly reports from Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics make it very clear that the impact of sequestration hasn't been fully felt yet, with the consensus being that 2013 might not be so bad, but 2014 might be a very different story.
Lockheed Martin Corp. reported relatively flat results, but the company is tracking sequestration closely, and expects most of the cuts to come through contract delays instead of cancellations and modifications.
It's been a long year for the companies pursuing the Air Force's $6.9 billion NetCents 2 Products contract, and now, only a few days remain for the losers of the lucrative vehicle before they must decide whether to protest or not. Recent history would suggest there will be ample protestors, but is the Air Force's decision bullet-proof this time around?
The Air Force has made awards for its $6.9 billion NetCents 2 Products contract, a year rescinding awards to nine companies. Some of those companies won again, but five lost. And most of the protesting companies lost again as well. That begs the question: Are more protests imminent?
The National Institutes of Health expands the number of product categories and changes the cloud services to be offered under its $10 billion Chief Information Officer – Commodity Solutions contract, via a revised statement of objectives.
Box.com, a cloud-based collaboration platform, is making a run at the federal market, but are they patient enough, and are they making the right investments to succeed? Those are the critical questions to ask any newcomer to the federal market.
The word is out that the Air Force is about to make awards for its $6.9 billion NetCents 2 Products contract, a year after getting chased off the field by a slew of protests. Will there luck be better this time around?
TASC Inc. will provide cost-estimating services to the Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command under a $40.5 million contract as the Navy tries to improve its decision-making processes.
So far, sequestration has been a yawner, but don't get complacent. It still has the potential to wreak havoc. We just don't yet know where that havoc will come from.
Several factors were at play in the 103 mergers and acquisitions that closed in 2012, but two common themes were transformation and anticipation. The prevailing wisdom says that in a market where budget uncertainty rules the day, investing millions in an acquisition might not be a wise use of resources. But government contractors are forever in search of the next hot opportunity. That above all else is what Washington Technology’s annual M&A roundup teaches us.
We rank the best deals out of 103 that closed in 2012 and call out the ones that had the biggest impact on the government market. Some created new players, while others took established players into new areas, but all are transformative.
Four small businesses have captured spots on DISA's IT Enterprise Support Services contract, known as DESS, and one winner has already picked up a task order worth $111 million.
Richard Spires, the ground-breaking Homeland Security Department CIO, is on what looks like permanent leave, and the silence around his department risks stifling efforts of those who advocate for innovations in IT management.
On April 16, Washington Technology jumps into our WT Insider membership program with a renewed dedication to providing you the information and content you need to succeed in today's market, including more exclusive stories, research and aggregation.
The scandal that surrounded a pair of Army Corps of Engineers program managers continues to draw guilty pleas from contractors who became involved in the bribery and kickback scandal.
PC sales fell at a historic rate last quarter, but the decline of a product that was once at the vanguard of the tech industry might create new opportunities for those who understand the change and seize it.
