Fear and loathing over proposal to give competitive advantage to higher-paying contractors

Commenters roundly denounce an Obama administration proposal to give more weight in contracting decisions to companies that pay better. Read Editor Nick Wakeman's roundup.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Unisys files new protest over lucrative TSA infrastructure contract

Unisys has filed another protest of the TSA Information Technology Infrastructure Program contract, but no one is talking. Editor-in-chief Nick Wakeman is wondering why.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Franken amendment sparks debate over government’s role in employee relations

Editor-in-chief Nick Wakeman invites you to join the discussion about the effect the Franken amendment will have on government contractors. Should the government withhold payment from companies that make employees sign arbitration clauses?

  • By Nick Wakeman

Small-biz Powertek gets prominent ex-fed as COO

Dan Mintz, former Transportation Department chief information officer under the Bush administration, has left Computer Sciences Corp. to become chief operating officer at Powerteck.

  • By Nick Wakeman

New investment fund targets small businesses

Rick Knop has created an investment fund that is targeting companies with less than $50 million in revenue and need help getting to the next level.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Bloomberg stakes claim to government data business

Bloomberg acquires Eagle Eye Publishers as it makes a move into the government data market.

  • By Nick Wakeman

What's your action plan for telecommuting?

Editor Nick Wakeman shares what he learned while being snowbound but still working every day during the Blizzard of 2010.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Sometimes its good to be mule headed

The best answers don't always rely on the highest of technologies, just ask the military's mule skinners.

  • By Nick Wakeman

CDW small-biz team wrangles large Microsoft win

CDW Government teams with TCK Integration Services to win a $200 million contract to supply Microsoft products across the Energy Department.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Snow what? The news keeps happening

Thanks to modern technology, our news operation keeps on delivering, despite ever growing mounds of snow.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Government stays connected in aftermath of 2010 blizzard

Snow or no snow, government's work continues even for those who can't get into the office.

  • By Ben Bain, Nick Wakeman, Alice Lipowicz, Matthew Weigelt and Doug Beizer

Firm launches with supercomputing appliance

Criterion HPS has been incubating for about three years and steps forward this week as a new company focused on the high-performance computing market.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Simulation technology heads for the cloud

Parabon wins a small business research award to develop a modeling and simulation as a service technology platform.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Avaya maps way forward in government market

Avaya is banking on unified communications and contact centers to drive its government business.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Dell-Perot marriage focuses on common goals

Paul Bell, president of Dell Public Sector, explains how a focus on the customer is key to making the Dell-Perot acquisition a success.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Time to flex and stretch those defense muscles

As defense priorities shift, contractors are adapting their capabilities, making acquisitions and learning fresh tricks to capture new business.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Apptis renames value-added reseller division

Apptis renames its reseller unit to distinguish it from the company's systems integration business.

  • By Nick Wakeman

SAIC adds advanced sensor technologies with SET acquisition

SAIC's acquisition of SET brings on board high-end engineering and research in sensors, analytics and real-time information integration.

  • By Nick Wakeman

TSA told to restart competition for IT infrastructure work

The Government Accountability Office told TSA to restart the competition for the Information Technology Infrastructure Program, putting TSA back at square one.

  • By Nick Wakeman

IBM deal adds government expertise to analytics business

IBM will acquire National Interest Security Company LLC to bring more expertise in defense, health care, energy, logistics and security.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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