Contractors with poor past performance records are continuing to nab federal contracts, and unless something is done about it, this will continue to be the case going forward, according to FCW.
When the private equity group Behrman Capital added Tresys Technology to its portfolio of companies, it added a strong player in the cybersecurity and intelligence portion of the government market.
XTec Inc. of Miami has won a 10-year, $102.8 million task order contract from the Homeland Security Department for identity management support and services.
The Office of Personnel Management will take over all final reviews of background investigations, pulling back the work from USIS, which was accused by the Justice Department of fraud.
DISA is helping the Defense Department formalize processes for future commercial cloud service acquisitions, and will use a series of pilot programs to test commercial cloud services.
With military budgets as tight as ever, more stress has been placed on virtual environments and simulation, and the Army is planning on consolidating three virtual programs into a single environment for integrated training.
The Interior Department wants a small-business contractor who can build and manage a Drubal web content management system that entire agency can use for their public websites.
An IT procurement reform bill similar to Title I of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, or FITARA, was introduced in the Senate on Dec. 17 and adds more buying power to agency CIOs.
Four top lobbyists for TechAmerica have resigned, and are expected to join a rival trade group, the Information Technology Industry Council, or ITI, according to the Huffington Post.
Fiscal 2014’s contracts are expected to be larger than previous years according to an analysis made by market research firm Deltek, Federal Times is reporting.
FedCentric Technologies has won a five-year, $16.7 million contract to expand the U.S. Postal Service’s high-density supercomputing capabilities to improve efficiency and competitiveness, according to FCW.
