CONTRACTS
March 2013 was filled with huge contracts, and the awards came from many different places, going to both large and small businesses. Who won the biggest contracts of March 2013?
STATE & LOCAL
The state of Ohio has awarded IBM a contract to help them move their computing center to the cloud.
PEOPLE
January was a month busy with personnel changes. Who got promoted? Who went where, and what do they plan on doing there?
PEOPLE
Anne Altman has been named general manager of IBM federal after a three-year stint leading the global public sector business. Move made as feds face a period of transformation, company says.
DHS
The top 20 contractors at DHS take in over a third of all the spending the agency does with contractors. Who tops the list?
PEOPLE
Government contractors will be represented on a list of the 100 most desirable places to work, according to a survey of recent college grads.
Problems continue to plague the GSA System for Award Management as agencies complain it has slowed the awarding of contracts.
CONTRACT NEWS
GSA awards 20 contracts to 17 companies, including four small businesses, in an attempt to save money and increase the use of the cloud.
Big Blue cries foul over a contract award for a system to track assets at VA facilities around the country.
The largest contractors in the government market, the so-called top dogs, are hunting for the bright spots in a down market.
Acquisition said to enhance IBM's Smarter Analytics capabilities and support company's long-term growth strategy.
Initial $8 million award covers program development and installation in 50 buildings.