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OPINION
Today, many of us find ourselves working longer than we envisioned when we began our careers. Few people retire today by age 65 who are financially secure. Things did not turn out career-wise as many of us planned.When you consider that most young people today will work for 50 years or more, it raises fundamental career-related questions that few people are prepared to answer.
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TASC Inc.’s hiring this week of Randy Phillips as its first chief strategy officer got me thinking that the company is getting ready to accelerate its merger and acquisition activities.
Just look at his resume:
At Computer Sciences Corp., he led more than 25 transactions, with more than $3 billion in revenue.
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More companies have filed protests against the Air Force and its troubled NetCents 2 Products contract. The total has now reached 14 protestors.
If my sources are correct, then all the losing bidders, except for two, have filed protests. The is round two for NetCents 2 Products, which last year was awarded to nine companies, but a flood of protests forced the Air Force back off and try again.
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AIR FORCE
ITT Exelis has won a $6.1 million contract modification with the U.S. Air Force to insert a modern data storage and memory technology system into the Strategic Automated Command Control System.
The system provides orders and pass codes authentication for Air Force nuclear weapons platforms, bombers and support units, the company said in a release.
ITT Exelis will insert a modern data storage system that will improve retrieval and verification of critical data for decision makers, the company said.
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PEOPLE
Science Applications International Corp. has named Lou Von Thaer president of the company’s National Security Sector, effective June 6.
The National Security Sector, along with the company’s current health and engineering businesses, will be part of the spin-off company, Leidos, the company said in a release.
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NAVY
Booz Allen Hamilton and Coherent Technical Services have won three-year task order contracts with the U.S. Navy to support emerging navigation technologies for air and shipboard C4ISR system applications.
The contract values are:
Booz Allen Hamilton -- $30.9 million
Coherent Technical Services -- $29 million
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CONTRACTS
Looking at April’s contract round up, you’d hardly believe that contractors are beginning to be impacted by sequestration.
Just as with March, to make April’s list, you had to have a contract in the $150 million and above range.
Washington Technology covered 45 contract awards in April, a hefty increase over the 30 in March, and a significant increase over the 13 in February.
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CALIFORNIA
CGI Group has won a four-year, $38.8 million contract with California to implement a centralized, statewide voter registration database system.
The system, known as VoteCal, will provide a single, official source of voter registration information, and will connect to multiple state agencies as well as all 58 county election official offices to improve registration efficiency, CGI said in a release.
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Next week, former Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann will be a keynote speaker at FOSE, the massive government technology trade show that my company produces each year.
It begs the question, what can a former professional football player, known during his playing days for being brash and cocky, teach government executives and federal contractors?
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PROFILE
In this difficult fiscal climate, it’s more important than ever to be dedicated to your client.
Indigo IT, a women-owned, small disadvantaged business that provides IT services to the federal government, learned this lesson firsthand.
The company was founded in 2001 by Rob Craig and Shane Van Wyngaardt, and began focusing solely on the federal sector when Denise Van Wyngaardt joined the company as managing member.
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