Mori Associates captures $200M JPL contract
Small business wins $200 million contract to support the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with engineering, networking and IT support.
Booz gets second shot at Justice contract
Booz Allen Hamilton's protest strategy has reaped the company another chance to win a contract providing IT security staff to the Justice Department.
Overlooked lessons from Mandiant's $1B acquisition
The late 2013 acquisition of Mandiant by FireEye offers an important lesson for today's government contractors: technology and services are a key to a high-value business.
Four win first DHS cyber task orders
Hewlett Packard, Northrop Grumman, Knowledge Consulting and Technica have won the first task orders under DHS's $6 billion Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation contract.
How CACI nailed the Six3 acquisition
CACI was somewhat of an underdog in the competition to buy Six3 Systems, but the company took three steps that proved it was a contender against much bigger bidders.
NSA fixes a matter of trust
Reform of the NSA surveillance activities needs to focus on restoring the trust of U.S. citizens and on trading partners and allies, but it will take time.
Will lightning strike again for Global Strategies Group?
The Global Strategies Group, the company that built what is now known as Sotera Defense Solutions, is getting back into the market with a new platform and money to spend. Editor Nick Wakeman sees this as a sign that the market might be getting ready to turn in a positive direction. Is he right?
Top tech firms want stronger surveillance rules
An open letter from Google, Apple, Microsoft and other top tech firms urges Congress and the president to reform U.S. rules so surveillance efforts are "restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent oversight."
Opinion
Cloud may be slow, but it's going to be big
The cloud computing market hasn't lived up to its hype, but that doesn't mean it still won't become a big opportunity and transform government IT.
Forest Service explores IT needs for security program
The U.S. Forest Service is looking for information on the best way to acquire a full range of IT services for the Comprehensive and Robust Information Security, or CRIS2 program.
Four win NVTC innovator awards
The Northern Virginia Technology Council has picked four companies who best exemplify innovative technology in the categories of agile systems development, cloud, cyber and mobile.
Leaked intell docs offer insights on new opportunities
Intelligence documents leaked by Edward Snowden offer valuable insights into how and what intelligence agencies are buying. Now is the time to hone your strategy for this $50 billion market.
Former CGI exec sets her sights on health IT market
Donna Morea jokes that she's looking for her second job, but she's actually looking to buy, and she's being guided by a strategy focused on the promise of the state and local health IT market and the convergence of technology and growing demand.
Survey finds high schools not mentioning cybersecurity as career option
A recent study commissioned by Raytheon and conducted by Zogby Analytics finds that less than a quarter of young adults aged 18 to 26 express interest in a cybersecurity-related career.
Lockheed Martin plans fourth annual cybersecurity awareness day
Lockheed Martin, in partnership with the Tech Council of Maryland and the National Cyber Security Alliance, will host a cybersecurity awareness day and promote education and careers in the field of cybersecurity.
HP wins $102.8M ID management contract
HP Enterprise Services has snagged a $102.8 identity management contract from the Homeland Security Department. The win includes managing 300,000 ID cards and the infrastructure needed to support them.
Will Snowden kill the public cloud?
A new survey shows a serious rethinking of the public cloud in the wake of the Snowden case. While the public cloud has gained little traction in the public sector, the security questions raised by this scandal will need to be addressed for wary customers.
Army gets OK for $175M network overhaul
The Army is planning to restructure how it secures its computer networks as it shifts to a more centralized approach, and it plans to spend $175 million to do it.
Thad Allen on cybersecurity's growing complexity
Retired Coast Guard admiral and Booz Allen executive Thad Allen explains the dangers to critical infrastructures as they face natural and man-made threats made all the more complex because of growing cybersecurity dangers.
Postal picks SecureKey for $15.1M online ID project
Cloud-based identity management gets a boost as the Postal Service taps SecureKey Technologies to build the Federal Cloud Credential Exchange to easier and cheaper access to various government web services.
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