Intelligence reform falls flat without technology

Calls for reform of the intelligence community have their merits, but let's not forget the vital role technology plays, writes associate Editor David Hubler.

Former SRA exec will lead ManTech space and intell services

ManTech International Corp. has named Gregory Roman senior vice president for space and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services in its Systems Engineering and Advanced Technology group.

ICOR buy helps Acquisition Solutions expand into management services

Acquisition Solutions Inc.’s purchase of ICOR Partners LLC will broaden ASI’s footprint into the civilian government market, according to Anne Reed, ASI president and chief executive officer.

Acquisition Solutions builds consulting skills with ICOR buy

Acquisition Solutions Inc. has purchased substantially all the assets of ICOR Partners LLC. The financial terms were not reported. The transaction closed Jan. 8.

American Systems promotes Peter Smith to COO post

American Systems Corp. has named Peter Smith chief operating officer.

Top 100 tips: How social media can connect you to the market's biggest players

Marketing guru Mark Amtower shares tips on how to use LinkedIn to bring you closer to the major companies in the government market.

Can we boost security by opening the terror watch list?

Access to the watch lists and other anti-terrorism data could make us more secure by bringing more eyes and minds into the fight.

ITT reaches higher with restructuring

The company reorganizes as it tries to move upstream and bring a more holistic approach to the market.

GovDelivery becomes unit of Internet Capital Group

The investment firm Internet Capital Group has joined with the management team of GovDelivery Inc. to buy out all other shareholders of the company.

Northrop shopping for D.C. area headquarters

Northrop Grumman moving its corporate headquarters to be closer to its top customer, the federal government.

Open government or hide in plain sight?

The datasets available at Recovery.gov are bulging with information. Can someone please tell me how to make sense of it all?

SafeNet nets Assured Decisions to boost cybersecurity offerings

SafeNet Inc., a provider of information security, has acquired Assured Decisions LLC, a professional consulting service to the government’s cyber security community. Financial terms of the transaction were not reported.

Gallaway joins CACI to boost national security offerings

CACI International Inc. has hired Charles Gallaway, former acting director of the Homeland Security Department’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, as a vice president to support the company’s national security strategies.

ManTech buys Army contractor STI

ManTech International Corp. will pay $242 million in cash to acquire Sensor Technologies Inc., a provider of systems engineering and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for the Defense Department.

IT services sector shows lackluster performance

After two years of outperforming the broader stock market, federal information technology and professional services company stocks underperformed in 2009.

Dell-Perot merger showing quick benefits, officials say

Five weeks after Dell Co. acquired Perot Systems Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion, officials at Dell say the integration has gone smoothly with no turf wars and a new batch of contract opportunities.

Deltek purchases mySBX to strengthen services offerings

Deltek Inc. has acquired mySBX, an online community that helps government contractors to rapidly identify opportunities, manage resources and expand their business. The financial terms were not reported.

New rule on task-order protests not causing problems, panel says

Officials instrumental in the creation of the year-old federal task-order protest rule say the new regulation has caused few problems and resulted in only a small increase in the number of cases sent to the Government Accountability Office for adjudication.

A-T Solutions shuffles its executive team

A-T Solutions Inc. CEO Ken Falke will step down from that role to become the company’s chairman of the board effective Jan. 1. Chief Operating Officer Dennis Kelly will be promoted to president and CEO.

Accreditation fuels small business' growth

Dovel Technologies used its CMMI Level 3 accreditation to accelerate its growth in the government market and help land a Contractor of the Year award.