Lockheed, General Dynamics protest $2.6B DHS award
Rivals want the General Services Administration and Homeland Security Department to rethink their decision to award Northrop Grumman the contract to build the infrastructure for the new DHS headquarters campus.
DOD cuts will slow overall fed IT spending growth
Federal spending on IT will increase slightly in the next five years. Who can expect to see their budgets grow and who faces cuts, according to new TechAmerica Foundation Vision survey forecasts.
Networx is hare fast, but awards are turtle slow
During the past month, only two statements of work have moved a step closer to transitioning services from the old FTS2001 system to Networx, and just three awards have been made.
How to improve procurement: Stop talking about requirements
Federal agencies would do themselves a favor if they stopped thinking in terms of requirements and started talking about user needs, writes consultant Ray Kane.
One more time: Contract management needs to be a core competency of government
Federal agencies waste a lot of time and money on large government IT projects because they lack the necessary management expertise, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
CACI helps Navy track ordnance worldwide
CACI International Inc. will provide program management and technical support to the Navy under a five-year, $36 million prime contract.
6 small-business issues too important to ignore
Small businesses face a tough market with a variety of factors that could hurt their growth. But there are a few bright spots.
Why Deltek bought Input
Deltek's acquisition of Input creates a powerful source of critical information for contractors.
More talk needed if defense reforms are to succeed
Improved communications is necessary to achieve cost reductions and efficiencies at the Defense Department, writes Stan Soloway of the Professional Services Council.
Can GTSI stay in business?
The fight to clear its name is in the middle of a 30-day countdown as GTSI's suspension raises risks for the company, including possible debarment.
SBA mum on GTSI's alleged accomplices
If GTSI is guilty of wrongdoing, then shouldn't SBA also investigate and suspend the other companies involved? That's the question on Editor Nick Wakeman's mind.
SBA to launch small business program for women
SBA officials are setting up procedures to help woman-owned small businesses gain more access to the federal contracting marketplace.
What's next for GTSI?
The company faces a tough road back from suspension. What will it do first?
Contractors behaving badly: Report exposes labor law violations by IT vendors
Government Accountability Office auditors find that half of the 50 largest assessments handed out by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division between fiscal 2005 and 2009 were charged to 20 federal contractors.
SBA: No decisions on High Road policy
The Obama administration has made no decision on the High Road, a procurement policy giving advantages to companies with above-average employee pay and other benefits.
Technical knowledge and government IT professionals: An oxymoron?
Do government IT pros have the expertise to know a good technical idea when the see it? And, even more importantly, can they distinguish between suggestions that are self-serving from those that are in an agency's interest?
GTSI suspended but vows to fight
GTSI has been suspended from winning new government contracts but vows to defend itself against charges that it inappropriately received small-business contract dollars.
More debate about pre-RFP talks between government, industry
Blogger Steve Kelman responds to comments he received on a recent blog post about the sensitive nature of government-industry communications.
DOD drives deeper wedge between feds and contractors
A new Defense Department rule that requires service contractors to identify themselves as such could exacerbate existing tensions in the federal workplace.
New law adds more requirements to small-business plans
President Obama has signed a law that puts pressure on primes to make good on small-business promises.
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