Accenture wins $182M contract to get Navy's books shipshape
Accenture PLC will provide the Navy with financial management services under a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $182 million.
9 win awards for $2B in DOD tech support work
Nine government contractors will now compete for work under the the Defense Department’s Software, Networks, Information, Modeling and Simulation Technology Support contract.
Raytheon helps Air Force improve its weather forecasting
Raytheon Co. will help the Air Force improve its next-generation weather systems under a $21.8 million contract.
Northrop leads team to aid FEMA
Northrop Grumman Corp. will provide operational support for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s regional preparedness exercises under a 20-month, $5.5 million task order.
BAE's new leader foresees even better times ahead
BAE Systems’ new leader reorganizes the company to position it for growth, especially in the increasingly important cybersecurity market.
Change part of Northrop's growth strategy
Northrop Grumman prepares to relocate its headquarters from Los Angeles to Northern Virginia, a move that jibes with the company's emphasis on remaining agile during times of change.
Contractors find fertile fields abroad
Federal contracting abroad – often funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development –remains a fertile field for U.S. companies despite the economic recession of the past few years.
KBR rides ups and downs of market
KBR faces a customer in transition and shifts gears to maintain growth.
How Virginia and Northrop saved a $2.4 billion contract
Northrop Grumman Corp. and Gov. Bob McDonnell’s administration modify a troubled 10-year, $2.36 billion statewide outsourcing contract.
Acquisition 2.0: GSA uncovers the pitfalls and promise of crowdsourcing
Acquisition officials at the General Services Administration have found that it’s not just ethics officers who have concerns about taking the government/industry dialogue onto the Web.
General Dynamics to lead DOD divisions’ BRAC redeployment
General Dynamics Corp. will assist with Base Realignment and Closure activities under a three-year, $146.2 million contract from Defense Department’s Washington Headquarters Services.
Senate aims to tighten reins on government IT spending
The Information Technology Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act would create more scrutiny of IT projects during the planning and implementation phases.
How is gov 2.0 like a cowboy in an office?
FCW Cartoonist John Klossner has provided the cartoon. Your job is to write dialogue or a caption that gives it a government 2.0 theme — and that gives us a good laugh.
Are password rules just bad magic?
We still want your ideas for creating and remembering strong passwords, but at least one security consultant thinks it's the wrong approach. Here's why.
Government urged to stop meddling in hiring practices
An industry group and others are complaining about a proposal to make contractors use employees from incumbent contractors who lose.
ICF to expand cancer data collection for CDC
ICF International will build cancer data repositories for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a new $19 million contract.
Northrop Grumman will build CMS records repository
Northrop Grumman Corp. will advance the creation of electronic health records for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a result of a new task order valued at approximately $34 million over one year with five and one-half option years.
Can contract info be safely published online?
The General Services Administration and federal acquisition councils are seeking advice from the public and affected businesses on how to publish federal contract text online.
Does anyone outside D.C. really care about open government?
That buzz you're hearing about open government? It's more of whisper caught up in an echo chamber. Tell us what you think about it.
Capgemini wins job fixing Nevada unemployment IT systems
Capgemini Government Solutions has won a $27.9 million contract to replace existing systems and technologies at the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and deliver an unemployment insurance modernization solution.
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