DHS awards engineering and technical assistance contracts
Four contractors will compete for $389 million in task orders to support the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communication.
DOD aims to beef up in-house engineering expertise
The Defense Department needs systems engineers who have a deep understanding of the IT systems in their charge, although they don’t need to actually write the software lines of code, an official said.
MCR to support FAA Air Traffic Organization
MCR LLC will furnish key mission support services to the Federal Aviation Administration for its air traffic safety program under a four-year, $36.8 million contract.
GAO: Costs surge on Deepwater project
The Coast Guard continues to face management problems with Deepwater and with its computer modernization program, GAO says.
GD will provide consulting services to Army medics
General Dynamics Corp. will support the U.S. Army Medical Command and Office of the Surgeon General under a $9.2 million dollar contract.
SAIC vows to fight False Claims lawsuit
Science Applications International Corp. plans to strongly defend itself against a whistle-blower lawsuit involving a General Services Administration contract to support naval facility in Mississippi.
Steady flow of defense work continues
Seasoned players such as General Dynamics Corp., ITT Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and SAIC maintained a steady pipeline of defense contracts in June.
Eye on M&A
Private equity deals in the government services market are coming fast and are good news for the foundering economy.
DHS awards PACTS contract
The Homeland Security Department has awarded the $1.5 billion PACTS contract for professional services.
GSA contract expiration reflects market needs, experts say
GSA official says many GWACs won't be renewed as GSA markets its Alliant and Alliant Small Business contracts.
Alion team will upgrade Navy Sea Systems Command
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will support the Naval Sea Systems Command Information Officer under an $84.7 million task order.
COOP: What's the drill?
Does anyone know how the U.S. government's real-time exercise went last Wednesday?
New thoughts invited: ACT-IAC's CXO dinner gets ideas flowing
ACT-IAC gets government and industry leaders together to look at the five pillars of transparent government being proposed by CTO Aneesh Chopra and CIO Vivek Kundra. Each table took one of the pillars and was asked to come up with a succinct definition, describe what success would look like, identify barriers to success and come up with three to five actions to accomplish the purpose.
Deepwater gets new acquisition chief
The Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate has a new rear admiral in charge — Ronald Rábago.
Harris will boost DISA information-sharing technology
Harris Corp. will provide systems engineering to the Defense Information Systems Agency under a five-year contract that has a potential value of $27 million.
Auditors: FEMA's contract files a mess
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not following standard procedures for managing its contracting files, according to an audit released by DHS' inspector general.
Contract management systems broken in Iraq, Afghanistan, says commission
The Defense Department has too few trained acquisition employees to keep up with the increasingly expensive operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, commission states.
Deepwater can't shake DOJ's watchful eye
The Justice Department has declined to intervene to date but continues to examine allegations raised in the Deepwater False Claims Act lawsuit.
Alion provides Navy with logistics and data management support
Alion Science and Technology’s $8.6 million modification award will support the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program office.
Given committee’s nod, GSA nominee warns of issues ahead
Johnson told the panel that GSA is dealing with the challenges of a changing market and shifting customer demands.
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