Pragmatics to support Justice automated booking system

Pragmatics Inc. won a $4 million task order from the Justice Department to provide systems engineering, design and development for the system that helps federal law enforcement agencies electronically book, identify and share data about people in federal custody.

Due date for FirstSource proposals moves back

Proposals pushed back until Jan. 23 for huge small-business contract.

Protest cycle continues for FedBizOpps

Development InfoStructure Corp. of Arlington, Va., once again is protesting the General Services Administration's award of the contract to run the government procurement portal to Symplicity Corp. of Arlington, Va.

Velazquez admonishes Congress, SBA to do more for small biz

With many small businesses still reeling from a string of hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, Democrats on the House Small Business Committee today released a midyear evaluation of congressional efforts to aid such companies.

ASD lands $405 million Army information systems deal

Advanced Systems Development Inc. won a 10-year, $405 million contract to provide IT solutions for the U.S. Army's Command Information Management System.

SBA adjusts size standards for inflation

Almost 12,000 companies will be re-classified as small businesses after a move by the Small Business Administration to factor three and one-half years of inflation into its monetary-based size standards.

Report: Minority businesses need greater access to capital

Minority-owned businesses are thriving despite limited access to venture capital, loans and the federal marketplace, according to a report released this week by the ranking Democrat on the House Small Business Committee.

EES wins $1 billion DOE IT consolidation deal

Energy Enterprise Solutions LLC won a $1 billion competitive sourcing contract from the Energy Department to provide consolidated IT services?one of the largest federal IT services contracts ever awarded to a small business.

Small businesses win big bucks on NetCents

In just one year, the Network-Centric Solutions program has brought a windfall of $429.7 million to the eight prime contractors allowed to bid on the work.

Small Business Index numbers fall to 8-year low

High health care and energy costs coupled with the regional devastation caused by recent hurricanes are creating a poor climate for small business growth, according to a study released today by the House Committee on Small Business.

IRS awards TIPSS-3 contracts

The IRS has awarded Total Information Processing Support Services-3 contracts to 21 vendors. The contracts are valued at up to $3 billion over five years.

AT&T's numbers emphasize commitment to small business

AT&T Government Solutions underscored its commitment to small-business partnering when it tapped 30 such companies for its team chasing the gargantuan Networx telecommunications contracts.

SiloSmashers to help merge federal acquisition centers

SiloSmashers Inc. has won a pair of contracts from the Interior Department totaling $9.7 million to help merge two previously separate federal acquisition centers into a single procurement organization.

Input: 2006 top federal contracts boon for subcontractors

Three major federal contracts worth a total of $4.35 billion will offer ample subcontracting opportunities to IT product companies next year, according to a new report from the market research firm Input Inc.

Lessons from the market trenches

Network administrators usually spend their time concerned with routers, PCs and servers. Operating a chainsaw? Cutting down trees? That's not part of the job description.

CHANNEL LEADERS: Top of their game

As the water within their Pensacola, Fla., building began to reach ankle depth ? thanks to 2004's Hurricane Ivan ? Computer Sciences Corp.'s employees working with the Navy put aside personal worries and focused on how to keep the operation running.

Inserso nets Air Force contracts

Inserso won two contracts to perform application development services for the Office of the Air Force Surgeon General.

Global Computer wins Coast Guard software maintenance deal

Global Computer Enterprises Inc. won a five-year contract from the Coast Guard to perform software maintenance services.

Making the team: Matchmaker

Things don't always go as planned in government contracting.

NASA proposes recertifications for small business programs

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants small business contractors to recertify their compliance with program regulations before receiving final payments.