Obama's consolidation plan: Boom, bust or yawn?

Industry leaders weigh in on what Obama's consolidation plan might mean to contractors. Will it help or hurt your business?

Kundra takes executive post with cloud services provider

Former first U.S. CIO left administration last summer to attend Harvard.

Obama plan merges six agencies, may save $3B

President Obama’s slimming down plan would merge SBA, parts of Commerce and other trade and business agencies into one department.

PSI's $96M Military Health System contract covers code updates

Contractor will also test and repair MHS applications and provide systems analysis.

Raytheon wins new Air Force tech award worth almost $180M

Follow-on award calls for network-centric support and training at various Air Force centers.

Verizon wins $186M postal service network contract

New contract continues around-the-clock network services that began in 1997 under the Managed Network Services award.

Big Blue completes purchase of Canadian cloud provider

Acquisition of Toronto's Platform Computing is expected to accelerate IBM’s growth in smarter computing arena.

CACI hires former Joint Chiefs of Staff policy adviser

New hire is charged with developing and evolving corporate strategy and key client relationships.

SRA will operate all facets of HHS health care data bank

Five-year contract calls for system and software development, call center operations, document processing, security and more.

QinetiQ hire charged with expanding client base

New senior vice president previously served as vice president of strategy and business development at SAIC.

Vangent gains pounds for General Dynamics with UK award

Subsidiary will develop a solution to calculate quality outcomes for British general practitioners and clinical groups.

SRA wins $60M award for NIH support services

Services include a full range of NIH IT service desk, training and desktop support.

CACI gains 2 support tasks for DOJ divisions

Work supports the Executive Office for United States Attorneys and the Civil Rights Division’s Geographic Information System.

Harris expands IT services on Air Force networks

Current modernizing of Air Force network systems will include AFNet hardware with system engineering, and software configuration.

SAIC develops next-gen Army training system

Award calls for conceptual modeling, engineering, design, test and integration services on OneSAF system.

Alion tests commercial tech for Army combat ops

Company will perform engineering, reliability and risk assessments on commercial and government technologies.

Citizant gains 2 tasks on HUD enterprise architecture contract

The contractor will establish a four-year strategic planning horizon and support EA implementation through segment architecture development.

IBM starts 2012 with software testing firm acquisition

The purchase will improve software application quality by using cloud computing technologies to test it prior to delivery.

Johnson Controls wins $16M DOD solar energy contract at Fort Bliss

The project will include new utility monitoring and control IT systems to manage energy at 120 buildings on base and other improvements.

ICF completes $100M purchase of web developer

The acquisition adds the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Veterans Affairs Department and the National Science Foundation, among others, as ICF customers.