Not playing games with process

Appian founder and CEO Matt Calkins has taken his love of strategic board games to build a winning business process management company that has been growing rapidly.

Lockheed provides Coast Guard with training, tech support

Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide training and technical support to the Coast Guard under a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract that has a $57 million ceiling value.

Recently retired Army exec plans new company, consulting career

Gary Winkler, who recently retired after more than four years as the Army program executive officer for Enterprise Information Systems, is planning to take a two-pronged approach to his new civilian career as a national security consultant.

2010, the year of the big comeback for IT M&As

Merger and acquisition activity in the IT and communications sector made a strong recovery in 2010, with more than 1,900 M&A deals, a new IDC survey finds.

Apptis, SAIC win $635M DISA contract extensions

Apptis Inc. and Science Applications International Corp. have been awarded two contract modifications by the Defense Information Systems Agency that will add two six-month option periods and increase the ceiling amount of the contracts to $4.8 billion from $4.2 billion.

SAIC reports modest increases in fourth-quarter, fiscal 2011 revenues

SAIC saw its fourth-quarter revenues increase 3 percent over the previous year's quarter, from $2.68 billion to $2.77 billion, while revenues for fiscal 2011 rose a modest 2 percent overall to $11.1 billion.

Inside CACI's health care IT strategy

Within two weeks of retiring from the Army, Col. Keith Salzman, has begun to triage CACI's health care business. Where does he want to take health IT?

Alion wins award for Navy warfare systems assistance

Alion Science and Technology Corp. has won a five-year, $200 million delivery order to provide professional support services to the Navy Program Executive Office - Integrated Warfare Systems.

FedStore adds senior VP for sales and marketing strategy

FedStore Corp. continues to revamp its executive team, hiring Jay Jabbari, a 22-year industry veteran, as senior vice president of sales. Jabbari will report directly to President Skip Trahern, who joined the IT services provider in mid-March.

HP expands services with purchase of analytics provider

Hewlett-Packard Co., in another step to expand its services beyond hardware sales, has acquired Vertica Systems Inc., a provider of real-time analytics. Financial terms were not reported.

HP wins big payout on Nevada’s Medicaid program

Hewlett-Packard Co. has won a five-year, $176 million services agreement with the Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy to strengthen Medicaid operations and help position the state for health care reform.

Former Sun, Robbins-Gioia exec on witnessing three tech revolutions

A longtime industry executive shares his view on technology and the value of content in the government market.

Retired Army general will lead ManTech's strategic initiatives

ManTech International Corp. has named retired Army Gen. Daniel Keefe senior vice president for strategic initiatives in its Technical Services Group.

Northrop team builds $1.1B DHS classified communications system

Northrop Grumman Corp. is leading a team that captured a seven-year task order for a classified DHS network.

Small-biz trio to vie for $495M in DOD task orders

Three D.C.-area small-business IT contractors will vie for task order work under a Defense Department contract that has a maximum value of $495 million.

SAIC moves into third phase of anti-WMD tech development

Science Applications International Corp. has won a three-year, $23 million Defense Department task order to work on Phase 3 of the Integrated Weapons of Mass Destruction Toolset, developing technology specifically designed to reduce WMD threats.

Tom Davis offers warnings and hope for government contractors

The government is broke. Nevertheless, there is some good news for the government contracting community if you can help agencies save money, says former Congressman Tom Davis.

FedStore hires industry veteran to run the shop

Skip Trahern, a 27-year industry veteran, is taking the reins as president of FedStore Corp.

Idaho contractor wins DOE contract to upgrade IT program

CRI Advantage Inc. will provide IT support services to the Energy Department Office of the Chief Financial Officer’s iManage Program under a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $36 million.

Remembering Dan Bannister

Friends and colleagues are remembering technology community giant Dan Bannister, former founder, president and CEO of DynCorp., who passed away March 13. He was 80.