Contracts/Awards
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Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, discusses the efforts to green the military.
August 19, 2011 -
The largest PC company in the world — HP — is killing its touchPad and all of their webOS-based products. HP is also trying to sell its PC business. HP is still one of the…
August 19, 2011 -
The Army awarded General Dynamics and BAE Systems contracts for the technology development phase of the Ground Combat Vehicle contract.
August 19, 2011 -
The nine biggest contractors make more than 70 percent of their revenue from the federal government.
August 18, 2011 -
Kevin Connelly is a partner at Seyfarth Shaw. He has chaired the firm\'s government contracts practice group since 2002.
August 18, 2011 -
Debra Filippi is a former federal employee and is now a Principal Consultant at Suss Consulting.
August 18, 2011 -
Bewtra also shares what he thinks agencies can to do make doing business with government easier.
August 18, 2011 -
Jacques Gansler is the former undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
August 17, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: VA\'s new social media policy, the Army restarts its cloud email migration and more buyouts at federal agencies.
August 17, 2011 -
A bipartisan group of senators is urging the Defense Department to release information on contractor debt collection after the department\'s Inspector General report found deficiencies in DoD\'s debt collection practices.
August 15, 2011 -
The Pentagon is preparing a new approach that will allow it to buy and develop cybersecurity capabilities more quickly. If it succeeds, officials said they plan to expand it to other areas of IT.
August 15, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: USPS announced it\'s considering massive job cuts, Veterans Affairs large-scale IT contract under siege from bid protests and expanded benefits to the post-9/11 GI Bill.
August 12, 2011 -
The Veterans Affairs Department\'s multibillion dollar IT contract is facing complaints by General Dynamics and Standard Communications. A third protestor, D&S Consultants, filed a different protest with the Court of Federal Claims. Meanwhile, VA has awarded SAIC the 15th and final spot on T4.
August 11, 2011 -
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking about what kinds of data and how much information it should collect on the pay and benefits of federal contractor employees. OFCCP also could use the data to identify contractors who are not abiding by the 1965 Executive Order.
August 11, 2011 -
Lockheed Martin was awarded an $84 million deal with the Air Force to supply the service with four weapons systems trainers, This story is part of Federal News Radio\'s daily DoD Report.
August 10, 2011