Allen Federal\'s Larry Allen explains the impact of the acquisitions on the contracting community.
SRA, an IT services and consulting company, is expected to be sold to a private equity firm for more than $1.8 billion.
Former federal procurement policy chief Steve Kelman says you should think about share-in-savings contracts.
This is the company\'s third acquisition in the federal business development market since 2009.
After 10 years of development and planning, the Defense Logistics Agency, the Defense Department\'s primary purchaser of almost everything besides weapons systems, is beginning to roll out a new enterprisewide system to automate the writing and management of the thousands of contract actions it processes each day.
The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded one of the remaining big deals under the Networx telecommunications contract to Qwest.
With cybersecuirty professionals in short supply, the Army is reaching out to contractors for help.
The Government Accountability Office said in findings announced to Congress Tuesday that the Nunn-McCurdy amendment, designed to curtail cost growth in Defense programs, has succeeded in bringing an end to only one overly costly military program in the last 14 years.
Dave Patterson is the executive director of the National Defense Business Institute at the University of Tennessee, College of Business Administration. In his role, he helps students understand the appropriate method for implementing IT acquisition. March 29, 2011
Former Congressman Tom Davis (VA-R) joins host Roger Waldron for a discussion on the federal procurement system. Plus, Davis gives his take on the current budget debate. March 29, 2011
Both Raytheon and Northrop claim part of an Army Forces Command contract to support military operational and training needs.
Technologies developed for federal government may have been used to \"harm U.S. citizens on behalf of clients in the private sector.\"
Ashton Carter, the Defense Department\'s undersecretary for acquisitions, said the Pentagon can buy things quickly when it truly needs to. But when it comes to supporting overseas contingency operations, he said the country needs a dedicated, permanent \"fast lane\" that leapfrogs DoD\'s notoriously slow methods of buying goods and services.
If you want to do business with the federal government, you have to follow the rules. In theory, those rules are designed to make sure agencies, and in turn, taxpayers, get the best for their…
The idea is to trade one of your acquisition experts to another agency in exchange for one who knows more about a specific procurement need you have.