Contracts/Awards

  • The Application Security Advisory Board was established to recommend ways to create awareness about the problem of insecure software and help organizations infuse security into the software development lifecycle. Boardmember Hart Rossman explains how it works.

    December 08, 2010
  • This week, host Larry Allen speaks with Carrie Coogan, vice president of consulting for FedSources, about challenges confronting those entering the federal market. December 7, 2010 (Encore Presentation)

    December 07, 2010
  • Contract Connections will feature National institutes of Health (NIH), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Social Security Administration and other federal agencies, as well as the Naval Air Systems Command, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and other military commands. Maryland\'s Lisa Swoboda has details.

    December 07, 2010
  • Bid protests are up, which means so is the workload at GAO. The Government Accountability Office\'s Ralph White explains what\'s involved.

    December 07, 2010
  • \"We want to protect the end user and we don\'t want them to care if it was antivirus or personal firewall; you want to protect them in a broader scheme,\" says ISCA Labs.

    December 07, 2010
  • The Pentagon, even while looking for ways to trim the budget and reduce deficit pressure, tells contractors profit margins should stay intact. We get details from Jim McAleese.

    December 07, 2010
  • Warren Corbett, editor of the Set-Aside Alert, discusses the details of the proposed SBA rule.

    December 06, 2010
  • The New York Times, Daily Beast and other publications report on how agencies and contractors are responding to the WikiLeaks released of classified documents.

    December 06, 2010
  • Host Mark Amtower talks to Scott Lewis, CEO of PS Partnerships, about finding and making new partnerships.December 6, 2010 (Encore Presentation December 13, 2010)

    December 06, 2010
  • Demand for vendor-furnished information security products and services by the U.S. federal government will increase from $8.6 billion in 2010 to $13.3 billion in 2015 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1%. INPUT\'s John Slye explains why.

    December 06, 2010
  • Several of the most promising technological research projects at University System of Maryland-related labs are getting a strategic infusion of federal cash to help them through the most difficult phase of development, and toward the commercial market. Maryland\'s Jacques Gansler explains.

    December 06, 2010
  • IBM has a new tool to spot security vulnerabilities even while they\'re being written.

    December 06, 2010
  • Arnold Fields, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, failed to convince his congressional critics that he\'s qualified to handle his watchdog job.

    December 03, 2010
  • According to a special report on Afghanistan prepared by KGS NightWatch, the number of clashes in October remained elevated at 701. The highlight of the month was the relative calm in Kabul and Parwan Provinces in central Afghanistan. That contrasted sharply with a surge of attacks in Kandahar, the setting for the latest Coalition offensive. 16 of the 34 provinces account for up to 90 percent of the fighting. The Pashtun heartland showed the sharpest deterioration. At current force levels backed by air power, the security situation in Afghanistan should be containable. For the full report, visit KGS NightWatch.com.

    December 02, 2010