Industry

  • The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded one of the remaining big deals under the Networx telecommunications contract to Qwest.

    March 30, 2011
  • By Jason Miller Executive Editor Federal News Radio SAIC won its second contract under NASA’s multi-billion dollar Information Technology Infrastructure Integration Program (I3P). The space agency announced today that it awarded SAIC a contract to…

    March 28, 2011
  • DoJ\'s ITSS-4 multiple award contract gives 20 companies the ability to bid on task orders to provide a variety of technology services.

    March 22, 2011
  • Susan Lawrence, the Army\'s newly-appointed Chief Information Officer members of the IT and communications industry that the service is focused on creating an end-to-end IT infrastructure, eliminating structures that required soldiers to train and live on one network, and deploy on another.

    March 21, 2011
  • Shay Assad, director of the office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told industry professionals Thursday that DoD would provide them with a clearer picture of what the Pentagon wants when it issues solicitations to industry. Past acquisition processes, he said, had forced vendors to guess what factors DoD thought were truly important.

    March 18, 2011
  • The Defense Department is looking to standardize the procedures its components use in source selection under competitive acquisitions. New DoDwide procedures issued this month will take effect in July.

    March 16, 2011
  • The Government Accountability Office sustained protests from two losing bidders under the Transformation and System Consolidation (TASC) program, say government and industry sources.

    March 10, 2011
  • The Defense Department\'s efficiencies initiative isn\'t just about internal DoD processes, the Army\'s acquisition chief said Wednesday. The service wants its vendors to help find ways to reduce costs and take on risk in the process, he said.

    March 10, 2011
  • The Defense Department\'s top technology research official wants to build better bridges with academia and industry - both to conduct present-day studies, and to train the researchers DoD will need in the future.

    March 08, 2011
  • Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of the military\'s new Cyber Command and the director of the NSA, said DoD can help protect private networks from cyber attack - especially critical infrastructure - without infringing on civil liberties. He said civilian agencies and private network operators could leverage NSA\'s capabilities without having the spy agency be in charge of security.

    February 28, 2011
  • The Defense Department\'s procurement chief is asking contractors to submit comments on acquisition practices that increase costs but do not add value to DoD purchases. The request is part of DoD\'s \"Better Buying Initiative.\"

    February 22, 2011
  • Leaders of the Joint Forces Command in Virginia are planning to meet with contractors this week discuss what the command\'s closure will mean for their businesses. If all goes according to plan, the lights will be turned out at JFCOM for the final time in a little more than a year.

    February 22, 2011
  • Sen. Casey proposes legislation that would prevent prime contractors from abusing subcontractors in the acquisitions process.

    February 17, 2011
  • Host Mark Amtower talks to Scott Lewis, CEO of PS Partnerships, about finding and making new partnerships.February 14, 2011 (This is an encore presentation)

    February 15, 2011