by Joe Katzman | Feb 8, 2007 | Domestic Security, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, T&C - IBM
America’s “Department of Homeland Security” has grown significantly in the wake of 9/11, and contracting growth has accompanied this trend. While the organization scrambles to hire experienced procurement staff, it must still manage the programs...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 8, 2007 | Clothing, Contracts - Awards, Field Reports, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, USA
US Army (L) & Iraqi soldier(click to view full) Propper International, Inc. in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico won a maximum $7.1 million contract for battle dress uniform coats and trousers for Iraqi Security Forces. The contract will end on Aug. 4, 2007. Propper will use...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2007 | Budgets, Issues - Political, USA
The US Department of Defense has submitted its FY 2008 budget request for $481.4 billion. This is 9.5% more than the FY 2006 request, and 4% more than the $462.8 billion eventually appropriated by Congress in the FY 2007 budget. Note that this is just the first step...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2007 | Contracts - Awards, Industry & Trends, IT - General, IT - Software & Integration, Other Corporation, Procurement Innovations, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, T&C - IBM, USA
Your server… or mine?(click to view full) Traditional computer infrastructure setup is fairly straightforward: buy the equipment, set up the data centers, plan for future capacity needs, and add or change systems as required. Applied in another sector, it...
by Joe Katzman | Feb 7, 2007 | ABM, Contracts - Awards, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, T&C - CSC
Computer Science Corp. of Arlington, VA received an estimated $151.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract for scientific, engineering, and technical assistance support. These efforts will be part of the USA’s National Team for defense against...
