Michael S. Santelli Michael S. Santelli has added the role of president at OMNIPLEX World Services Corp. and will continue to serve in his current capacity as chief operating officer at the Chantilly, Va.-based intelligence, investigative and security services contractor. The company also named Philip T. Sweeney as its executive chairman and chairman... 

Finding The New Normal Bob Kipps, Managing Director, KippsDeSanto & Company With only 15 government services and 25 defense M&A deals announced so farFederal Acquisition Regulations this year (vs 72 for the comparable period in 2012), itInformation Technology may seem premature to say the M&A market’s back in equilibrium. However,... 

Editor’s Note 6/6/13: GovCon Wire inadvertently published a draft version of this story that incorrectly indicated that Larry Prior had previously worked at CSC and misstated Alan Weakely’s role with the firm. This misleading copy was never meant to be published and we apologize for any confusion. The below story is the factual report. Larry... 

Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, recently caught up with Executive Mosaic, parent company of the Potomac Officers Club (P.O.C) and publisher of GovCon Wire, to provide some detailed insight and perspective into the 2013 sequester. McAleese will be speaking on May 14 at the P.O.C’s Post-Sequestration Summit with... 

Dr. Stephen Fuller, director of the George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis, recently caught up with Executive Mosaic, parent company of this website and the Potomac Officers Club, to offer his insights and analysis on the impact of federal spending and sequestration on the Washington regional economy. Fuller will expand upon this perspective... 

In addition to staying on top of breaking executive activity at the leading government contracting firms, Executive Mosaic and its flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire) has established itself as a foremost presence in the world of international government contracting. Much has made been about defense contractors’ increased activity... 

Strongbridge Corp. has had an active first quarter to the 2013 year, as itInformation Technology expanded work with a key customer in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and continued to secure public-facing communications, help desk and outreach contracts. Here is a recap of some of their activity, updated to include some related activity... 

Boeing Co. has won a $128,393,761 contract modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the contractual rights of the parties. Change order: A written order, signed byBudget Year the CO, directing that the contractor to make a change authorized byBudget Year the "changes" clause. Not issued without... 

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has won a $173,643,542 contract with the U.S. Air Force to sustain the LITENING targeting pod system, which externally attaches to several aircraft and includes an infrared sensor. The Defense Department announced Thursday that the award was structured as a firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable-no-fee, time and material contract. The... 

Mark Weatherford Mark Weatherford will join the The Chertoff Group May 1 as a principal in its Washington, D.C. office and work to to grow the firm’s security services and consulting business lines. The former chief information security officer for the states of California and Colorado joins the firm from the Department of Homeland Security, where...