The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has awarded Unisys (NYSE: UIS) a potential five-year, $11.2 million contract to move approximately 4, 000 OCC employees to a cloud-based email platform. Unisys said Thursday it will provide analysis, design, transition planning and development services intended to facilitate OCC&...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2016 ” The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Washington chapter has named new members to its executive board for 2016 to 2017 as well as additional members to the board of directors, GovCon Executive reported Friday. AFCEA said July 14 it appointed the following execu...
July 11 – July 15 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson   One of the world’s two largest airplane manufacturers is mulling acquisitions in the defense services arena that would continue a trend among prime contractors toward capability-based dea...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 27, 2016 ” Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer for IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) global business services, believes one-third of the U.S. government’s $3 trillion healthcare budget has been underutilized, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. Salzman wrote in an IBM Center for the Business of Government blog ...
3M subsidiary Ceradyne will provide 177, 000 body armor plates to the U.S. armed forces under a $92.7 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The Minnesota-headquartered company said Wednesday the lightweight “enhanced” small arms protective inserts are embedded into tactical vests in efforts to prote...
The GovCon Index held lower throughout Friday trade in a reflection of dim sentiment in U.S. markets and closed down 1.052 percent to 77.038 with many of the GCI’s largest prime contractors as the biggest decliners after a nearly four-day stretch as the drivers of gains. Friday’s close puts the Index at a loss of 0.155&nbs...
The GovCon Index fell 0.982 percent — or 0.769 points — to 77.553 as the 30-company list of government contractor stocks was dragged down by the sell-off in U.S. financial markets Friday on disappointing earnings reports from blue chip stocks. All 11 GCI companies co-listed in the S&P 500 composite index closed in nega...
The GovCon Index held onto a positive close for the third consecutive session Tuesday at 0.148 points to 76.362 after a descent from a strong open to negative territory in early afternoon trade before a reversal into green. Losses by technology shares on disappointing earnings reporters weighed on U.S. markets but were offset by ...
March 28 – April 1 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson An acquisition deal announced this week appears on the surface to have its roots in Tokyo and Texas but its impact will also be felt right here in the Washington region with respect to the fed...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 14, 2016 ” BAE Systems will provide communications and electronics systems maintenance to the Naval Air Warfare Center™s aircraft division under a two year, $34 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the contract includes management of logistics, support planning and integration, ...
