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 ...
April 11 – April 15 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Consolidation among companies in the government services sector over the last half-decade has inevitably led market observers to ponder the prospects of merger-and-acquisition deals between the la...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 14, 2016 ” CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) will bid on task orders under the potential $4.3 billion Global Network Services contract awarded in December to provide wireless network transport services, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday it eyes task orders on virtual private networks, Wi-F...
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 24, 2016 ” A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) subsidiary has received a task order under the potential $262 million Transformation Twenty One Total Technology contract to provide claims processing support to the Department of Veterans Affairs, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Systems Made Simple will provide a reposit...
Ascolta, a subsidiary of ViON, has appointed Brad Cox as chief data scientist and Clint Green as chief technology officer. Cox will be responsible for the design and execution of detection tools intended for network intrusions in his role at the Herndon, Virginia-based analytics firm, Ascolta said Thursday. Prior to joining Ascolta, Cox worked ...
Mar. 7 – Mar. 11 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The start of March has given investors everywhere a respite of calm so far after a January and February period of across-the-board, worldwide market volatility that carried over from the end of last year....
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded 21 companies spots under a potential 10-year, $22.3 billion acquisition vehicle that covers information technology upgrades support for VA and other federal agencies. The contractors will compete for task orders to provide healthcare IT, systems and software engineering, enterp...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 4, 2016 ” Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has partnered with Darkblade Systems to develop mobile applications for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under the Defense Department‘s mentor-protege program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Booz Allen said Thursday it will also help the service-...
The Defense Department has started to accept bids for a potential 10-year, $17.5 billion contract that will cover global information technology services to military and defense customers, Nextgov reported Thursday. Frank Konkel writes the Defense Information Systems Agency issued the request for proposals for the Encore III contract t...
