The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has found an innovative way to address a shortage of trained acquisition professionals, growing contracting complexities and a need to curb waste, fraud and abuse for itself and other federal agencies.
Since September 2008, the VA has operated its own Acquisition Academy – a school built from the ground up to train a new generation of procurement officers to handle the agency’s $16 billion annual procurement budget. Keep reading →
Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HDSN) announced that it has been awarded, as prime contractor, a five-year contract including a five-year renewal option, by the United States Defense Logistics Agency (“DLA”) with an estimated maximum value over the term of the agreement of $400 million in sales to the Department of Defense. The fixed price contract is… Keep reading →
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced that Avnet Government Solutions, LLC, its wholly owned subsidiary focused on the U.S. public sector, has expanded its General Services Administration (GSA) schedule to include Catalogic Software technology products and solutions. Catalogic Software helps organizations worldwide manage and orchestrate the use of data in… Keep reading →
West Corporation, a leading provider of technology-enabled communication services, announced today that its Intrado subsidiary will be rebranded as “West.” The change will be effective during the first quarter of 2016. West acquired Intrado in 2006 and then made several additional acquisitions to bolster its safety services offerings. These products and solutions will come together… Keep reading →
Sutherland Government Solutions, Inc. has been awarded the GSA IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. The GSA IT Schedule 70 is the largest, most widely used acquisition vehicle in the federal government, providing direct access to information technology products, services and solutions from more than 5000 certified industry partners. Sutherland Government Solutions is a newly launched… Keep reading →
The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), the premier public-private partnership in the government IT community, announced the five winning programs and overall winner for the 15th Annual Excellence.Gov Awards. The event honors the best of government information technology (IT) programs demonstrating proven strategies and solutions. A total of 30 finalists from 21 federal,… Keep reading →
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced that Avnet Government Solutions, LLC, its wholly owned subsidiary focused on the U.S. public sector, has moved into its new office in the Washington, D.C. area. Customers will now benefit from Avnet Government Solutions’ new strategic location in Chantilly, Va., which is near the… Keep reading →
Square Roots, a life sciences company focused on pregnancy and the healthy formation of life, announced that it has acquired Fitzgerald Analytics, a leading analytics and data science firm. The cash and stock purchase is central to Square Roots’ strategy to develop evidence-based solutions that improve maternal health in the United States. As part of… Keep reading →
CAPITOL HILL: Chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services committees take pride in the fact their panels have gotten 53 annual defense bills in a row through the often tortuous negotiations required to clear Congress. And Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has often made known his view that the… Keep reading →