Digital Government

ACT/IAC hires lawyer

Dave Nadler was hired as the trade group's outside counsel.

Acquisition

AT&T extends fee waiver

Agencies purchasing AT&T services on a crossover contract will not pay customary charges.

People

Apogen names new execs

Ed Faulkner is the new group vice president and general manager of the Defense Systems Group, and Gary Higgins becomes chief technology officer.

Acquisition

Groups aim to create contracting opportunities for women

Women Impacting Public Policy and the American Small Business Coalition have partnered to try to help women entrepreneurs.

People

Apogen chooses director of civilian government

Tim Green has been promoted to the position.

Acquisition

Set-aside program for smallest businesses expires

It required agencies to set aside some contracts for companies with 15 employees or fewer.

Acquisition

Eyak gets $15M defense contract

The sole-source engagement could be worth almost $22M if DOD command exercises all contract options.

Digital Government

Savvis launches federal spinoff

Savvis, a global provider of information technology utility services, is creating a separate company to concentrate on the federal government market.

Digital Government

CSC claims $575 million in unannounced deals

Company reveals 97 contracts that it had not previously noted, most with DOD.

Digital Government

PSC elects 2006 officers

The chairman, vice chairman and treasurer will serve second terms.

Acquisition

Study: Contractors fail to use free government resources

Many businesses are missing out on important tools that could provide them with valuable information and access to the government marketplace, it states.

People

Corda gets text technology patent

It can be used in text-to-speech applications for people with visual impairments.

People

DHS extends First Source deadline

Proposals for the $3 billion IT procurement vehicle are now due Jan. 23, 2006.

Digital Government

CACI to buy IT provider

CACI International plans to acquire the assets of Information Systems Support.

People

DiPentima joins SRA board

Gail Wilensky, a senior fellow at an international health education foundation, was also elected to the board.

Modernization

Kilgore to join Coalition for Government Procurement

Greg Kilgore, director of government affairs for Sprint Nextel, is joining the Coalition for Government Procurement as vice president of policy.

People

Former Energy security chief joins Input

Bruce Brody, a former associate CIO at DOE, will lead the research firm's security consulting practice.

Digital Government

Calif. refuses to recertify Diebold voting machines

The secretary of state has put the company's application on hold until Diebold submits its source code for additional testing.

People

Northrop Grumman chooses state and local VP

Jill Kale will become vice president of strategic program management, transitions and processes.

People

DHS approves new AT&T protégé

The company will help HCI Technologies improve its capabilities and make it a more viable contender for DHS information technology business.