After 20 years in the government contracting media business, I sense personally how much the industry mourns the passing of the true GovCon titan in Jack London of CACI. The ever vigilant Jack
Controversial plastic hardener bisphenol-A (BPA), best known for the extensively-reported controversy over its use in plastic baby bottles and sippy cups, has shown up somewhere new: receipts from retail cash registers. A
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According to the latest ruling out of the Ninth Circuit Court, it’s perfectly legal for federal agents to secretly plant a GPS locator on your car in the middle of the night,
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In a new report, the Government Accountability Office found that neither the federal government nor private sector stakeholders are satisfied with the other’s performance in the public/private partnership to secure cyberspace. However,
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Although China has made some progress in military transparency, its effort are inadequate, and the nation’s decision to suspend military-to-military contacts with the United States is acting against the interests of both
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In its 2009 terrorism report, released last Thursday, the State Department said al-Qaeda’s core membership in Pakistan is “the most formidable terrorist organization targeting the U.S. homeland.” Â Despite “significant setbacks” in 2009,
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Leaked Defense Department files from the controversial website WikiLeaks.org appear to confirm that Pakistan’s ISI spy agency attempted to poison at least one contractor using alcoholic beverages. Â The incident happened in June
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Jacob “Jack” Lew, Obama’s nominee to replace Peter Orszag as Director of OMB, has served at the State Department since the last time he served as Director of OMB for President Clinton.
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At last Thursday’s AFCEA Cybersecurity Symposium held in Washington, D.C., White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt delivered a keynote speech emphasizing a strategy of deterrence to fight cyber criminals and the need
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Ashton Carter, DoD’s undersecretary for acquisitions and the man picked by Robert M. Gates to free up $100 billion in the defense budget, met with leaders of the government contracting community last
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Speaking at GSA’s 2010 Network Services Conference, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson told conference attendees: “There are huge benefits to government through the transition to Networx. GSA stands ready to support the transition.
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