Posts from GovCon Daily 09/21/2015

Deborah Lee James: CR’s Top-Line Funding Number Lower Than Sequestration Budget

The U.S. Air Force would feel greater and potentially worse effects from a continuing resolution than a full-year budget for fiscal 2016, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told Defense News in an interview published Sunday…

CACI to Help Navy Build, Install Airborne C4I Systems; Ken Asbury Comments

The U.S. Navy has awarded CACI International a 20-month, $63.5 million contract to support the Naval Air Warfare Center’s research and development work on C4I (command, control, computers, communications, intelligence) technologies…

Deltek: Agencies Increased Use of LPTA Method to Evaluate IT Bid Proposals

A new Deltek report indicates that federal agencies’ use of the “lowest price-technically acceptable” methodology to acquire professional services and information technology offerings rose from 29 percent in fiscal 2012 to 32 percent during fiscal 2014…

DHS Awards Galois, Waverley Labs DDoS Defense Program Contracts

The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $2.33 million in contracts to Galois and Waverley Labs for support of the science and technology directorate’s cybersecurity research and development program on distributed denial of service attacks…

David Wennergren: Agencies Need IT-Savvy Acquisition Personnel

David Wennergren, senior vice president of technology at the Professional Services Council, believes government agencies need what he called information technology-savvy acquisition professionals to achieve their goals, FCW reported Friday…