Posts from GovConWire for 10/05/2015

Reuters: Lockheed Eyes IT Business Combination with Another US Contractor

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has begun discussions about a possible combination of its government information technology and technical services businesses with a fellow U.S. contractor, Reuters reported Friday…

DHA Reaches Full Operational Capability; Jonathan Woodson, Douglas Robb Comment

The Defense Health Agency has achieved full operational capability as it works to standardize military health services, DoD News reported Friday. Shannon Collins writes DHA achieved FOC as a combat support agency Thursday as it celebrates its second anniversary…

Eric Hysen Joins DHS as Digital Service Lead

Eric Hysen, formerly a member of White House’s U.S. Digital Service, has joined the Department of Homeland Security as the department’s digital service lead. Hysen wrote in an article for Medium…

FirstNet Board OKs Resolutions for Program’s Final RFP; Sue Swenson Comments

The First Responder Network Authority moved closer to the deployment of a nationwide public safety broadband network after its board approved a national acquisition strategy and other elements of the program’s request for proposals…

October 5 Morning Report: GovCon Index Jumps on Oil Price Rise

The GovCon Index closed 70.664 at the end of Friday trading, recovering with a gain of 0.689 points. The U.S. stock market suffered an initial drop following the release of a Labor low jobs growth report but a jump in crude oil prices put the figures back on positive territory, the Wall Street Journal reported…