On Friday, American Systems’ Jason Frye was named the new vice president and executive director of the company’s Human Capital and Managed Services (HC&MS) offerings. Frye, who has been with American Systems since 2007, will now head the company’s effort to provide a wide range of critical staffing and managed services solutions for its customers […] More

With the change in administration and push toward insourcing, every contract executive’s job just got a little tougher. Challenges abound: Faster turnaround time for proposals, tightening federal budgets, new compliance guidelines, plus increasing competition for talent and bids. Add to the mix contentious debate over the definition of “inherently governmental services“ “” a conundrum exacerbated […] More

Joanne Newman joined L-3 Communications Corporation in May 2001. Here’s her take on the current contracts environment: ExecutiveBiz: How, if at all, is the current insourcing discussion affecting your overall approach to business? Joanne Newman: The inherently governmental discussion is being looked at hard within L-3. We're anticipating and in fact are now negotiating a […] More

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit a Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT) manufacturing facility that builds the F-35 fighter aircraft, the Pentagon’s costliest arms purchase program, a move that highlights its strategic importance to the DoD. Gates will speak to reporters at the Lockheed plant in Fort Worth, Texas, and then pay a visit to a Greenville, […] More