The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected Firstview Federal Technology Solutions LLC to provide the department a cloud computing-based mobile application store, Nextgov reports. According to Bob Brewin, Firstview will also provide the VA mobile device management software under the $4.4 million contract awarded last week. The Defense Information Systems …

GCS Founder and CEO Nicole Geller said many agencies already embrace cloud services, but there is not a consistent understanding of the best way to do so or what is out there to embrace.  The cloud process can potentially speed technology adoption and allow agencies to reshape their information technology …

The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, Professional Services Council and Washington Technology have announced the finalists for the 9th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards. The premier awards program for the renowned Washington metro government contracting community,  honored the leadership, innovation and commitment to excellence of the individuals and businesses …

Recruiting and retaining top talent has always been a human resources departments’ biggest goal and challenge. So what is the secret to attracting and sustaining employees? Thinking outside the box, of course. Alion Science and Technology launched Alion University, which provides employees with distance-learning education on a wide array of …

Your product is your people. Holding on to them isn’t easy. Not when it comes to current challenges faced by government contracting. The list of challenges is long, topped by the prevailing question over insourcing. While no one knows for sure where the issue will land, contractors are already seeing …

Healthcare Informatics revealed its list of the top 100 healthcare IT firms and a number of Washington-area companies made the cut. Falls Church-based CSC was the highest ranking Beltway firm, checking in at number six. SAIC‘s healthcare group ranked at 24.  Anthony Hess‘ group brought in $378 million in 2009.  …

This week, Agilex Technologies and Harris decided to extend their partnership for health information technology.

Mike Bowers is senior vice president of the homeland security and civilian sector at INDUS Corporation. In that capacity, Bowers is responsible for the operations, growth and development of the homeland security and civilian sector. Bowers has more than 24 years of experience leading and managing IT services, solutions and …

Healthcare reform may still be up in the air, but this much is certain: Health information technology will be the foundational element in any reform effort — and  contractors will play an important role. That was made clear this past year by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and accompanying …

On Tuesday, Capgemini announced that its subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, LLC, has expanded its internal leadership team and named external directors to its board. The new additions to the public sector leadership team are Jose Garcia, who was appointed vice president to lead the U.S. state and local business practice, …