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Virginia native Bill Mixon currently serves as CEO of USIS, the largest supplier of security investigations for the federal government, as well as the National Security Division, a major supplier of critical national security services supporting a wide variety of vital programs throughout the world. Mixon's professional background includes more …

Cyber Command, like many other new job creators, chose Texas for the new home of their command center and, according to a Wall St. Journal opinion piece and Governor Rick Perry, Texas has created more new jobs than all other 49 states combined. In the WSJ piece entitled “Soak the …

United States Investigations Services, a former federal government entity privatized in 1996, has announced a deal to acquire Labat-Anderson, Inc., a professional services firm specializing in providing litigation services to the federal government. Labat-Anderson and its more than 700 employees will operate as a stand-alone entity within USIS’s Government Solutions …

CACI International, Inc., a Fortune 1000 and Russell 2000 provider of IT and professional services, revealed today it has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a maximum value of $84 million to continue advertising, media and marketing support to the Army National Guard  State Media Services Program.The contract …

The last time we spoke with Jeff Handy, president of Fulcrum IT, the company was growing over 20 percent a year. Since then, Fulcrum has continued on its winning streak. Over the past year, it’s secured wins at the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), the …

In the nine and a half years he's been at SRA, Tim Atkin has been involved in every segment of the company: health, civil, and national security. Now Atkin is settling into his new role as executive vice president and chief operating officer “” a role industry insiders are calling …

Recently, three leading CFOs in the government contracting community received a top distinction: Each was named finalist for the Group/Division CFO of the Year award presented by the Northern Virginia Technology Council. In advance of the awards ceremony “” it’s slated for June 3 at the Ritz-Carlton in McLean, Va. …

Webster Data Communications has been under the radar a number of years but that's now changing “” big time.  A values-based IT solutions provider, the company was recently named one of Washington Technology's “Fast 50 Government Contractors,“ and has been recognized as one of the 50 fastest growing Virginia companies …

The newly created State Fiscal Stabilization Fund is shifting a total of $48.3 billion from the Federal budget to the states in an unprecedented opportunity to realize the stimulus effect envisioned by the current administration. The question of how the states will be able to absorb and spend these dollars, along …

On Monday, President Barack Obama met with industry leaders to discuss a long elusive goal: how to save money in the pursuit of more efficient healthcare nationwide. “What’s brought us all together today is a recognition that we can’t continue down the same dangerous road we’ve been traveling  “” the …

Chris Deelsnyder is senior vice president and managing director of ACS’ Government Healthcare Solutions. With $20 billion in the federal stimulus package earmarked for healthcare IT, Deelsnyder weighs in on what projects he sees states funding this year. What healthcare IT projects do you see states funding this year? Chris …

Robert Wah is CSC'S chief medical officer and a vice president in the company's North American Public Sector organization. Here he discusses the next big hurdle for healthcare efficiency nationwide, and how the government contracting community can be part of the solution. How healthcare IT will play out is still …

Eric Wieman is executive vice president of Perot System’s civilian IT division. Here he shares three steps to healthcare IT success among your government customers, and what other trends “” beyond electronic medical records “” he sees coming down the pike. Where do you see the majority of healthcare IT …

Federal customers understand the importance of being part of a “borderless enterprise“ like never before. As vice president of Cisco federal business, Patrick Finn is helping further that enterprise through focus on collaboration: delivering voice, video, and data in an effective way “” whether with a PC, BlackBerry, or video …

For CSC's Jim Sheaffer and Microsoft's Teresa Carlson, it's a shared mission: supporting the DC area's veterans and their families. As president of CSC’s North American Public Sector, Jim Sheaffer and the CSC team routinely recruit veterans, members of the Coast Guard, and Army Reserve. CSC also works with the …