Mid-Tier Contractors Getting Left Out
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For many years, the middle tier of companies in the $200 billion federal services industry was regarded as a source of innovation and productivity. They grew into companies that today are big names in the contracting space -- SRA, Alion, CACI and Mantech.
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Many small-business applications that offer templated tools for business owners often fly under the radar, widely unknown to larger businesses.
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While it's relatively common for licensees to neglect to share their code, parties typically work through the issue without having to go to court.
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Dwindling petroleum engineers create another challenge for the industry.
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Global competition can be a drag. It all but guarantees a steady stream of restructuring, outsourcing, and the nagging insecurity that comes from knowing someone out there may be trying to take your job.
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Read the fine print. The people who decide how to resolve your disputes with your homebuilder might not be so impartial.
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Hard disk containing details on 3 million candidates goes missing at facility run by contractor for the Driving Standards Agency.
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Private security contractors do indispensable work in Iraq, but the muscle-bound showiness associated with these hired guns, and lack of control over them, is drawing criticism.
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If war is out of control, contractorsâ incentives may lead to errors.
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A contractor for the Target Corporation had not paid overtime to hundreds of immigrants who often worked seven nights a week.
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The most dynamic, future-oriented industries are having trouble finding qualified employees.
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When businesses along Route 28 took the unusual step of taxing themselves to build a wider, better highway, they expected easier access would mean more customers. Instead, they say, the changes have left them off the side of the road, out of sight and hard to find.
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'Shorty' kicks blades out of the data center and onto the floor The mid-market push has definitely been heating up for tech vendors in recent weeks. We've already seen Dell, IBM and Hitachi touting their simplified server and storage lines with SMB-aimed gear, and frankly, we're starting to recite the hard sell for companies with limited budgets and expertise in our sleep.â¦
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Private consultants hired by the Department of Homeland Security have found widespread problems with its contracting operation, including nearly three dozen contract files that could not be located.
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Working Western contracts in India isn't enough. Now they're outsourcing too.
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Corporate customers are still tight-fisted with their budgets as they put off needed upgrades, analysts say.
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About 250 employees of the General Services Administration are being transferred out of an acquisition program where work has fallen off, officials announced yesterday.