GovCon Travelogue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Celebrating the Fourth of July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, may have lacked the customary fireworks that add celebratory spirit to our national independence, but my fireworks happened on July 6 as I entered the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia, the final phase of a two-and-a-half-year process to gain an entry visa for my newly adopted daughter,
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Emergency Alert System’s PLAN to Evolve in 2012 With Text Messaging

In the age of DVRs, time-shifted TV and satellite radio, getting “This is a test of the emergency broadcast system”-style messages to areas of potential emergency has become a critical problem. Yesterday, in an INPUT blog entry, “FEMA and FCC announce a new PLAN to keep the nation safe,” INPUT’s Kristin Howe, Analyst, Homeland Security & Justice/Public Safety,
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Government Contracting April Fools’ Day Wrap-up

[updated 4/5] Added TSA, USDA Forest Service and U.S. Chamber of Commerce pieces.  Government contracting is serious business, but even (some) strait-laced government and government contracting types got into the spirit of April Fools’ Day. Here are a few brave souls who took off their serious hats for a day of fun, with April Fools’
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FedTalks 2010 Recap: Deploying Technology That Enhances Government, Citizen Engagement

In a very compact and detailed exploration of Gov 2.0, FedScoop’s FedTalks 2010 dove into the web 2.0 and cloud initiatives government agencies are deploying to meet actual needs and improve productivity and service value. The one-day conference, held in Washington, DC’s Shakespeare Theater, focused heavily on how government agencies can be successful at implementing web 2.0
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Department of the Interior’s USGS Earthquake HQ Gets Early Morning Shake-Up

While the U.S. Department of the Interior is prone to shake-ups of the political kind, the staff at the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program office headquartered in Reston, Virginia experienced a rare 3.6 earthquake that woke up many in the greater Washington, DC metro region at 5:04 am ET.  The quake itself,
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Boeing Blogger Unloads on EADS

Casual Friday took an interesting flight today as Dan Beck, director of external and advocacy communications for Boeing’s Defense, Space and Security business unit decided to take a bite out of EADS’ recent movements into Boeing’s military tanker business. The language between the two has been the stuff of fighting legend after EADS North America announced its
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Oil Spill Creates Contracting Opportunities

Any good business owner sees opportunity in any disaster and the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is currently fueling the need for specialized contracts with small to medium-sized firms. To ensure that small business owners can get to the latest information (including how to sign up for a contract), the U.S. Small
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Deltek Clarity: Focus on IT Report Unveils Surprises in GovCon IT Spending

This afternoon, Rich Wilkinson, Deltek’s VP, Government Contracting, unveiled the results of the Deltek Clarity: Focus on IT Report, sharing analysis, insights and predictions on the current and future states of GovCon firms’ IT spending. The survey posed over 40 questions to 233 Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and senior IT executives from a wide array of GovCon
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