December 2011
Thousand Oaks defense manufacturer to lay off 170
Article Excerpt: Thousand Oaks defense manufacturer ITT Exelis will shut its Willow Lane plant and lay off 170 employees, the company said Friday.
The maker of devices that jam cellphone signals used to set off explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan will close its 150,000-square-foot facility because the U.S. military — its primary customer — has bought all of the devices it needs now that the wars are winding down for the U.S., said Tim White, communications manager for the electronics division.
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Article Source: VCStar.com
DoD authorization bill caps contractor salaries
Article Excerpt: All contractors’ salaries would be capped at $400,000, the president’s salary, under an amendment tacked on to the Senate’s version of the Defense authorization bill approved Thursday.
Currently, a contractor can charge the government up to $693,951 for the salaries of its top five executives, based on an executive compensation formula. That cap does not apply to other contract employees, who can earn more.
The amendment was sponsored by Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.; Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa; and Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.
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Article Source: Federal Times
Military contractor death is a loss for Oklahoma soldiers in Afghanistan
Article Excerpt: We had another recent death in Afghanistan.
This time, it was a Tulsa man who works as a military contractor.
Bob McCullough had a sudden heart attack at 55-years-old while working for DynCorp.
Some of our KRMG listeners may think that sounds sad, but wonder why his death is making news.
There’s one big reason.
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Article Source: KRMG
Small construction firm reboots as government contractor
Article Excerpt: Randy Lebolo is founder and owner of Lebolo Construction Management Inc. in Boynton Beach.
Lebolo started his career as a project engineer in Colombia working for his father before immigrating to the United States in 1999 to start his own construction firm.
The company, which employs 10 professionals, specializes in coordinating and controlling every aspect of a project, such as maintaining construction scheduling, quality and budget.
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Article Source: Orlando Sentinel
Contract to watch: Competition for $18B in data center services on horizon
Article Excerpt: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is opening an $18 billion competition to provide it with a single avenue for buying a broad group of data center services.
The sprawling, 10-year contract vehicle comes in the wake of a federal government-wide data center consolidation effort meant to dramatically reduce the number of data centers.
Full Article: http://goo.gl/1Btv0
Article Source: The Washington Post