Posts By Elliot Volkman

NGGS: Contractors Motivate Gen Y to Break Through Barriers and Become Leaders

I originally published this on GovWin. As an aside, NGGS11 was an excellent event and every government related employee can learn from it. Though government contractors and federal employees have their differences, one certainty is that the workforce will soon go through an employee transition as baby boomers retire. This means that a younger workforceRead… Read more »

5 Things Harry Potter Can Teach Us About Government Contracting

I originally posted this on GovWin for the release of Harry Potter, and realized a lot of this still connects to federal employees as well. For the broad information that does relate to just contractors, it will at least provide some insight from our side. As J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard franchise prepares to close withRead… Read more »

This Day in GovCon History, June 16, 1911: A Century of IBM Incorporation

Authored by Anthony Critelli June 16, 1911, was the founding of government contractor and corporate giant IBM. The company was formed via the merger of Tabulating Machine Company, Computing Scale Company of America and International Time Recording Company into Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) by trust organizer Charles F. Flint. Though the company is celebrating a centuryRead… Read more »

INPUT Analysts to Preview 2012 IT Market

Authored by GovWin’s Sean Tucker What will it take to survive in the federal IT market in fiscal year 2012? The smartest companies are already gameplanning for the new reality. The 2011 federal budget process was one of the messiest on record. Political battles left the government operating without a true budget for most ofRead… Read more »

CDC Releases Zombie Preparedness Guide; We Uncover Additional Federal Zombie Opportunities

Originally published on GovWin As reported in many news sites today, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released a new document that highlights the potential concern of a zombie invasion occurring in the future. A zombie specifically known as a Jockey. Courtesy of Valve If such an event does occur (and it will), theRead… Read more »

VA Officials Detail Acquisition Efforts

Authored by Sean Tucker “The metrics say we’re the best large-scale health care organization in the world.” “But if you look at Facebook posts, it turns out we’re not universally popular for the services we provide.” That, Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Information Officer Roger Baker told a crowd of IT industry leaders, is theRead… Read more »

What do Tow Trucks, Contractors and the Royal Wedding have in common?

Authored by Anthony Critelli While the hoopla around the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will not do much to help U.S. contractors battling shrinking government budgets, we have detailed the many opportunities existing for their British counterparts. It should be noted that the only major cost said to be borne by taxpayersRead… Read more »

When APPS and AppStore Have Nothing to Do with APPLE – The Joy of Government Program Acronyms

Authored by Micheal Mullen Government’s long list of acronyms often comes with unintended (or perhaps intended) double meanings. While our first role is to help GovWin members find new opportunities that best suit their company’s specialties, here are a few program names that caught our eye as we were searching through the INPUT database. ForRead… Read more »

If the Government Shuts Down, Should I Go to That Conference?

Authored by Sean Tucker It’s a simple question – if the government shuts down, should I still go to an event where the speaker is a government employee? – but no one seems to have a simple answer. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) referred us to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMBRead… Read more »