Intelligence Riches
For a quarter century, General Dynamics IT has been the lead on the government's contracts for intelligence, information, command and control, equipment and enhancements. The so-called ICE2 contract is not just important, it's lucrative: A deal awarded in 2003 was worth almost $2 billion. Officials burned through that money quickly, and now it appears that General Dynamics' grip on the work may be loosened.
At least, that's according to INPUT, a consulting firm that tracks federal spending. In a new report, INPUT predicts there's a good chance other companies will have a chance at getting a new deal worth up to $2.25 billion.
In case you missed it, intelligence contracting is a very big deal -- and getting bigger by the month.
INPUT believes there's pressure on the government in this case to draw on more contractors.
"The recompete of a global contract with a broad range of product and services requirements opens up a new opportunity for many vendors to reach the fastest growing (and most difficult to enter) federal technology market - the intelligence community," John Slye, manager, federal industry analysis for INPUT, is quoted as saying in a company release promoting its study. "If the new competition takes the form of a multiple award contract then that could really change the fundamental playing field."
By Robert O'Harrow |
December 7, 2007; 1:16 PM ET
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Posted by: Sel Becker | December 14, 2007 10:19 AM
Didn't General Dynamics buy the company that was involved in writing the software for the Talans project or whatever it was called, the one that spied on all kinds of personal information (everything) about a person. The one they were going to put the convicted felon Poindexter in charge of. So the intelligence community just changed the name of it and went about continuing it.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 16, 2007 11:58 PM
Its amazing that anyone would thing any of these contractors could be "trusted" with the information.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 17, 2007 12:01 AM
I think that 98% of leaks of classified data comes from the congress, and other government departments The contractors don't want to lose contracts and that what leaks would do. The have such extremenly strict security controls, you can hardly get unclassified stuff any more.
Posted by: TAR | December 17, 2007 8:16 PM
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Is there any oversight associated with these contracts? What intelligence of value did we receive for the $2.2 billion?