Acquisition
OMB, GSA to oversee TBM buys
A new review board will to supervise agency procurement of TBM tools and services and make recommendations about acquisition and deployment strategies.
Cybersecurity
Small business cuts coming amid NBIB merger
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, which is absorbing National Background Investigations Bureau expects to combine contracting offices and staff, while shrinking small business goals.
Acquisition
OTAs primed for growth
The Pentagon and DHS are leading the way in using other transaction authority to leverage emerging technologies.
Modernization
GSA preps 5G plan
The General Services Administration will issue a white paper on how it will move ahead with 5G wireless services.
Acquisition
IT procurement fraud ring targets federal agencies
An international group of criminals is using DHS and other federal agencies' solicitations to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars of IT gear, according to a watchdog report.
Modernization
DOD responds to JEDI ruling
The Defense Department speaks out on the federal court ruling for its JEDI cloud buy and stands by its fixed-price, single-award strategy.
Modernization
AT&T posts $1 billion DOJ telecom win
The Justice Department intends to leverage the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to drive modernization.
Acquisition
Watchdog cites improper contract action
A Federal Acquisition Service manager helped a consultancy get on two multiple award contracts, according to the agency's inspector general's office.
Acquisition
GSA on track with schedules, EIS
GSA's Federal Acquisition Service is successfully shepherding a comprehensive series of initiatives to streamline the procurement process for agencies and companies.
Modernization
USDA set to release EIS task order
The Agriculture Department is close to issuing its solicitation for modernized telecommunications infrastructure.
Acquisition
Republicans urge Trump not to interfere with JEDI cloud buy
Top defense committee Republicans sent a letter to President Donald Trump, warning that delays to the $10 billion JEDI cloud acquisition would endanger national security.
Modernization
Is a Trump review on tap for JEDI?
President says "I’ve had very few things where there’s been such complaining" as the Pentagon's cloud acquisition has prompted.
Acquisition
DHS gets serious about a new financial system
The Department of Homeland Security is trying to unify its highly federated structure by switching to enterprise financial management
Acquisition
Federal contractor sentenced
A federal contractor who also served as a Virginia state legislator was sentenced by a federal judge for defrauding the government to get small business contracts.
Acquisition
EIS vendors don't see rush to modernize
The government wants agencies to use the $50 billion, 10- year Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecom contract to support IT modernization but in the early stages most customers want to make sure the phones stay on.
Acquisition
GSA releases e-commerce solictiation
The e-commerce effort dubbed "Amazon for government" is getting closer to becoming reality with a draft solicitation released by the General Services Administration.
Modernization
EIS delayed by shaky transition contract
The contract to manage the move to the General Services Administration's big telecom vehicle had some big holes and likely contributed to delaying the transition, according to a new watchdog report.
Cybersecurity
JEDI and C2E: Is it worth comparing the DOD and ODNI cloud plans?
The intelligence community's top IT official said that DOD is "where we were five years ago" when the CIA opted to pursue a single vendor, single cloud solution.
Modernization
Oracle fires back in JEDI lawsuit as court date approaches
Lawyers for Amazon Web Services, the Department of Justice and Oracle are set to deliver oral arguments in the long-running JEDI lawsuit on July 10, while an award from DOD is expected in late August.
Modernization
Federal CIO issues new data center strategy
Suzette Kent told a House panel that the new policy "focuses on enabling aggressive closure and ensuring efficient operations."
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