Digital Government
Accenture rebuffed again in Healthcare.gov protest
Accenture Federal Services lost yet another protest in its effort to hold on to a contract operating the Healthcare.gov exchange that connects health insurance applicants to coverage available under the Affordable Care Act.
Cybersecurity
Does Einstein need a post-SolarWinds makeover?
A marquee program designed to protect the government against cybersecurity threats is facing new scrutiny in the wake of Solar Winds Orion breach, but analysts say the program was unlikely to have ever stopped the hacking campaign.
Acquisition
Pandemic response drives DOD's sharp uptick in OTA spending
The Defense Pricing and Contracting Agency recorded more than $16 billion in other transaction agreements in 2020 in the Defense Department's response to the pandemic.
Acquisition
Army CIO details digital strategy, changes for IT enterprise
Army CIO plans to release new enterprise digital strategy and rein in $2 billion of bloated IT spending.
People
Biden repeals Schedule F, rolls back Trump-era workforce policy
An executive order also called for feds and federal contractors to receive a $15 minimum wage.
Acquisition
CMMC, industrial capital strategy could continue in Biden's DOD
The Defense Department's top buyer, Ellen Lord, said the incoming Biden administration will have to contend with adversarial investments and cybersecurity weaknesses in the contractor base.
Acquisition
Labor Dept. official says religious exemption for some contractors won't allow discrimination
Civil rights groups caution that the rule change that allows faith-based organizations that are also federal contractors to favor their members in hiring could lead to employment discrimination.
Acquisition
Dunne: Schedule consolidation is paying off
The departing chief of the Federal Acquisition Service, Julie Dunne, talks to FCW about recent initiatives.
Acquisition
DOD does away with diversity training modification for contractors
The Pentagon eliminated a class deviation that implemented the president's executive order purging diversity training across federal grants and contracts.
Cybersecurity
DOJ says it was hit by SolarWinds hackers
The Justice Department today said hackers likely accessed about 3% of email inboxes.
Acquisition
Judge halts enforcement of diversity training crackdown on contractors
A nationwide injunction blocks sections of the order that apply to contractors and grant recipients, including a hotline created for employees to report training materials.
Modernization
Court denies Perspecta's NGEN protest
Perspecta has held the Next General Enterprise Network contract for 20 years, dating back to when one of its legacy business in EDS won the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract in 2000.
Acquisition
GSA preps launch of OASIS replacement
GSA plans a program of customer and industry events and interactions in the early part of 2021 to help shape its OASIS replacement contract.
Digital Government
Non-traditional small IT contractors: 'A well-established niche that is here to stay'
Steve Kelman check in with another startup firm finding its way into government IT.
Acquisition
GAO calls out agencies for IT supply chain risks
The government watchdog determined most federal agencies were not following best practices for supply chain risk management established by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology.
Acquisition
New rule lets contractors seek religious exemptions to anti-discrimination policies
The move will make it easier for companies that are organized around faith-based activities to evade certain civil rights laws and policies when making hiring decisions.
Modernization
Contested FBI wireless contract goes to AT&T
FBI's $92 million emergency operations wireless service contract goes to AT&T after lengthy protest scuffle.
Modernization
Microsoft to launch top secret cloud
The company is waiting on government accreditation for the new top secret regions.
Acquisition
New law enshrines modernization Centers of Excellence effort
President Trump signed a bipartisan bill that codifies the Centers of Excellence program as way to seed and launch IT and business process modernization efforts at federal agencies.
Acquisition
DISA refreshes strategic plan for 2022
The Defense Information Systems Agency has refreshed its three-year strategy to better emphasize cyber defense and role of enterprise services.
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