Digital Government
NASA Managers and Contractors Significantly Lowballed Space Mission Costs, Watchdog Found
Despite cost overruns and schedule delays, the space agency awarded Boeing and Lockheed Martin $200 million in performance awards, GAO noted.
Emerging Tech
Border Patrol Wants Robots that Can Go Underground and Report Back
Homeland Security is looking for innovative robots that can navigate underground tunnels and communicate with headquarters.
Ideas
The Risk Management Framework Is Dead. Long Live the RMF.
A framework is just that: a frame of reference from which to adapt according to your needs and situation.
Modernization
USCIS Wants An Agile, Automated Biometric App Ecosystem
The immigration agency is looking for a vendor to set up a secure development environment that will outlive the contract.
Digital Government
GSA Seeks Industry Feedback in Schedules Consolidation Effort
The agency wants buyers and sellers to weigh in as it works to modernize the Schedules process.
Digital Government
Why the Salesforce Acquisition of Tableau Matters to Government
Salesforce is positioning itself as more of a federal player with its purchase of Tableau.
Cybersecurity
Audit Raises Concerns for Pentagon’s Joint Regional Security Stacks
A Defense Department inspector general audit says JRSS isn’t working like it is supposed to.
Policy
Audit: Pentagon Acquisition Reform Requires More Leadership Attention
The Government Accountability Office also flagged a lack of oversight for many of the department's mid-tier programs.
Emerging Tech
FAA Is Ready to Put $6M into Certain Drone Innovations
The agency announced a call for white papers to kick off its new five-year, open submission contract.
Modernization
The President’s Office Is Hiring An App Developer
The single-award contract will cover the entire lifecycle of development and maintenance for all apps used by the Executive Office of the President.
Modernization
GSA Announces New On-Call Vendors for Centers of Excellence
The agency can tap a pool of 22 vendors for modernization initiatives.
Digital Government
GSA Needs Help Filling Jobs at Technology Transformation Services
The administration is looking for vendors to recruit and vet candidates for technical roles and other “difficult to fill positions” at TTS.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon Wants Tech to Help Allies Avoid Bombing Civilians
The Defense Department is looking for technical solutions to reducing civilian casualties that can be declassified and shared with international partners.
Cybersecurity
The Pentagon is Trying to Secure Its Networks Against Quantum Codebreakers
The Defense Information Systems Agency is exploring new encryption strategies that could withstand an attack from quantum computers.
Digital Government
Defense Digital Service Awards ‘Civilian Hiring as a Service’ Contract
The Pentagon’s nerd squad is rethinking how it hires talent in fields like cybersecurity, computer science and user experience design.
Emerging Tech
ICE Seeks Tech To Track Electronic Devices—Even Through Time
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is soliciting for a cloud-based system that can geolocate devices using multiple sources, including apps.
Modernization
Federal Acquisition Service Corrects IT Reseller Price Issues
The agency inspector general said the service took “appropriate corrective actions” to address price variances on Schedules.
Modernization
Pentagon Drops $75M To Beef Up Background Investigation's IT Environment
The Defense Security Service penned an OTA contract with Perspecta and several non-traditional vendors to build advanced capabilities and a secure DevOps environment.
Modernization
Shoddy Contracting Practices Lead to Overbilling at EPA
A limited review by the inspector general found the agency had paid of unallowable costs.
Modernization