Modernization

GAO Rules Against Pentagon's Experimental $950 Million Cloud Deal

The Government Accountability Office recommended the Defense Department terminate a contract awarded to REAN Cloud in February.

Emerging Tech

How the NGA App Store Put Tech Acquisition in Top Gear

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency can bring innovative software tools to government in as little as a few months.

Emerging Tech

Lawmakers Question Defense's Cloud, the President's Phone and BTW, TL;DR

Those unresolved Government Accountability Office recommendations could haunt agencies during budget time.

Modernization

Veterans IT Office Wants Support Through Transformation Process

The offices focused on the department’s IT infrastructure are looking for support services to help manage through a reorganization.

Digital Government

U.S. Digital Service Will Teach You How to Buy the Latest Tech

Federal employees can learn best practices for digital procurement in a new certification program.

Digital Government

Census Bureau Goes Tech Shopping for 2020 Count

The bureau is looking for help with background vetting, app testing and other prep for the decennial.

Policy

GSA to Host Another E-Commerce Portal Industry Day

The agency will solicit information from vendors interested in hosting the platform and another for selling on it.

Modernization

Microsoft Scores Big Cloud Deal with Intel Community

The announcement could improve the company’s chances for the Defense Department’s JEDI competition.

Emerging Tech

Pentagon Wants Cloud Secure Enough to Hold Nuke Secrets

The Pentagon’s JEDI cloud will be designed to store the government’s most sensitive classified information, including nuclear secrets.

Modernization

GSA Needs Vendor Volunteers to Test FedBizOpps API

Companies have until May 25 to volunteer to test the new API interface between FBO.gov and beta.SAM.gov.

Cybersecurity

Senate Wants More Cyber Intelligence

The Senate Sergeant at Arms is looking for an automated cyber intelligence platform that does it all.

Digital Government

Don’t Panic, FedBizOpps Is Working. It Just Has a New IP.

Some users might need to update their security settings to continue using FedBizOpps services.

Modernization

Tech Firms Ask Congress to Intervene on Pentagon JEDI Contract

A group representing 80 technology companies is asking Congress to make sure the cloud procurement is a transparent process.

Modernization

How a Pentagon Contract Sparked a Cloud War

Amazon and Google are taking on defense contractors in a heated battle for billions in government contracts.

Modernization

JEDI Will Be Just One of Many Clouds, Says Pentagon’s No. 2

The giant and groundbreaking IT contract may cover just a fraction of the cloud-services orders to come.

Digital Government

Defense Electronic Health Records Program Seeks Help Organizing Influx of Data

The Defense Health Agency wants to know if a vendor can help match all the new data it’s collecting with the old.