Modernization

Pentagon’s $1 Billion Cloud Deal May Signal New Era in Government Buying

Congress wants the Defense Department to buy technology faster. Now it's beginning to do just that.

Modernization

DISA's $902M Comms Contract Hit with Protest

Hewlett Packard Enterprise submitted a protest the same day the DISA posted the award notice.

Digital Government

GSA Wants Streamlined Offer Forms

Think four documents or fewer for Multiple Award Schedules offers.

Modernization

GAO Sustains Protest of $771 Million Defense Intelligence Agency Contract

The defense agency didn’t sufficiently explain why it picked a cheaper but riskier bid.

Modernization

The FBI Wants Commercial Cloud

The FBI is asking industry for ideas regarding the adoption of cloud computing.

Cybersecurity

Federal Health Insurer Denies Auditors Access To Its IT Systems

Health Net of California—a provider under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program—is refusing to comply with a contractually obligated inspector general audit.

Modernization

DISA Returns to Knight Point for $902M Comms Contract

The contract includes procurement and management of communications infrastructure technologies but does not extend to legacy systems.

Modernization

Pentagon Announces Industry Day For Major Cloud Acquisition

The Defense Department will host an industry day for its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud acquisition on March 7.

Emerging Tech

GSA Changes Lineup for Final Alliant 2 Small Business

The agency made some swaps on the $15 billion sister to Alliant 2 Unrestricted since the pre-award notice.

Digital Government

Big Deal: General Dynamics Buys CSRA

General Dynamics just became an even bigger player in the federal IT space with its purchase of CSRA.

Modernization

SEWP Boosts Customer Experience While Cutting Its Fee

The vast majority of customers seem to be happy with NASA’s IT acquisition vehicle but the quest for better customer experience never ends.

Modernization

Protest Filed on $7 Million DOD Cloud Support Contract

The bid protest could slow down the Pentagon’s cloud acquisition effort.

Digital Government

House Panel Passes Grant Reporting Bill; Federal Contracting Could Be Next

Two members of the House Oversight committee are working on a follow-up to the GREAT Act that would extend the same data reporting requirements to government contractors.

Modernization

DOD Issued a $7 Million Cloud Support Contract To a Company With One Employee

The Defense Department awarded a sole-source contract to Eagle Harbor Solutions, an Alaska-based small business with a single employee, to consult in its major cloud acquisition.

Emerging Tech

HHS Kicks Off Tour to Entice Startups

Agency officials are heading on a cross-country tour to demystify selling to the government.

Emerging Tech

Deadline Approaching for DARPA’s $850M Support Contract

The research agency lowered the minimum order value ahead of the proposal deadline.

Cybersecurity

Booz Allen Hamilton Wins $621 Million DHS Cyber Contract

The six-year project will expand the continuous diagnostics and mitigation services DHS provides to other agencies.

Digital Government

GSA Adds 31 Small Businesses to OASIS

The larger pool will increase competition and drive down costs, the agency said.