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.
Digital Government
Agencies Increasingly Need Help With Complex Professional Services Contracts
Move over IT, you’re not the only complicated procurement anymore.
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
DOD Awards $950 Million Cloud Contract to REAN Cloud
The Defense Department makes another cloud move.
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