Companies

Boeing's new defense leader and more leadership moves across the market

Major hires and promotions involving operations, corporate development and human resources functions also feature.

Companies

Trump nominates Ryan Cote to serve as VA’s new IT chief

Cote previously served as the Department of Transportation’s CIO for two years during the first Trump administration.

Contracts

OPM schedules industry engagement event to talk HR modernization

The Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, and General Services Administration are all involved in this discussion on how to get a new human resources system in place by the end of 2028.

Opinion

The missing link in America's National Cybersecurity Strategy

Jordan Burris, former chief of staff to the federal CIO in the first Trump Administration, explains what's missing from our national cybersecurity strategy and why long-standing digital identity issues need to be addressed.

Contracts

Palantir challenges DIA's sole-source contract plan

The company argues federal acquisition laws require the Defense Intelligence Agency conduct a competition, echoing the 2016 court win involving an Army contract.

Companies

Maxar launching AI-powered ‘predictive intelligence’ to spot crises before they happen

New software for fusing satellite data from multiple constellations could spot big events before they pop off.

Contracts

VA is overlooking accessibility requirements when procuring IT, watchdog says 

VA’s Office of Inspector General said the agency “did not establish a control environment that makes accessibility a priority” when it acquires new systems.

Contracts

VA T4NG2 court case continues with two dozen protests remaining

The Veterans Affairs Department has added three protesters to the pool of winners, but 24 unhappy bidders face a July 14 deadline to decide whether to continue their legal fight.

Companies

Parsons acquires Chesapeake Technologies in $89M transaction

Parsons is looking to beef up its technology portfolio for the electromagnetic spectrum, or what CTI calls the "invisible battlefield."

Companies

Emagine IT hires former Mitre exec as CEO

Cedric Sims joins the 23-year-old company to lead the next phase of its strategy in areas such as cyber, automation and tech architecture.

Contracts

Navy seeks unmanned heavy-lift aircraft for Marine Corps supply mission

The service branch will go outside the traditional procurement lanes to acquire a platform that can carry 1,300 pounds and operate in a 115-mile range.

Opinion

The faulty assumptions behind the OneGov Strategy

Jon Johnson, former GSA official, describes the fallacies he sees driving the General Services Administration's desire consolidate the buying of so-called common IT goods and services.

Contracts

Navy chooses 8 for $1.5B Microsoft product support pact

This second iteration of the Microsoft Enterprise Services contract was reserved for small businesses and covers work across the entire lifecycle of the brand name offerings.

Contracts

DHS cancels pair of massive IT, professional services vehicles

As the Homeland Security Department sees things, neither FirstSource III nor PACTS III fit into how the Trump administration wants civilian contracting to be done.

Contracts

SBA to audit 8(a) contracting program

The Small Business Administration cites the guilty pleas of a former contracting officer and industry executives in a decades-long bribery scheme.

Contracts

Protests hit newest round of GSA's OASIS+ small business selections

Five companies are arguing that they should also be on the government-wide professional services vehicle's apparent winners list.

Contracts

Secure comms with allies is hard. The Pentagon wants to change that

The department is working on an effort to streamline a complex set of classified networks they use with allies and partners.

Podcasts

WT 360: Nextgov/FCW’s Edward Graham on the Veterans Affairs’ contract controversy

Edward Graham, our Nextgov/FCW colleague who covers VA, jumps in to break down why some lawmakers are pressing the department for transparency on its use of artificial intelligence in deciding which contracts to cancel.

Contracts

DOGE now has approval authority for defense IT, consulting contracts

A new memo from the Defense Department's acquisition leader spells out what agencies and components have to inform the Department of Government Efficiency before proceeding on certain contracts.

Contracts

GSA adds third set of companies to consulting contract review

The General Services Administration is asking six “traditional strategy consulting firms” for much of the same information it has previously asked of other companies: a breakdown of their federal businesses and ideas for savings.