GSA's agenda for resellers focuses on service pricing transparency
GSA's agenda for resellers focuses on service pricing transparency
Opinion
GAO to DOGE: The ‘Wall of Receipts’ does not add up
The Government Accountability Office's review backs up what reporters and other observers were finding all along: overstated savings, undisclosed data problems and a wall that still cannot be trusted.
Contracts
Space Force launches $300M ground operations support recompete
A final solicitation is now live for the Hybrid Architecture and Development for Experimental Systems contract, which Space Force set up as a way to protect satellites from inefficient coding or commands.
Opinion
Agentic development will expose GovCon's old business model
Matt Jones, CEO at Sigma Defense, explains how a pickleball app epiphany showed him why contractors billing for hours — not outcomes — will not survive what is coming.
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Companies
As AI models break free, White House works with firms on secret safety measures
Lawmakers are blasting administration's "ad-hoc" artificial intelligence strategy as tech giants pitch ideas to keep federal contracts flowing.
Companies
Hadrian fetches $1.37B to add more automation-intensive factories
The six-year-old company has four sites for making precision parts and other components, with plans for more facilities in-the-works.
Opinion
CMMC Phase 2 is suspended but the requirements are not
Contractors supporting the department’s most sensitive missions still must be prepared to prove their cybersecurity posture, writes Jason Sproesser of Summit 7.
Companies
Palantir calls on GSA to withdraw draft AI acquisition rule
The stance is more aggressive than that of many groups representing contractors, who told GSA to revise, rather than withdraw, the proposed large language model acquisition rule.
Contracts
DHA wants out of the test infrastructure business it built
The Defense Health Agency says it is paying for capacity it does not use and now wants a commercial fix, not a bigger contract.
Contracts
Contractor alleges Army inappropriately used AI to make $450M contract award
An industry lawyer anticipates more bid protests will likely allege that agencies misused AI in the procurement process but that could be hard to prove if agencies don’t report their use of AI as “high-impact.”
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Contracts
Library of Congress awards 5 seats on $162M IT support contract
Library officials created the contract to help it run network, database and web-based applications.
Companies
Tyto Athene rebrands as Quantum Sky
New CEO Andrew Boyd says the name change reflects a faster-moving, higher-stakes mission environment for its customers.
Contracts
CGI Federal books $251 million contract to modernize GSA's financial operations
The company will continue supporting the General Services Administration's Pegasys financial management system and multi-tenant shared application environment.
Companies
Veritas to merge Steampunk into MetroStar Systems
The combination pairs MetroStar's artificial intelligence and digital transformation work with the delivery model of Steampunk.
Contracts
File-naming blunders doomed MAPS protest, not ambiguities
JAAW Group’s protest also was dinged because it cited a non-existent case, which the Government Accountability Office cited as evidence of careless use of artificial intelligence.
Companies
Leonardo DRS views Raft's software as the 'thinking part'
In talking with Wall Street, Leonardo DRS CEO John Baylouny explains the technology equation that led the company to move on this $450 million cash purchase.
Companies
Rocketdyne returns to the market
AE Industrial Partners is now in place as majority owner of the company, whose portfolio includes a rocket engine and propulsion systems.
Companies
How Leidos looks at the military's electronic health record plan
In talking with Wall Street, Leidos CEO Tom Bell goes over the Defense Health Agency's push to take on more integration responsibilities and where he sees the company fitting into that.
Companies
McNally Capital adds Tenica to its national security bench
Tenica brings mission support and cybersecurity services to McNally’s growing defense and intelligence portfolio.
Contracts