Pentagon moves to scrap CAS, embrace commercial accounting standards
Pentagon moves to scrap CAS, embrace commercial accounting standards
Companies
Cherokee Federal, Expression Networks detail their transitions at the very top
Tom Watson most recently led Serco North America for seven years, while Tim Spadafore has only been with Expression Networks since the spring.
Contracts
Anduril now covers both halves of $1.5B DHS counter-UAS contract
Leidos is the only other company competing for work in both the product and services portions of the five-year counter-unmanned aircraft systems contract
Companies
House Democrats call to cancel upcoming recess for time to legislate on AI
Four lawmakers stressed the need for more working days and bipartisan teamwork to respond to the national calls for strong artificial intelligence protections.
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Opinion
SBA's size standards overhaul means bigger thresholds, fewer exceptions, real winners and real losers
The proposed rules would collapse nearly 1,000 size standards into 338 and shift many industries to headcount. You have until Sept. 21 to make your voice heard, writes attorney Ray Jones of Spencer Fane.
Contracts
VA starts its search for health systems tech integrator
The Veterans Affairs Department wants a contractor to help establish enterprise integration and data capabilities for operating across different systems.
Companies
Justice extracts $25M settlement from Accenture Federal over diversity goals
Accenture Federal Services pays to resolve allegations that its hiring and promotion practices were tied to internal diversity, equity and inclusion targets.
Contracts
DHS signs Cumulus cloud contract with Google
The Homeland Security Department has almost wrapped up awards for the hyperscaler-focused portion of this centralized cloud program with Microsoft's contract still under construction.
Companies
ITC Federal to buy Capgemini's US federal subsidiary
ITC Federal is bringing in a business that specializes in Salesforce and ServiceNow implementation efforts.
Contracts
Judge halts new Polaris awards over GSA’s ‘unequal treatment’ of bidders
Two protesters win their arguments as the court orders the General Services Administration to fix errors before moving forward with the vehicle.
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A pair of CEO transitions and more leadership moves to note
Key hires and promotions in functions such as business development, operations, talent and sales also feature.
Contracts
GAO tells NSF to re-evaluate $8B Antarctica award
The National Science Foundation did not consider the impact of KBR’s spinning off the business that will manage the massive Antarctica research contract, the Government Accountability Office found.
Contracts
WT 360: Digital Infuzion and its shepherding approach to transformation
Hemant Virkar, founder and chief executive of Digital Infuzion, goes over how the company has extended beyond its initial healthcare roots and still leans on that heritage to help agencies on their modernization journeys.
Contracts
Accenture's federal arm wins $480M Army task management system contract
Pentagon and Army leaders see the future Joint Enterprise Task Management System as heavily leaning on artificial intelligence and eventually being able to cover 200,000 users.
Contracts
DHS starts the bidding for $441M biometric tech contract
The Homeland Security Department will use this contract to buy fingerprint, facial, iris, palmprint and multi-modal devices for component agencies.
Contracts
SBA fast tracks 8(a) applicants in defense-critical industries
Only 1.2% of active 8(a) firms are registered in the 10 NAICS codes prioritized by the Small Business Administration, though pending reforms could expand the pipeline.
Opinion
You own 100% of the growth number but control none of the people who decide it
Recompetes and on-contract growth make up most of what GovCon companies pursue, but the people who hear the earliest signals report to the COO, not the CGO. Here's how to close the gap, writes growth expert Nic Coppings.
Contracts
Testing plan sinks QinetiQ’s bid for a Polish aerostat surveillance system
A newly-released protest decision shows how a dispute over implied testing requirements and NATO's urgency doomed QinetiQ's argument.
Contracts
CISA tees up cyber hygiene recompete
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is setting up what it calls a “unified, scalable, and modernized mission support vehicle."
Contracts