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How Washington Harbour approaches relationships before an acquisition

The private equity firm's newest portfolio company focuses on offensive cyber as a tool for discovering and fixing one's own vulnerabilities.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Waiting game continues for release of draft CMMC rule

It appears the White House budget office has finished its review of the new industry-wide cybersecurity standard ahead of the final unveiling.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Court dashes hopes for second chance at $1.5B Commerce IT vehicle

The ruling ends the efforts of five companies to secures spots on the Commerce Acquisition for Transformational Technology Services contract, which is poised to open for task order business.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Capitol Meridian adds fourth investment to GovCon portfolio

Clarity Innovations is looking to increase its solution and capability offerings for national security customers with the private equity firm's backing.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Protest over OASIS+ pricing data access falls short

Boston Consulting Group claimed it did not need to provide that information on certain items in its bid for the government-wide professional services vehicle.

  • By Nick Wakeman

NTT Data loses shot at CDC data center support award

DMI weathered a series of protests before finally prevailing to take over the $27 million contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army releases draft for enterprise payroll system

The Army is collecting comments from industry on its plan for the recompete of a contract to help run the system that handles base pay, benefits, bonuses and re-enlistment functions.

  • By Nick Wakeman

For now, T4NG2 awards are protest-free

It is now nearly 30 days since the Veterans Affairs Department's made its selections for the $60 billion IT vehicle and the window is rapidly closing for disappointed bidders to make their objections.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Protests persist for FBI's long-delayed $5B IT contract

History looks to be repeating itself as the FBI keeps facing protests after each downselect phase and elimination of bidders.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Booz Allen protest dismissed after T4NG2 award

But the door remains open for the company to raise objections again regarding this $60 billion IT vehicle from the Veterans Affairs Department.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army decides to reset $100M IT services contract

The service takes a step back after a series of protests made it realize that the solicitation no longer met their needs.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Air Force makes 13 more awards for $950M battle management tech program

The Air Force is looking to further research work on its piece of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative to connect soldiers and systems.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Maximus creates venture group to search for innovation

Company leaders tell investors the fund will make "small bets" on promising startups and pilot projects to test their technologies for usage in health and human services.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Ukraine war teaches the value of early collaboration

This conflict's biggest lesson might be found in the need to build more of a "connective tissue" between the commercial satellite industry and the military before the next war.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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Multiple priorities drive investments across the defense market

Increases to both global threats and the national debt create a complex business environment.

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How Vibrint will push toward $500M revenue mark

CEO Tom Lash says the rebranded company's keys to growth include focusing on national security agencies and investments in technologies like cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Protests could delay Polaris awards

The small business IT contract faces challenges to how bidders can revise their proposals to update their past performance and experience examples.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Federal Transit Administration seeks bids on $670M grant oversight contract

The multiple-award contract will support FTA’s main infrastructure grant program that distributes money to state and local governments.

  • By Nick Wakeman

A reader's guide to the upcoming draft CMMC rule

Market observers have advice on what to read and how to comment when the Defense Department releases its proposed cybersecurity rule for the industrial base.

  • By Nick Wakeman

AI executive order draws some praise, but where are the resources?

The order’s guardrails on artificial intelligence development and adoption also spotlight the importance, quality and location of data.

  • By Nick Wakeman

More troubles for GSA's Polaris small business contract

A new protest raises a common complaint others have raised: mentor-protégé joint ventures have an unfair edge in the competition for the IT solutions vehicle.

  • By Nick Wakeman