OPM backpedals on $5B training contract

OPM has pulled the plug on a $5 billion training contract while the procurement was in the source selection phase, saying it no longer could meet their requirements and leaving bidders out in the cold.

Marines to boost support for insider threat program

The Marine Corps is formulating an acquisition strategy to buy cyber and security support services for enterprise audit and insider threat program at the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity.

VA seeks storage on demand solution

The Veterans Affairs Department’s Enterprise Operations (EO) is researching the market for what’s available to support its “Storage On Demand” strategy.

Congress increases scrutiny of clearance process

OPM has vowed not to use contractors in the final stages of the security clearance process. Meanwhile, Rep. Darrell Issa plans for legislation that he says will make the process more rigorous and institute continual evaluation of people holding security clearances.

Labor solicits $16M set-aside for cybersecurity protection

The Labor Department is offering service-disabled veterans a four-year, $16 million contract to help in securing the department’s critical IT infrastructure and information systems.

Defense Commissary wants IT system for grocery shelves

The Defense Commissary Agency is considering a six-year, $256.8 million contract to update its enterprise business system to get a fully integrated commercial-off-the-shelf supply chain solution.

ICE looks for mainframe replacement

The Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency must replace its main-frame computer system with a new one with more capabilities, and officials have asked companies to propose systems that can be fielded quickly.

DHS seeks best path to data-sharing architecture

The Homeland Security Department is working on plans for a new architecture to lower the hurdles for sharing data among government agencies.

CACI wins $95M Interior support contract

CACI International has won a five-year, $95 million contract to support and manage various aspects of the financial management system for the Interior Department’s Business Integration Office.

New GSA contract points to procurement evolution

A follow-on contract for an array of office supplies may signal an evolution in government’s demands on contractors, or at least some progressive thinking about it.

DOD needs options for file-transfer system update

The Defense Health Agency needs to continue developing the Defense Department’s Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) Electronic Case File Transfer application (eCFT) and wants to find the best approaches to move forward.

Air Force considers open architecture for radar system

The Air Force is asking industry about ways to create an open architecture framework for its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Recapitalization (JSTARS Recap) system.

Agencies turn to challenges to find innovation

Federal agencies are planning to implement challenges, contests and prizes more often when it comes to developing solutions to their problems, as challenges allow agencies to pay only for results outside of the traditional procurement process.

DOD looks for mapping, analytical help

The Defense Department needs geospatial mapping and analytic capabilities assistance for its Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) program.

VA plans for back-office support contract

The Veterans Affairs Department intends to award a five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract this year for a broad range of general management and business support services.

Leidos nabs $62m Air Force electronics contract

Leidos has won a $62.5 million contract to support the Air Force’s Electronic Systems Center.

NOAA readies new weather data system contract

A new contract is in the works at NOAA for its Advanced Weather Interaction Processing System to improve data gathering technologies and its overall performance.

OFPP challenges agencies, contractors with performance-enhancing policy

Office of Management and Budget officials revised a program performance-enhancing policy that hasn’t been updated since President Bill Clinton was settling into the White House in 1993.

New DARPA award continues hunt for revolutionary tech

DARPA continues series of awards in search for revolutionary technology. This time it's an $11 million contract to Agentase LLC of Pittsburgh for nanoparticle research.

Air Force looks for new C4ISR technologies

The Air Force’s Air Force Research Laboratory is looking for help improving its antenna and electromagnetic technologies that back up C4ISR programs.