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Companies push back on FBI elimination
Three protestors want back in on a competition to provide a range of agile IT and digital support services.
Companies
SAIC hires new Navy business leader
Barbara Graham joins SAIC as a senior vice president and will be responsible for strategy and business development functions for this $1 billion-annual revenue portfolio.
Opinion
Are agencies doing enough to enforce Section 889?
A newly-released Government Accountability Office bid protest decision raises several questions about the law that bans agencies from using certain telecom equipment from China-based companies.
Companies
Electrosoft adds new business development leader
Wes Postol will focus on the company's defense and civilian cybersecurity portfolios.
Companies
Former AWS exec joins small business as CEO
Meadowgate Technologies is launching a new strategy with its hire of three-decade national security veteran Tom Lash.
Contracts
Biden budget has clear priorities even with uphill battle
President Biden's fiscal year 2024 budget request appears to lay the groundwork for technology and professional opportunities, no matter what the final numbers add up to.
Opinion
Drone strike in Syria highlights risks faced by contractors
Contractors have lived and worked in war zones since the Sept. 11 attacks, a fact government agencies do not acknowledge enough.
Opinion
CIO-SP4 award plan changes
The agency running this $50 billion IT contract is working to send out a "preliminary notification" of potential winners instead of announcing final awards.
Companies
SAIC agrees to divest supply chain business
ASRC Federal will add more than 240 employees supporting the Defense Logistics Agency after the $350 million deal closes.
Contracts
NOAA seeks unmanned systems to monitor Hawaii's waters
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants the crafts to work alone for 30 days or more as they collect data in calm and rough seas.
Contracts
New protests likely to thwart CIO-SP4 award plan
The National Institutes of Health's IT acquisition hub could still make awards, but will have to certify that its need to move on this $50 billion contract is urgent.
Opinion
Final T4NG2 solicitation draws small biz complaints
Some service-disabled, veteran-owned small business claim they are at a disadvantage in competing against joint ventures for places on this $60 billion Veterans Affairs IT vehicle.
Contracts
FDA seeks more access to medical records
To meet its mission of ensuring safety and effectiveness of medical products, the Food and Drug Administration wants to tap the rich vein of data inside electronic health records.
Opinion
CIO-SP4's award date is officially set
The agency running this governmentwide $50 billion IT contract sounds ready to announce who won, but will even more protests follow?
Contracts
Labor rates sparked fight over $4B Air Force contract
Hidden from sight for more than a year, a newly-released bid protest decision shows why even a winning contractor can find reasons to make such a filing.
Opinion
Leidos' retiring CEO explains his decision
In talking to investors about why his time is now, Roger Krone also cites what boards of directors have to do as part of the succession planning process.
Contracts
General Dynamics IT to get second shot at $400M VA contract
GDIT successfully argued it was at a disadvantage in how the Veterans Affairs Department evaluated proposals.
Contracts
CIO-SP4 selection process to get revamp
The National Institutes of Health organization running this $50 billion procurement says it has discovered inconsistencies in the source selection methodology.
Contracts
Veterans Affairs unveils final T4NG2 solicitation
Bidders have a month to get their proposals together for the department's go-to IT contract vehicle that has a $60.7 billion ceiling.
Contracts