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Contracts
HHS to pit AI vendors against each other in parallel pilots
The Health and Human Services Department wants real operational data across multiple platforms before finalizing its enterprise acquisition approach.
Top 100
42 companies from the 2016 Top 100 are gone. What happened to them?
A decade of mergers, divestitures and shifting priorities has reshaped the federal market. The next 10 years may be just as turbulent.
Contracts
GSA floats two-tiered Buy American marketplace on its Advantage platform
A new sources sought notice seeks industry feedback on icons, filtered search results and a new special item number only for original equipment manufacturers.
Contracts
GSA’s centralization push is a return to its roots, not just a Trump priority
The General Services Administration's acting acquisition chief says the consolidation drive mirrors the founding mission laid out by the Hoover Commission 77 years ago.
Contracts
GSA taking measured approach to SEWP takeover
Continuity is the General Services Administration's top priority as it embeds staff in NASA’s SEWP office to lay groundwork to transfer the $60 billion IT vehicle.
Companies
CGI set to promote new federal leader
Alisa Bearfield will become president of CGI Federal on Oct. 1 as Stephanie Mango is moving to a global role with the parent company.
Contracts
30 days to shape the biggest FAR overhaul in 40 years
Industry faces a tight window to weigh in on these changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation as eight more proposed rules wait in the pipeline.
Contracts
NASA names 2,100 winners for SEWP VI
The $60 billion government-wide IT program expands the scope of what agencies can buy and how they can buy as the vehicle's proposed transition to the General Services Administration looms.
Contracts
Revolutionary FAR Overhaul moves to formal rulemaking with first batch of proposed rules
Four proposed rules covering 21 Federal Acquisition Regulation parts are to be published Tuesday. Small business rules and others are on the way.
Contracts
Battelle challenges KBR’s $8B Antarctica contract win
The protester claims the National Science Foundation did not account for the potential impacts of KBR’s planned spinoff of its government business.
Podcasts
WT 360: Our breakdown of the 2026 Top 100 and everything it illustrates
Nick and Ross huddle up to overview the 33nd annual edition of WT’s flagship research project, the major takeaways and talking points it presents, and whether or not it looks noticeably different from the 2025 ranking.
Contracts
DOD excels at prototyping. Getting to production is another story.
Acquisition reform may be the bridge, but the paths from prototype to funded program remains unclear.
Top 100
Nearly 7 out of 10 Top 100 firms have no Black execs in the C-suite
Our annual analysis finds minority representation slipping and the diversity, equity and inclusion rollback may be just beginning to show up in the data.
Companies
Jim Flyzik helped transform government IT from back-office function to mission enabler
The former Treasury chief information officer and early federal IT leader died June 4 at age 72.
Top 100
In a show-me market, Leidos continues to show up
The Top 100’s perennial No. 1 company says demonstrated capability – not PowerPoint decks – is the key to winning business today.
Contracts
SBA proposes opening 8(a) program to white-owned businesses
The Small Business Administration wants to eliminate race-based eligibility presumptions and create a new social disadvantage test for applicants.
Podcasts
WT 360: Key points (and questions too) from Trump’s fixed-price contracting and AI orders
Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, overviews how industry is looking at what President Trump’s executive orders on fixed-price contracts and artificial intelligence mean for them, among other burning GovCon topics.
Top 100
The 2026 Top 100 shows a market that bent, but did not break
Prime contract value dipped just 1.2% despite DOGE cuts and government layoffs, but the defense-civilian divided is widening.
Contracts
How DHA plans to end Leidos’ run as the military's health record integrator
The Defense Health Agency intends to contract directly with Oracle Health and four other vendors behind the MHS Genesis ecosystem. DHA is also taking on the integration work itself.
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