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Civilian agency spending cratered during shutdown
October spending during the shutdown dropped by as much as 80% for some agencies compared to October 2024.
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Enabled Intelligence books $708M data labeling contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency chooses this five-year-old company for "Sequoia," a broad effort to incorporate commercial artificial intelligence and machine learning tools into GEOINT missions.
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DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
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GAO denies EY protest over Army's corrective action in $250M contract
The Government Accountability Office denies some parts of the protest and dismisses others, while affirming an agency’s discretion to make revisions.
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Air Force looks to refactor HR apps, avoid vendor lock-in
The service branch's personnel office needs to move applications to a new Salesforce licensing model while keeping the current systems up and running.
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NASA agrees to take a second look at its $1.8B COSMOS contract following protest
Incumbent KBR successfully challenged the award to Ascend Aerospace & Technology, prompting the agency to review its evaluation and best-value determination.
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Polaris small business protests continue as GSA seeks to update the administrative record
Six companies are at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims challenging the evaluations of their scores, claiming that improper point deductions cost them spots among the top 100 awardees.
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GSA finalizes a pair of Polaris award pools
Six apparent winners were dropped from the HUBZone and service-disabled/veteran-owned pools after challenges, adding 53 new companies on the 10-year IT vehicle.
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Three firms protest $900M CBP IT and professional services contract awards
Guidehouse, Dignari and LMI are challenging how their proposals were evaluated against the six winners.
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GSA, Perplexity ink first direct-to-government OneGov deal
Under a new agreement, federal agencies can access Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government through a direct contract on the General Services Administration’s Multiple-Award Schedule.
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CMMC enforcement begins with mixed industry readiness
A new survey finds two-thirds of contractors prepared for the cybersecurity certification over many years, while nearly 40% have not yet completed required self-assessments.
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Guidehouse protests $99M Coast Guard financial management contract award
The company challenges the evaluation process and questions whether the winner has the required experience for modernization support work.
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Marine Corps seeks light-based communications for contested battlefields
Free space optics technology could provide high-speed data transmissions with a lower risk of detection in denied environments.
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Shutdown’s end just the beginning as contractors face months-long recovery
The Professional Services Council estimates full recovery will not arrive until mid-March as agencies grapple with invoice backlogs, stalled payments and restarting contracts.
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Pentagon restarts work to craft $1B research support recompete
Three companies currently work with the Defense Department's main research and engineering office on aligning business operations and technology initiatives.
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Government to reopen after House votes to end longest-ever shutdown
Many furloughed workers, who will receive backpay, were already told Wednesday to report to work the following day for the first time in nearly six weeks.
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DHS seeks bids for $3B mobility support recompete
A final solicitation is now live for the Cellular Wireless Managed Services 3.0 contract, which covers roughly 150,000 connections across the Homeland Security Department.
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CMMC enforcement begins after eight years of warnings
"There is no excuse for industry to not be ready," observers say as enforcement begins.
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Unveiling acquisition overhaul, Hegseth tells industry to get with the program
One expert said the reforms would sweep away Cold War processes — and draw backlash from established primes.
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