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‘Stop trying to control every step’ of shipbuilding, senator tells Navy
Focus less on requirements and more on outcomes, says Montana’s Sheehy, and the entire Pentagon might get on board.
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GSA lines up 118 more OASIS+ awards
All of these nine dozen companies now hold the status of apparent winners for the professional services vehicle, but for different reasons.
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Senate confirms Rhodes to lead White House procurement office
Dr. Kevin Rhodes has been a senior adviser to the Office of Management and Budget since February and focused his efforts on the Federal Acquisition Regulation overhaul.
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MDA extends deadline for $151B SHIELD contract
The 10-year multiple-award vehicle will serve as the primary contracting mechanism for the Golden Dome missile defense architecture, a top Trump administration priority.
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USA Hire recompete could jump to $750M over eight years
The General Services Administration is taking over the management of this Office of Personnel Management contract as requirements expand and the administration pushes for more centralized hiring.
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Tech under OneGov remains ‘fully available’ during shutdown — but agencies may lack funds and personnel to access it
Some of the advanced software tools made available to federal agencies as part of the OneGov initiative are available for a limited time with impending expirations.
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Shutdown freezes protests over $700M Coast Guard award
FusionEdge and Koniag are taking issue with their bids not being selected, but their challenges are pushed back day-by-day until the government reopens.
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Hegseth, Vought actions heighten fears about continued inspector general independence
Lawmakers from both parties and good government groups have argued that recent moves by the Trump administration will chill whistleblowing and watchdog offices.
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DHS' cyber agency awards $500M digital transformation support pact
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency sought to hire a group of contractors for help in service delivery to its components and a more rapid approach for technology testing and evaluation.
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Amentum wins $955M contract to maintain Air Force's Reaper fleet
The new five-year award continues Amentum's support of the long-endurance drone across U.S. bases and overseas locations.
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A shutdown will slow tech modernization, experts warn
Even after a shutdown ends, restarting stalled IT work doesn’t happen immediately.
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Government spirals toward shutdown with Trump promising mass layoffs
A last-ditch effort to keep government funded failed Tuesday night. Agencies will begin furloughing staff on Wednesday.
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SecDef uses unprecedented meeting to unveil 10 personnel, due-process reviews
After summoning senior officers from around the world, Hegseth invites them to resign if they don’t agree with him.
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White House seeks industry input as it crafts “anti-woke” AI guidelines
Critics have said that the July executive order on “woke” AI could chill free speech, despite the administration’s stated focus on protecting it.
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Connolly's successor, James Walkinshaw, looks to carry on his IT and workforce legacy
“A shutdown gives the Trump administration no new legal authority to fire federal workers or to conduct reductions in force,” Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., told Nextgov/FCW in response to the White House telling agencies to implement mass layoffs in the event of a funding lapse.
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The government shutdown playbook: cash flow, communication and recovery
The Professional Services Council is urging companies to secure their cash flow and identify agency contacts as they get ready for an all too familiar funding crisis.
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Navy awards $244M contract for space-to-ground transmission research
Assurance Technology will develop systems to transmit energy across the radio frequency spectrum to objects in space under the FROST program.
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Pentagon unveils new cybersecurity framework to counter real-time threats
The five-phase construct emphasizes automation and continuous monitoring over checklists to protect defense systems.
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STC wins $163M NASA atmospheric research contract
NASA uses this contract for efforts to improve how it observes, monitors, models and understands Earth's atmosphere.
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