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GSA plans major overhaul of real estate management systems

A new sources sought notice seeks contractors who can consolidate multiple legacy platforms into an artificial intelligence-enabled solution that lives in a cloud environment.

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XTec wins $177M identity, credential tech contract

A total of 105 agencies participate in the USAccess program, which XTec has been selected to provide proofing and authentication tech for.

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IRS seeks contractor to run nationwide credential program

The contract will cover credential issuance and lifecycle management at sites across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

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SAP NS2 books $1B Army software contract

SAP’s National Security Services subsidiary will work with the service branch on migrating more applications and other tech assets to a cloud environment.

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DARPA launches search for technologies to revolutionize combat casualty care

The military's research agency wants rapid sensing, artificial intelligence-driven decision support and automated interventions that can work in austere battlefield environments.

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GSA will be ‘multiplier for efficiency and modernization,’ nominee for administrator says

Edward Forst, President Trump’s nominee to lead the General Services Administration, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Thursday.

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Naval Research Lab opens proposal window for satellite software operation contract

The Naval Research Laboratory wants support for the software's IT and cybersecurity aspects as well.

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Veterans Affairs previews contact center infrastructure competition

A single task order will support 140 million annual calls from veterans, including crisis services, across 62 call centers.

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Salesforce pitches AI agents as the government sheds staff

Amid the White House’s ongoing push to reduce the federal workforce, one Salesforce executive predicted that “government will be the largest users of agentic technologies of any industry."

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OPM releases final solicitation for government-wide HR modernization contract

The 10-year contract opportunity comes months after the Office of Personnel Management canceled a sole-source award to Workday following complaints about a lack of competition.

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GSA’s FAR Overhaul gives contracting officers new flexibility to use innovative contract types

The latest changes to Part 15 eliminate deviation requirements, allowing contracting officers to structure deals without senior-level approvals.

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The shutdown isn’t hitting everyone equally. Politics and geography may help explain why

Nearly half of respondents in a recent survey said that shutdown firings of federal employees would harm their communities.

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General Dynamics awarded $309M WTC health program support contract

The World Trade Center Health Program provides treatment for those suffering health conditions as a result of exposure to airborne toxins or other hazards resulting from the 2001 attacks.

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Navy starts the bidding for $500M C4ISR engineering contract

The Navy is seeking an industry partner to help manage and execute programs and sponsored projects.

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Army to test next-gen C2 prototype for the second time since July contract award

How the service is revamping not just its command and control software, but how it develops systems in general.

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Proposed FAR changes remove contractor diversity requirements, keep disability rules

The new language follows one of President Trump’s first executive orders to eliminate diversity requirements in federal contracts.

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Judiciary Democrats launch watchdog website amid withheld funding from inspector general group

The lawmakers are maintaining hotline information for over 20 OIGs, as watchdogs scramble to set up temporary websites after the White House withheld funding from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.

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FCC initiates process to ban Hong Kong Telecom in US

The agency has previously barred China-linked communications providers from operating on American soil.

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DOD cancels expansion of P-LEO satellite contract

The Pentagon is not explaining why it terminated an on-ramp process.

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Think AI can write your company's bid protest? Think again.

Nine protests this year had problems as a result of artificial intelligence misuse, and with the final one the Government Accountability Office said it had enough. Attorneys around the GovCon ecosystem see a lesson in that ruling.