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Pentagon moves to scrap CAS, embrace commercial accounting standards
A new memo sets 30-to 90-day deadlines for shifting the Pentagon toward GAAP-based accounting standards, while trying to head off fears the department will police profits on fixed-price work.
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Anduril now covers both halves of $1.5B DHS counter-UAS contract
Leidos is the only other company competing for work in both the product and services portions of the five-year counter-unmanned aircraft systems contract
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VA starts its search for health systems tech integrator
The Veterans Affairs Department wants a contractor to help establish enterprise integration and data capabilities for operating across different systems.
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DHS signs Cumulus cloud contract with Google
The Homeland Security Department has almost wrapped up awards for the hyperscaler-focused portion of this centralized cloud program with Microsoft's contract still under construction.
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Judge halts new Polaris awards over GSA’s ‘unequal treatment’ of bidders
Two protesters win their arguments as the court orders the General Services Administration to fix errors before moving forward with the vehicle.
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GAO tells NSF to re-evaluate $8B Antarctica award
The National Science Foundation apparently made enough missteps in its evaluation that GAO wants it to take a fresh look at proposals.
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WT 360: Digital Infuzion and its shepherding approach to transformation
Hemant Virkar, founder and chief executive of Digital Infuzion, goes over how the company has extended beyond its initial healthcare roots and still leans on that heritage to help agencies on their modernization journeys.
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Accenture's federal arm wins $480M Army task management system contract
Pentagon and Army leaders see the future Joint Enterprise Task Management System as heavily leaning on artificial intelligence and eventually being able to cover 200,000 users.
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DHS starts the bidding for $441M biometric tech contract
The Homeland Security Department will use this contract to buy fingerprint, facial, iris, palmprint and multi-modal devices for component agencies.
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SBA fast tracks 8(a) applicants in defense-critical industries
Only 1.2% of active 8(a) firms are registered in the 10 NAICS codes prioritized by the Small Business Administration, though pending reforms could expand the pipeline.
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Testing plan sinks QinetiQ’s bid for a Polish aerostat surveillance system
A newly-released protest decision shows how a dispute over implied testing requirements and NATO's urgency doomed QinetiQ's argument.
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CISA tees up cyber hygiene recompete
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is setting up what it calls a “unified, scalable, and modernized mission support vehicle."
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Army starts market research for training product support contract
The Army is eyeing this contract as part of efforts to continue the evolution of its Live Training Transformation product line.
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CMMC's Phase 2 suspension locked in with binding regulation
A new class deviation moves the pause on third-party assessments for this security standard from policy to an enforceable rule.
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NASA starts to craft engineering, tech services recompete
The space agency is aptly calling this new contract ORBIT and using industry feedback to structure the competition.
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Musk should testify about overstated savings from DHS contract cancellations, Democrats argue
The Government Accountability Office reported that contract terminations pushed by the Department of Government Efficiency yielded a net of $92 million — much less than the Homeland Security Department’s public report of as much as $10.5 billion in potential savings.
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SSA launches IT services contract recompete
Self-service and artificial intelligence technologies are a priority area for the Social Security Administration in this iteration of the contract that counts CGI Federal, Leidos and Peraton as primes.
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Pentagon unveils first of two solicitations for its next big cloud contract
The hyperscalers can now start working on proposals for their portion of the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability recompete, while a second contract is in-the-works to cover everything else.
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DHS gives Anduril a second shot at counter-drone contract track
The Homeland Security Department agrees to re-evaluate Anduril’s bid for the $1.5 billion vehicle's product portion.
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