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Veterans Affairs chooses 10 projects for $20M suicide prevention challenge
The VA is eyeing the use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality to find new ways to prevent veteran suicides.
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Top senator says modernizing VA’s EHR 'is not optional'
After leading GOP lawmakers introduced legislation to terminate the deployment of VA’s new electronic health record program, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.—chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee—said upgrading the system “has to be done.”
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Biden's equity executive order includes data, AI provisions
The order directs agencies to consider including their civil rights offices in decisions about artificial intelligence systems.
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NSA again chooses CACI for $2.4B award and protestors return
The National Security Agency has now twice chosen CACI International for the network analysis contract and is now facing a second round of protests.
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Veterans Affairs unveils second draft for $60B IT vehicle
In what is a running theme: companies have a mere week to comment on this latest draft solicitation for the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation recompete.
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DOD eyes June for final CMMC proposed rule release
The new cybersecurity standard for the defense industrial base will likely not be final until 2024. Companies still have options available to get ready before the final proposed rules go out.
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Accenture drops out of battle for $5.7B Air Force contract
One protest remains active for this enterprise IT contract that looks like it will go all the way to a decision.
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Small business participation in federal marketplace continues decline despite $159 billion in awards
The number of small businesses that received federal contracts in fiscal year 2022 was less than half the number that received contracts in 2012, according to a new report.
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Boecore acquires space scheduling software provider
This transaction represents Boecore's second with the backing of Enlightenment Capital.
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OIG finds oversight issues with GSA's performance-based contracts
General Services Administration contracting personnel produced performance reports that were "often incomplete or not available at all," according to a new inspector general's audit.
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Tougher cybersecurity rules may be more than a year away—but don’t wait to get ready
Contractors should prepare for independent checks on their data systems, and maybe more reporting requirements as well.
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Booz Allen, IBM get second shots at $2.6B IRS contract
The agency has decided to reopen discussions with bidders, which means these two companies that protested can still get positions on the systems modernization vehicle.
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Biden’s State of the Union highlights semiconductor success and big tech privacy concerns
The president applauded the CHIPS and Science Act and urged lawmakers to crack down on big tech’s data privacy and surveillance practices.
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Transportation Command looks to up its game
The command will lean on a General Services Administration vehicle to bring in a contractor for help in strategic planning.
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NIH's cancer institute faces protests over $1.7B blanket purchase agreement awards
Two companies want in on these contracts for “critical and complex IT services” that support research.
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Army wants ideas from industry on autonomous, anti-drone capabilities
Army Futures Command called on industry for white papers outlining potential technology capabilities it will look to deploy as part of its modernization strategy.
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Industry voices complaints over short response window for $60B VA recompete
Contractors had only four business days to weigh in on the draft solicitation for the next version of the Veterans Affairs Department's T4NG IT solutions vehicle.
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DOD instructs acquisition teams to prioritize small business engagement over best-in-class contracts
The Defense Department is instructing its components to support efforts to expand small business participation in the federal marketplace following the release of its “Small Business Strategy” earlier this month.
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Protests circle around $377M Energy training support contract
An incumbent and two challengers are complaining about the evaluation process.
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