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NASA and Microsoft finalize tool to track Earth’s water changes

The space agency will host the Microsoft and OpenAI-powered Earth Copilot to make analyzing hydraulic data easier.

Navy seeks bids for $350M 'Seabed to Space' tech recompete

This multiple-award effort supports intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems on afloat vessels worldwide.

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Expanded ‘non-traditional’ contractor definition dropped from final NDAA

The Senate provision would have created a new pathway based on research-and-development cost allocations, which benefit firms doing mostly fixed-price work and pursuing Other Transaction agreements.

DISA preps $600M enterprise storage recompete

The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking an on-demand managed service with usage-based pricing.

House passes measure to help reduce federal software spending

For the second straight Congress, lawmakers in the lower chamber have advanced legislation to impose heightened transparency requirements on government software spending.

Bid protests hit decade-low and undermine calls for ‘loser pays’ reforms

New data from the Government Accountability Office shows protests have declined 40% since 2016, while half of all cases result in relief for contractors or corrective actions by agencies.

NDAA would let large contractors keep ‘non-traditional’ status indefinitely

This change would allow companies with billions in Pentagon contracts to maintain non-traditional status by keeping research-and-development cost allocations below a $1.1 million threshold.

Commerce awards $150M advisory support pact

The Commerce Department lists customer experience management and enterprise architecture as key areas it wants industry support in developing strategies for.

Lawmaker looks to shake up VA’s software management

Legislation from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., prioritizes waste reduction when it comes to the roughly $1 billion that VA spends annually on software assets.

Air Force reopens $972M Northrop contract after conflict-of-interest allegations

Protests from Science Applications International Corp. and HII prompted the service to conduct an investigation after accusations that Northrop would be evaluating its own work.

NRC chooses 6 for $502M IT support pact

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission uses this blanket purchase agreement to bridge its technology resources with larger business strategies.

Leidos wins $455M Air Force cloud architecture job

This piece of the service branch's Cloud One Next initiative concentrates on access to cloud computing services via automated, on-demand and self-service means.

OMB, OPM pitch new governmentwide HR system

A joint memo from OMB Director Russ Vought and OPM Director Scott Kupor Wednesday laid out plans to encompass all federal HR management data into a single technology platform by fiscal 2028.

GSA inks OneGov pact with Tenable for 65% discount on cloud security tools

This is the General Services Administration's 17th agreement signed for enterprise-level pricing to all federal agencies.

Army seeks contractor for logistics and supply chain management support

The five-year contract will span strategic planning, supply chain management and congressional affairs for the G-4 organization.

Library of Congress opens the bidding for $150M IT contract

The multiple-award contract also focuses on agile processes for modernizing network, database and web-based applications.

Don’t count out resellers as OneGov agreements grow

Despite some early rhetoric about their demise, value-added resellers will keep an essential role in the General Services Administration's governmentwide IT buying strategy.