Contracts

LMI secures $604M Border Patrol recompete win

This largest award in LMI's six-decade history expands the scope of work to the agency's entire headquarters organization.

Companies

Global conflicts drive GovCon demand amid evolving capacity constraints

Investors want to know what the CEOs of publicly traded companies make of turbulence in the world and the industry's response to it. CACI International and Northrop Grumman answered those questions.

Contracts

White House looks to ramp up contract spending with small disadvantaged businesses

Last year, the federal government awarded small disadvantaged businesses over 11% of contracting dollars. Now, it’s aiming for 13%.

Contracts

31 communities tapped as innovation hub finalists

The Biden administration expects the innovation hubs to spur scientific and technological innovation in communities across the country, including small and rural areas and those with historically underserved populations.

Contracts

House picks new speaker, but shutdown threat looms

Federal agency missions often take a back seat amid preparations for a funding lapse.

Companies

Growth and procurement leadership moves across the market

Also this week: a former Army chief of staff joins the board of directors at an emerging small unmanned aerial vehicle maker.

Companies

General Dynamics assumes 'new reality' of supply chains in its outlook

The company's IT hardware and product unit seems to assume that some fragility is now normal.

Opinion

What the mystery buyer of RTX's cyber business is getting

RTX is fetching $1.3 billion for its cybersecurity, intelligence and services business unit. We can tell you all about the transaction even without (yet) knowing the acquirer's identity.

Opinion

Demystifying the acronym soup of CMMC

To prepare for the Nov. 8 CMMC Ecosystem Summit, here is an acronym cheat sheet to follow along in the conversation about the defense industrial base's new cybersecurity standard.

Contracts

DISA opens $334M commissary tech support contract for bids

One company will take on the responsibility of managing hardware and software that supports the military's global network of grocery and household goods stores.

Companies

CAE finds buyer for healthcare business

This divestiture agreement takes place two years after CAE acquired a military training division from L3Harris Technologies.

Contracts

DISA looks to the open market for secure web browsing contract

A contracting notice indicates that the Defense Department is looking to compete the service that protects its systems from web-based attacks.

Contracts

SEWP VI heads toward final solicitation

NASA sees its three-decade-old contract vehicle for buying IT products and services as having more flexibility.

Opinion

The race is on to quantum proof encryption

While a standard isn't in place yet, now is the time to understand your risks and put a focus on agility.

Contracts

Awards for $60B Veterans Affairs IT vehicle look imminent

VA sounds confident enough to give a timeline for when it will make selections for the T4NG2 contract, even as one protest remains active in the courts.

Contracts

FEMA lays out timeline for audit support contract

The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants woman-owned small businesses to take heed of this upcoming opportunity to work with its chief financial officer.

Contracts

GSA starts the bidding for employee travel system competition

The General Services Administration will choose a single company to provide a "configurable (and) commercial" service that manages travel and expense services for other civilian agencies.

Podcasts

WT 360: All about how OTA contracts really work

Tim Greeff, founder and chief executive of NSTXL, explains the nonprofit’s role in Other Transaction Authority contracts and the inner workings of what takes place when federal agencies look to go outside the traditional acquisition lanes.

Companies

NIST plans new risk evaluation methods and standards tracking for AI

The associate director for emerging technology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology said the evaluations are designed to identify potential harms from AI systems before they are deployed.

Opinion

Where IBM's protest over financial requirements fell short

A newly-released bid protest ruling details how the Veterans Affairs Department wants to look at bidders' liquidity ratios for a supply chain modernization contract.