Companies

Booz Allen invests in 'responsible' AI company

The government technology company's ventures arm backs a startup who designs its artificial intelligence platform to enable compliance, transparency and auditability.

Contracts

Space Force focusing on innovative procurement methods for commercial software

The Space Force is leaning on rapid prototyping and new software pathways to keep up with the commercial sector and its growing suite of software and services for space, according to a top official. 

Companies

Leidos' Krone credits people for the company's growth

In his last interview before retirement, Roger Krone reflects on the company's early struggles and what "put the bounce back in our step."

Companies

Where Leidos sees, and does not see, the stagnation loosening

As Leidos' retiring CEO told investors: government acquisition teams appear to be gaining traction on their to-do list, even if some of the reasons why are concerning to the market.

Contracts

Court hits GSA over handling of Polaris small biz contract

A federal judge has told the General Services Administration to change how it evaluates past experience examples and pricing. The implications could stretch beyond just this one governmentwide IT contract.

Contracts

NGA awards $900M mission support contract

We know all the names of the 13 awardees, but given the classified nature of the work there is little publicly available.

Companies

Lumen promotes new federal sales lead

Jason Schulman has been with the company for 15 years and has held several leadership positions in the federal market.

Contracts

Veterans Affairs picks 4 for $1B telehealth support contract

The work supports efforts to monitor patients' chronic health conditions while they are at home.

Opinion

Another six-month extension for CIO-SP3

This takes place as the National Institutes of Health's IT acquisition arm works to clear out over 100 protests against the CIO-SP4 IT contract.

Companies

Michael Baker elevates new lead federal exec

The engineering consultancy is moving on the next phase of its government market strategy.

Contracts

DCS wins $2.1B Army ground vehicle engineering contract

Work takes place at one of the Army's main research-and-development hubs for collaboration between defense and automotive industry entities.

Companies

ManTech hires new Navy business head

This is one of ManTech's first major executive team hires since its sale to the Carlyle Group.

Companies

How L3Harris and Northrop look at capacity

Having the internal heft to meet demand during a surge is top of mind for these two defense hardware companies.

Opinion

Industry group urges changes to Alliant 3 solicitation

The Information Technology Competitive Coalition wants the General Services Administration to make four changes to the Alliant 3 solicitation so it will be more competitive and open to mid-size government contractors.

Contracts

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looks to boost cyber posture

The competition is underway for a set blanket purchase agreements to meet CFPB's cybersecurity needs and add protections to the financial data it holds.

Contracts

6 big-ticket contracts to watch in 2023

These multiple-award opportunities range in potential estimated value from $5 billion to $100 billion.

Companies

CACI's bigger picture for its space investments

The way CACI sees it, these moves are not about its next fiscal year or even the one after that.

Opinion

Why cyber resiliency might be your best cloud sales pitch

Many government agencies still don't feel a compelling reason to migrate to the cloud but a focus on cybersecurity might be the lever you need to unlock that business.

Contracts

OMB, CISA set to release common form for software self-attestation

Federal CISO Chris DeRusha said the new standardized approach to collecting self-attestation forms from third-party software providers could be released as early as this week.

Contracts

DARPA looking for flaws in business systems

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to better understand what leads to breakdowns in these systems.