Opinion
Program managers play a bigger BD role as recompete landscape shifts
Incumbency is no guarantee of success, so program managers must embrace their business development role and to do that they should get more training to recognize and communicate their customers needs.
Contracts
Biden budget has clear priorities even with uphill battle
President Biden's fiscal year 2024 budget request appears to lay the groundwork for technology and professional opportunities, no matter what the final numbers add up to.
Contracts
Space Force chooses 18 companies for $900M data contract
The service branch prioritized commercial software offerings and current accreditations for the awardees' products.
Companies
Google hires former Navy CIO
Aaron Weis joins the global tech giant to lead its public sector technology strategy after four years as the Navy's lead IT official.
Opinion
Drone strike in Syria highlights risks faced by contractors
Contractors have lived and worked in war zones since the Sept. 11 attacks, a fact government agencies do not acknowledge enough.
Opinion
CIO-SP4 award plan changes
The agency running this $50 billion IT contract is working to send out a "preliminary notification" of potential winners instead of announcing final awards.
Companies
Bluestone closes third investment fund
Existing and new limited partners have committed capital into Bluestone Investment Partners III for backing lower-middle market companies.
Contracts
DOD partners with GSA to get sustainable products to agencies
General Services Administration officials have agreed to leverage Defense Department program that assists agencies in their acquisitions of sustainable commercial off-the-shelf technologies.
Companies
SAIC agrees to divest supply chain business
ASRC Federal will add more than 240 employees supporting the Defense Logistics Agency after the $350 million deal closes.
Contracts
NOAA seeks unmanned systems to monitor Hawaii's waters
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants the crafts to work alone for 30 days or more as they collect data in calm and rough seas.
Contracts
New protests likely to thwart CIO-SP4 award plan
The National Institutes of Health's IT acquisition hub could still make awards, but will have to certify that its need to move on this $50 billion contract is urgent.
Contracts
NGA previews $850M research, development contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is looking to build upon and expand ongoing work on further iterating technologies.
Companies
FTC seeks info on cloud computing market’s influence
The Federal Trade Commission is asking for public feedback about the market power of cloud computing providers, among other information.
Companies
Quantum computing and seagliders mark the week's defense venture activity
The emerging tech investment arms of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies share their newest backings.
Contracts
OPM finalizes second block of awards for employee learning portal support
The Office of Personnel Management is looking to upgrade the USALearning environment used by federal employees.
Opinion
The challenge of the big breakup
People resist letting go but that's what good managers must learn to do, whether you are talking about programs or people. It isn't easy but it is necessary.
Podcasts
WT 360: BigBear's agenda for itself and the AI market
Both the new chief executive of BigBear and head of its federal business join the 360 conversation to lay out the company's pathway it believes is the right one to become an artificial intelligence integration leader.
Companies
Economic uncertainty is no barrier to tech investments, DOD official says
The head of the Defense Department office that connects promising companies with private capital said they will “continue to advance these technologies and support DOD operations, even in tougher economic times.”
Opinion
Final T4NG2 solicitation draws small biz complaints
Some service-disabled, veteran-owned small business claim they are at a disadvantage in competing against joint ventures for places on this $60 billion Veterans Affairs IT vehicle.
Companies