Opinion

8 client satisfaction guidelines every project manager should know

Relationships are critical for successful project management. Here are eight things to keep in mind.

Companies

Cadmus stands up international development unit via acquisition

This is the latest instance where Cadmus is using M&A to establish a new line of business.

Companies

Empower AI brings in new chief executive after ownership change

A former Peraton executive will lead the next phase of the strategy that centers on artificial intelligence integration for agencies.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.”

Contracts

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.

Companies

DSFederal hires former Leidos exec as CEO

The 16-year-old company is embarking on the next phase of its strategy.

Companies

LinQuest details its third major move in less than a month

The space systems integrator has been busy with the promotion of a new chief executive and two acquisitions, including this most recent one focused on national security.

Contracts

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.

Companies

Parsons' 2023 outlook highlights defense tech research and infrastructure opportunities

The company expects infrastructure spending to ramp up toward the end of 2023, but not peak for another three years afterward.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Contracts

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.

Companies

A potential shutdown isn't the only worry for GovCon companies

In an earnings call with investors, Leidos' chief executive highlights the debt ceiling situation and the lack of contracting personnel as critical challenges faced by industry and agencies.

Contracts

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. 

Companies

Meet the 2023 FCW Federal 100 industry winners

Private sector executives take up 17 spots for their work supporting agencies and the whole of government.

Contracts

Boecore acquires space scheduling software provider

This transaction represents Boecore's second with the backing of Enlightenment Capital.

Companies

MDA chooses joint venture for $637M engineering contract

The Missile Defense Agency uses its so-called "TEAMS" procurement program to buy support for layered defenses.

Opinion

New round of CIO-SP4 protests gets underway

Companies are sounding the same complaints over their elimination from the multiple-award $50 billion IT competition: the scoring threshold to advance into the next round is arbitrary.

Contracts

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.