Companies

Blue Delta adds Edgewater as a minority investment

The venture capital firm gets a seat on the board so it can more closely advise the company on its growth strategy.

Contracts

Exclusion sparks protest over $2.25B contract

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency eliminated one incumbent from a background investigation support program.

Companies

Systems Planning & Analysis acquires digital engineering business

SPA itself was acquired by the private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners nearly one year ago.

Companies

Mitre adds pair to national security leadership team

The nonprofit firm's two newest hires join from Booz Allen Hamilton and the CIA.

Contracts

GDIT continues legacy with U.S. courts support

Under a new $298 million contract, General Dynamics IT will continue work it picked up through the CSRA acquisition in 2018.

Companies

OneWeb's federal arm hires new chief exec

The global communications firm has been busy in standing up the board and leadership team for its U.S. government business.

Companies

Pair of GovCon businesses appoint new operation chiefs

Accenture Federal Services' new COO is from within its own ranks while BlueHalo hired an industry veteran as its second-highest executive.

Contracts

DTRA kicks off work on $1B contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency gets an early start on the next iteration of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Support Contract.

Companies

The Biden administration moves to make unions more accessible to federal contractors

This carries out a recommendation from the White House task force on worker organizing. 

Companies

Growth, operational leadership hires mark busy week in exec movement

The week leading up to Labor Day Weekend served up a handful of senior leadership appointments across the government market covered here.

Contracts

Maximus wins $6.6B CMS citizen contact center rebid

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services uses the hubs to handle inquiries on the health insurance marketplace and Medicare benefits.

Companies

SAIC holding to optimism after flat quarter

Company leaders expect a return to organic growth in the second half of its fiscal year on wins for cloud migration and command-and-control work.

Opinion

How GovCon can better appeal to Generation Z

Generation Z is a small part of today's workforce, but they are the future and we know precious little about them. Step one is listening to them.

Companies

ICF acquires environmental, infrastructure consultancy

The buyer is positioning for the expected increases in spending from the bipartisan infrastructure law signed in 2021.

Contracts

Two FirstSource III bidders drop their protests

The companies can still pursue the $10 billion commodity IT product vehicle even as their odds of an award look low.

Companies

BAE's US arm appoints familiar face as finance leader

This is Guy Montminy's second stint as SVP of finance during his three-decade career with company.

Contracts

NASA unveils draft solicitation for $1.3B IT contract

The space agency is bundling 10 incumbent contracts into this new procurement.

Companies

Firefly Aerospace hires former KeyW chief exec

Bill Weber joins the startup space company in the same year it got a new majority owner.

Contracts

Commerce watchdog to probe $340M cloud program

The program is facing delays in deployments to component agencies at the department.

Contracts

Amazon-Microsoft rivalry now turns to $1B NGA contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency went down the sole-source route, which of course led to a protest.