How CACI sees slower, but eventual return to whatever normal looks like

CACI International is not alone in having to deal with the realities of working for agencies in a world of COVID-19 and that is why it is tempering some expectations with the reality of an uneven return to 'normal.'

Pyramid Systems add Perspecta vet

Pyramid Systems hires a federal market veteran and former Perspecta executive to lead client delivery and support solution development.

Why Biden's climate initiatives must be tracked

Many of President Biden's climate change initiatives will have an indirect impact on contractors that could still be significant.

What drove Maximus toward its largest-ever acquisition

Maximus is paying a company-record $1.4 billion to acquire Veterans Evaluation Services and continue transforming the business process outsourcing line of work.

DHS officially starts bids for $10B commodity IT contract

The Homeland Security Department has revealed the much-anticipated final solicitation for its $10 billion IT hardware and software contract vehicle reserved for small businesses.

Tyler Technologies closes NIC acquisition

Tyler Technologies completes the company's largest-ever acquisition that sees NIC enter its fold.

Promotions, new hires and a launch mark hectic week in personnel

This week has been busy when it comes to executive hires announced by companies in the government market. Here is a round-up of the key ones to know.

GAO rejects arguments that evaluations were flawed

A group of protesters could not convince that evaluations for the Veterans Affairs Department's T4NG onramp were flawed.

Lockheed's blueprint for change in the system and itself

Lockheed Martin's knowledge of how defense acquisition works is self-evident but its chief executive believes many of those processes need to be modified for customers to get the technologies they want when they want them. So too should Lockheed change, he told Wall Street.

Podcasts

Project 38 podcast marks 100 episodes

Since its launch in 2018, Washington Technology's Project 38 podcast has produced over 100 episodes and hosted a wide range of executives and other market experts to explore the state of the market and the future of government contracting

Parsons details CEO succession plan

Parsons Corp.'s leader for the past 13 years will step back from the CEO role and the company has identified his successor from within its ranks.

Raytheon's board adds former astronaut

Raytheon Technologies' board of directors adds to its ranks a former long-time astronaut and current health care investment leader.

OPM digs into the post-pandemic puzzle of remote work and locality pay

An Office of Personnel Management official said last week that the office is looking into pay administration rules in terms of remote work as part of broader efforts to provide guidance for the long-term future of a more dispersed federal workforce.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Can agencies force contractors to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Can agencies require contractors to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Maybe, but it is complicated as attorneys Al Krachman and Brooke Iley explain to Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers in this episode.

PAE's board elects two new members

PAE’s board of directors adds two new members: a retired Navy vice admiral along with a managing director at the private equity firm that once owned the company before its deal to go public.

What the IT market can learn from SpaceX's NASA win

SpaceX has surprised the aerospace market by winning the $2.9 billion NASA contract to take human's back to the moon but the lessons from that victory might extend across the entire government market.

Last draft out for $1.4B DHA workforce contract

The Defense Health Agency has released one last draft solicitation for its $1.4 billion Workforce 3.0 contract with a final version due within days.

How Teresa Carlson signed off from AWS and introduced her successor

Amazon's flagship cloud summit for public sector customers always begins with a keynote from Teresa Carlson and this year was her last, so she used the (virtual) stage with to pass the baton to her successor.

NASA starts second on-ramp for $6B space systems contract

While no awards are guaranteed, NASA is starting a new on-ramp for companies to try again at joining a $6 billion contract for acquiring space systems in an agile manner.

USTRANSCOM prepares for third-party cyber compliance assessments

U.S. Transportation Command is preparing a proof of principle for a cyber compliance program in preparation for broad adoption of CMMC.