Hitachi Vantara Federal appoints new CTO

Hitachi Vantara Federal has promoted its engineering director to the role of chief technology officer.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Telework's impact on the state & local market

The shift to telework has accelerated because of the COVID-19 and in many jurisdiction there is evidence the trend might continue after the market reaches the new normal.

  • By John M. Kamensky, MIchaela Drust and Emily Craig

CMMC training begins worries persist

The first group of DOD cybersecurity assessors is expected to graduate by early August, but concerns loom over Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Perspecta wants DEOS protest reimbursement

Because of a late move to take a corrective action on the $7.6 billion DEOS contract, Perspecta is asking for its protest costs to be reimbursed.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Making competent diversity happen in national security

The conversation around diversity has hit a peak in recent weeks and Maggie Feldman-Piltch, founder and CEO of #NatSecGirlSquad shares how talk and action on diversity go hand-in-hand.

Federal CIO Kent to exit in July

During her tenure, Suzette Kent pushed on policies including Trusted Internet Connection, identity management and the creation of the Chief Data Officers Council.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

Kilberg era nears end as NVTC names acting CEO

Bobbie Kilberg's planned retirement takes effect next week as the Northern Virginia Technology Council names Brad Schwartz as acting president and CEO.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Maxar takes full position of 3D joint venture

Maxar Technologies is acquiring the remainder of a joint venture held with Saab and sees this deal as meeting customer demand for a lot of data about the Earth as soon as it can be taken in.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GSA gives $7B boost to STARS II ceiling

GSA has raised the ceiling on its current STARS II contract vehicle by $7 billion to get the needed runway for the transition to STARS III.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DynCorp's run of protests may not be what you think

DynCorp has five active protests ongoing which may be unusually high, but they say something important about the company.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Early 2021 NDAA markup focuses on AI leadership restructuring, IT policy oversight

The House Armed Services Committee began marking up its draft of the 2021 defense policy bill with some focus on artificial intelligence efforts and oversight of IT policy.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

How COVID has reshaped talent acquisition

Despite the restrictions of the pandemic, companies still are hiring and onboarding new employees. Here's a snapshot of what two companies are doing.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Accenture files new protest over Healthcare.gov contract loss

Accenture is arguing that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services didn't conduct a proper evaluation when it picked Deloitte to run the Healthcare.gov portal.

  • By Nick Wakeman

AE Industrial Partners-backed space tech firm makes first deal

Backed by AE Industrial Partners, Redwire has made its first acquisition since the space technology company formally launched in June.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GSA further sketches out the STARS III picture

A final call for bids is in the works, but the General Services Administration is giving 8(a) small businesses a broad look at the next STARS contract for IT services.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Post-COVID Clarity report covers benchmarks for GovCon

Deltek conducted the surveys for its annual Clarity report before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But the findings still provide important benchmarks around growth, business development, IT trends and overall challenges to the GovCon community.

  • By Nick Wakeman

With M&A sluggish, what will drive & shape the market's landscape?

Credit analysts at Moody's Investors Service view the last decade's mergers and acquisitions as helping build a more resilient group of companies, but they are looking at other factors as ones to shape the market amid the pandemic's pressure on deal activity.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Booz Allen pushes back on Marine Corps' audit requirement

When Booz Allen Hamilton won a spot on the Navy's $980 million Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness contract, there was no requirement for bidders to be certified as independent public accountants. So when the Marine Corps made it a requirement for a task order, Booz Allen said "No way."

  • By Nick Wakeman

AE Industrial Partners enters new government IT investment

AE Industrial Partners details its second deal in less than a month by acquiring majority ownership of a nearly two-decade old government technology services company.

  • By Ross Wilkers

GSA plans for final Networx sunset

GSA has released a plan for how it will sunset Networks and help agencies move to EIS.

  • By Mark Rockwell
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