Contracts

USCIS chooses 5 for agile development pact

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency set up this blanket purchase agreement to support its cloud computing migration efforts and scale out operational capacity.

Companies

Microsoft announces plan to transition to quantum resilience by 2033

Microsoft is taking a phased approach to ensuring its products meet a post-quantum cryptography standard.

Contracts

GSA, Google reach agreement on Gemini availability and pricing

This pact covering the tech giant's chatbot will also include enterprise search and multimedia generation capabilities.

Companies

Hupside names Navy tech chief to its advisory board

The startup emerging from stealth mode focuses on measuring human originality in artificial intelligence environments.

Companies

SAIC-Google alliance targets AI at the tactical edge

Their partnership reflects a shift across the market toward more mission-driven collaborations over contract-specific arrangements.

Contracts

Judge tells Army to reinstate SETA III contract before cancelling it again

Rules governing set-aside procurements lay out how Army officials can still pull the plug on this $365 million analysis and acquisition support contract in favor of commercial solutions.

Companies

Salesforce launches agentic AI tool for government users

The company designed the tool to help autonomously augment government operations, from citizen services to compliance functions.

Companies

Lentech's employees now own all of the company

The 24-year-old company is adopting the employee stock ownership plan to position itself as an employer-of-choice and achieve longer-term sustainability.

Companies

One 23 Group acquires mission, enterprise IT provider

The One 23 Group launched in 2023 with the backing of private equity firm Willow Creek Partners.

Contracts

Contractors battle over $237M Army protective equipment award

Two companies challenge Amentum's win of a gear improvement program covering boots, uniforms, and sniper camouflage.

Companies

How MetTel’s VA win could open the door to more managed services

The company is carrying out "plain old phone service" modernization initiatives to transform how agencies manage and control the cost of their utilities.

Companies

Growth, talent and finance leadership roles across the market

A handful of developments at boards of directors also feature, along with a new industry role for a former Food and Drug Administration tech leader.

Exclusive Companies

Trump administration hopes AI can mitigate staffing losses, federal CIO says

Gregory Barbaccia, who was named the federal chief information officer just a week into the new administration, said one of his priorities is learning how to do more with less.

Contracts

GSA seeks ideas on AI's role in procurement overhaul

The General Services Administration is starting out with a broad scope in its newest request for information to industry.

Companies

Cryptic Vector acquires cyber research specialist

This transaction comes almost exactly one year after Enlightenment Capital invested in Cryptic Vector.

Podcasts

WT 360: SAIC Ventures’ methods for investing in and working with tech startups

Michael Hauser, managing partner for Science Applications International Corp.’s venture capital arm, walks through how this part of the company works to bring emerging technologies forward after they invest in a young company.

Updated Contracts

Layoffs canceled at federal contractor oversight office, but questions remain about employee reassignments

Employees at the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs received a notice that they will get new job assignments rather than be removed from the civil service.

Contracts

FAA opens proposal window for $4.1B IT supply recompete

Small businesses will claim six out of eight seats on this contract, which is also the Transportation Department's mandatory use vehicle for standardized purchases of IT hardware and software.

Contracts

FAR Council releases changes to 6 sections of acquisition regulation

The White House celebrated the changes as a milestone in its effort to overhaul and simplify the rules surrounding federal buying.

Companies

Advent creates defense photonics business in $400M acquisition

The private equity group is forming a standalone company through this carve-out transaction with Coherent Corp.