Companies
Shutdown’s ripple effect: Contractors, small businesses face devastating economic hit
At least 1 million contractor employees face lost paychecks as the funding lapse disrupts their companies' services to agencies and freezes federal operations.
Contracts
Hegseth, Vought actions heighten fears about continued inspector general independence
Lawmakers from both parties and good government groups have argued that recent moves by the Trump administration will chill whistleblowing and watchdog offices.
Companies
LMI promotes Wilson to chief executive
Doug Wagoner will transition to chairman of the board of directors after having led LMI for five years, including the transition from its longstanding nonprofit status to being a for-profit company.
Contracts
DHS' cyber agency awards $500M digital transformation support pact
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency sought to hire a group of contractors for help in service delivery to its components and a more rapid approach for technology testing and evaluation.
Companies
Maxar's name is no more after rebrand
Vantor houses the earth imagery work, while Lanteris Space Systems is where hardware and infrastructure manufacturing takes place.
Contracts
Amentum wins $955M contract to maintain Air Force's Reaper fleet
The new five-year award continues Amentum's support of the long-endurance drone across U.S. bases and overseas locations.
Contracts
A shutdown will slow tech modernization, experts warn
Even after a shutdown ends, restarting stalled IT work doesn’t happen immediately.
Opinion
The AI Gamble: Inside the High-Stakes Tech of the Golden Dome Initiative
President Trump's proposed space-based missile shield will rely heavily on AI to achieve the speed needed for boost-phase intercepts, as Vincent Carchidi and Carter Palmer of Forecast International write.
Companies
Crunch time for CMMC as November deadline looms
Full implementation of the standard takes effect in a month. In the meantime, a new study shows a compliance gap that could lock unprepared contractors out of defense contracts while cyber vulnerabilities persist.
Contracts
Government spirals toward shutdown with Trump promising mass layoffs
A last-ditch effort to keep government funded failed Tuesday night. Agencies will begin furloughing staff on Wednesday.
Opinion
Don't go dark: Why this shutdown demands a different contractor strategy
With 140,000 federal workers already gone, the contractors who stay engaged now will be the only ones with customers left when funding returns.
Companies
CBP awards $900M IT, enterprise business support pact
Customs and Border Protection sought industry support for various aspects of its operations related to emerging tech and management of key programs.
Contracts
SecDef uses unprecedented meeting to unveil 10 personnel, due-process reviews
After summoning senior officers from around the world, Hegseth invites them to resign if they don’t agree with him.
Contracts
White House seeks industry input as it crafts “anti-woke” AI guidelines
Critics have said that the July executive order on “woke” AI could chill free speech, despite the administration’s stated focus on protecting it.
Contracts
Connolly's successor, James Walkinshaw, looks to carry on his IT and workforce legacy
“A shutdown gives the Trump administration no new legal authority to fire federal workers or to conduct reductions in force,” Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., told Nextgov/FCW in response to the White House telling agencies to implement mass layoffs in the event of a funding lapse.
Contracts
The government shutdown playbook: cash flow, communication and recovery
The Professional Services Council is urging companies to secure their cash flow and identify agency contacts as they get ready for an all too familiar funding crisis.
Contracts
Navy awards $244M contract for space-to-ground transmission research
Assurance Technology will develop systems to transmit energy across the radio frequency spectrum to objects in space under the FROST program.
Companies
Barbara Humpton's next role and more leadership moves across the market
Also included in this listing: an enterprise software giant's new public sector team leader, three chief financial officer appointments and a pair of chief technology officer hires.
Opinion
Rule of two survives FAR overhaul as socioeconomic programs take a back seat
The Federal Acquisition Regulation rewrite keeps in place mandatory requirements for general small business set-asides, while socioeconomic small business programs become discretionary.
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