GSA sets AI pilot as test for procurement process

GSA has released a solicitation for an artificial intelligence pilot to test a new procurement process for commercial solutions.

GSA cuts payment time for small businesses

The General Services Administration plans to reduce the time it takes to pay small business primes and their subcontractors.

Power Breakfast Preview: inside the EITaaS opportunity

At our first-ever virtual WT Power Breakfast, we'll explore the Enterprise IT as a Service business opportunity and what it means to contractors and their government customers.

Air Force awards $6.4B logistics contract

The Air Force makes eight awards on a potential $6.4 billion contract for logistics and other contingency-based professional services around the world.

Contract obligations rise in response to COVID-19 pandemic

Federal contract obligations for the COVID-19 response span far and wide across the government, as data reveals a sharp increase.

Perspecta brings back former SAIC, HPE exec

Perspecta hires two-decade market veteran and former SAIC and HPE executive Orlando Figueredo to help lead business development functions.

DOD moves toward faster prototyping

Ellen Lord, DOD's acquisition head, issued new guidance for prototype contracts issued through other transaction authorities.

How M&A issues can derail how proposals are evaluated

Serco is embroiled in a protest battle that helps show how mergers and acquisitions can impact the competition for contracts, or at least how contracts are evaluated.

CenturyLink raises objections to three EIS task order awards

CenturyLink is challenging the awards of three task orders through the General Services Administration's huge Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle.

Gunnison hires new finance chief

Gunnison Consulting Group continues to reshape its executive ranks with the hire of a new chief financial officer.

ADP adds SAIC CEO to board

Automated Data Processing's board of directors elects Science Applications International Corp. CEO Nazzic Keene as a new member.

GAO: Agencies are missing EIS targets

Federal agencies are slow to adopt the governmentwide $50 billion next generation telecommunications contract vehicle, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

OPM loosens purse strings on recruitment, retention and relocation

New policy allows agencies to ask for waiver of 25% incentive and retention caps in COVID-19 response.

What DOD & ODNI are now telling contractors on COVID-19 costs

With the coronavirus economic stimulus now law, the Defense Department and central office in charge of the intelligence community are leaning on that to help contractors keep their workforces in a "ready state" and remain financially stable.

Lockheed further details supply chain aid effort

Lockheed Martin is speeding up payments to its supply chain partners that are feeling the pinch with the coronavirus pandemic and economic slowdown.

DLT appoints new president

Now an arm of Tech Data, DLT Solutions promotes one of its own executives to be the subsidiary's president.

Parsons adds new exec to talent leadership team

Parsons Corp. adds a new executive to its talent leadership team that brings two decades of human capital experience in the government market.

Podcasts

Project 38: What GovCon's new 'business as usual' looks like during pandemic

Get a glimpse at how the business of government contracting has shifted to a different pace and cadence amid the COVID-19 pandemic in this episode with Amber Hart and Lisa Shea Mundt, the founders in charge at market intelligence firm The Pulse of GovCon.

Lockheed promotes Hodge

Lockheed Martin promotes two-decade company veteran Yvonne Hodge to lead the company's internal business transformation efforts.

VA chooses six for $1B health care transformation support contract

The Veterans Affairs Department makes six awards on a $1 billion contract to support an integrated health care transformation effort across the agency.