Cyber firm ShorePoint makes acquisition for growth in CDM
Cyber services outfit ShorePoint acquires a data management and transformation company to gain more of a footprint in the government's massive "CDM" cyber initiative.
Parsons hires former Hill staffer to help lead space biz
Parsons Corp. adds one of the architects behind Congress' creation of Space Force to the company's leadership team.
Is the future of telework now as coronavirus spreads?
Telework is becoming the norm for just about everyone who can amid the coronavirus pandemic. But in some ways, the trend was already headed in that direction and current events will keep it that way.
COVID-19 drives Maximus to halt financial guidance
Maximus is temporarily suspending its financial guidance to investors because of the coronavirus pandemic and what it is doing to the economy. How soon will other public GovCon firms follow suit?
CGI makes deal to buy TeraThink
CGI Group is buying TeraThink to add more agile development skills into the global IT giant's federal shop.
NCI asks GAO to reconsider denied protest
NCI Information Systems lost a protest of a $145 million Army contract but wants the Government Accountability Office to re-examine the company's complaints.
OMB expands use of easy-acquisition procedures in face of COVID-19
The Office of Management and Budget's revised thresholds for federal purchases are a welcome tool for agencies and federal contractors
AWS complains that DOD's JEDI corrective action is too narrow
Amazon Web Services only got part of what it wants in DOD's proposed JEDI corrective action and is asking the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to expand the scope.
SAIC clears protest, opens $950M DLA contract
Science Applications International Corp. can now move on a $950 million Defense Logistics Agency contract now that protest delays have been cleared up.
Sabre Systems takes $77.7M Navy digital transformation award
Sabre Systems wins a $77.7 million contract to support Navy digital transformation efforts and that includes work on the NGEN program.
L3Harris makes deal for another divestiture
L3Harris Technologies finds a buyer for another one of its businesses as the defense company continues on a post-merger portfolio review and reshaping.
Podcasts
Project 38: How COVID-19 will disrupt the GovCon supply chain
Explore the impact of COVID-19 on the GovCon supply chain in Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers' interview with Chris Meissner, founding partner with the 202 Group, a data analytics and market intelligence firm.
Contractors getting federal guidance on working amid coronavirus pandemic
Government contractors and their customers are figuring out how and what work goes on as the coronavirus pandemic is poised to speed up. We have consolidated the guidance that agencies are giving their industry partners on how to proceed and some reactions.
Opinion
Don't take the national security contractor workforce for granted
As the government moves through the COVID-19 crisis, it is critical that government leaders make the right decisions and remember that contractors are an essential part of the solution.
Maximus board elects two new members
Maximus' board of directors elects a pair of new members, one of which is returning to the company after a year-long break.
Toni Townes-Whitley: A public-sector native comes home
A child of public servants and a former Peace Corps volunteer herself, Microsoft's president for U.S. regulated industries is committed to making her firm "a fundamental partner in the mission."
Coronavirus updates on business, government and contracting
We're collecting our coronavirus coverage into a central page as a way of keeping track of the many ways the pandemic is impacting the business of government contracting.
DOD's Ellen Lord names contractors as part of nation's critical infrastructure
DOD acquisition chief Ellen Lord has declared that contractors in the defense industrial base are part of the nation's critical infrastructure sector and can continue to report to work during the pandemic.
Podcasts