With billions at stake, Farm Credit insurance group looks for cloud solution

The Farm Credit Administration manages billions in financial assets and wants a cloud-based solution to help its insurance entity protect them.

DOD asks appeals court to end Oracle's JEDI fight

Amazon's court battle over its loss of the JEDI cloud infrastructure contract looms but still ongoing is Oracle's own legal fight, which the Defense Department is asking a federal judge to end.

PSC, U.S. Chamber join Boeing in intellectual property court fight

The Professional Services Council and U.S. Chamber of Commerce are supporting Boeing in a legal battle with the Air Force over protecting intellectual property.

Big names miss out on $4.5B Justice contract, protests follow

Several incumbents did not make the cut for the Justice Department's $4.5 billion ITSS-5 contract and some have filed protests to complain.

Jacobs JV fights for lost Arctic research contract

A Jacobs-led joint venture is pushing back after it lost a $260.7 million arctic research contract to Battelle.

CACI adds retired three-star Army general

CACI International adds to its executive team Michael Nagata, a retired three-star Army general.

Time is running out for Federal 100 nominations!

The final deadline for submissions is Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Pre-award protest hits CDM DEFEND cyber order

Near the moment that proposals were due, one bidder files a pre-award protest against requirements for the final task order to support the governmentwide 'CDM DEFEND' cyber initiative.

Woman-owned small firm acquires consulting outfit

Woman-owned small business Quotient acquires a consulting firm to complement the technology services being provided to agencies.

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7 habits of highly successful and visible LinkedIn networkers

If you've resolved to make better use of LinkedIn in 2020, you should adopt these seven habits of the highly successful networkers.

FAS won't ditch pricing tools

Even though the General Services Administration's inspector general said two labor pricing tools the agency's acquisition service uses are flawed, alternatives could be worse, a top acquisition official said.

Gryphon adds cloud, enterprise tech capabilities with Omnitec deal

Gryphon Technologies has acquired Omnitec Solutions in a deal that adds enterprise technology, cloud, analytics and other advisory services.

DOD opens on ramp for supercomputing BOAs

The Defense Department has opened an on ramp process to award more basic ordering agreements to companies with promising supercomputer offerings.

SAIC moves to production on missile encryption solution

SAIC has won a production contract for encryption devices that protect access to ballistic missile sites.

2020 has plenty to expect. Here's what we're watching.

2020 has the potential to be an active year and full budgets should create plenty of opportunity. Here's some of what we are watching in 2020.

Perspecta's civilian reboot scores $810M State Department IT win

Perspecta has outlined its plan to get the civilian business going again and that has led to a new $810 million State Department IT services win.

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RESOLVED: Start now to prepare for CMMC in 2020

There is no need to delay. Here is how you can make your CMMC New Year's Resolution become a reality.

Leidos' $728M Air Force cloud bid nixed by subcontractor OCI

Leidos was knocked out of the competition for a $728.2 million Air Force cloud migration contract after the government ruled one of the company's subcontractors had an unmitigated organizational conflict of interest.

DISA turns to LPTA for alert service solution

DISA is using an LPTA evaluation method to award a contract for an alert messaging solution that will be used across the Defense Department.

Air Force makes 20 awards for troubled $13.4B small business contract

The Air Force makes 20 awards under its $13.4 billion SBEAS contract within two days of the final resolutions of pre-award protests.