ASRC Federal appoints new COO

ASRC Federal hires the former chief financial officer of what was Vencore as chief operating officer.

Funding worries dampen market optimism

Two leading industry trade groups are worried that the lack of fully-appropriated budgets are dampening optimism for this fiscal year.

Five ways to win your bid protest

GAO's annual report on bid protests offers up the primary reasons companies win their protests, but victory is still a long shot.

Government Innovation Award top honors go to NOAA, DOD, Virginia and SAIC

Best in Class recognitions showcase the potential of IoT, advanced analytics and creative public-private partnerships with NOAA, DOD and Virginia joining SAIC as Best in Class winners.

CACI wins $1.8B contract to modernize CBP's back-office systems

CACI International has won a $1.8 billion contract to modernize the back-office IT systems of Customs and Border Protection.

SAIC's battlefield solution picked as Industry Innovator best in class

SAIC's Internet of Battlefield Things solution was picked as the Best in Class from among the winners of the annual Washington Technology Industry Innovator Awards.

ECS reports $116M health IT migration award

ECS books a $116 million contract to help a Navy organization migrate its legacy IT infrastructure supporting military health care into a single system.

Serco builds on Alion Navy acquisition

Serco Inc. has won a second contract to support Navy design work following its August acquisition of the former Alion Science & Technology naval design business.

Bersoff leads GovCon awards with Hall of Fame induction

The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council picked the top executives and contractors of the year and named BTG founder Ed Bersoff to the Greater Washington Government Contractor Hall of Fame.

Reader's Response: GSA's GWAC takeover not such a great idea

An astute reader says we should not be so quick to say that everyone thinks GSA's takeover of GWACs is a great idea.

Can AI make better sense of past performance data?

Nine companies have been picked to develop prototypes showing how AI can be used to improve the way past performance data is used.

Small biz takes contract to support development of guided missile frigates

A Washington, D.C., small business has won a $6.7 million contract to support Navy shipbuilding plans and it has CACI as a partner following that company's acquisition of General Dynamics naval design work.

GSA's NetCents 2 take over and the end of agency MACs

The Air Force is the latest government agency to turn to GSA to take over a large, agency-specific multiple -award contract. GSA will manage what would have been the third iteration of the NetCents Products contract.

Intell community IT firm gets new investor backing

Intrepid Solutions and Services, a IT services provider for intelligence agencies, gets new financial backing from one veteran mid-tier investment group and another focused exclusively on small businesses.

Air Force makes awards on $95M cloud services pact

The Air Force makes awards on a $95 million blanket purchase agreement for cloud services to support one of the branch's main cyber factories.

Oracle files court brief outlining its JEDI appeal

Oracle is continuing to fight against the JEDI cloud contract and it apparently doesn't matter that Microsoft, and not AWS, won the $10 billion procurement.

GSA picks 75 firms for new Air Force IT hardware contract

The General Services Administration has made awards to 75 companies under a $5.5 billion blanket purchase agreement that will replace the Air Force’s NetCents 2 IT Products contract.

LinQuest makes first deal under new owners

LinQuest Corp. was itself acquired last year by two private equity firms and has now used that backing to make an acquisition of its own.

Unisys gaining steam after slow start

Unisys's federal arm has bounced back in a big way after no growth in a first quarter that included the partial government shutdown. President PV Puvvada explains why.

In new AI platform, Booz Allen sees alternative to the 'Black Box'

Booz Allen Hamilton has pulled the cover off its new artificial intelligence platform and wants clients to know exactly what they are getting after all is revealed.