Companies
Lentech's employees now own all of the company
The 24-year-old company is adopting the employee stock ownership plan to position itself as an employer-of-choice and achieve longer-term sustainability.
Companies
One 23 Group acquires mission, enterprise IT provider
The One 23 Group launched in 2023 with the backing of private equity firm Willow Creek Partners.
Contracts
Contractors battle over $237M Army protective equipment award
Two companies challenge Amentum's win of a gear improvement program covering boots, uniforms, and sniper camouflage.
Companies
How MetTel’s VA win could open the door to more managed services
The company is carrying out "plain old phone service" modernization initiatives to transform how agencies manage and control the cost of their utilities.
Companies
Growth, talent and finance leadership roles across the market
A handful of developments at boards of directors also feature, along with a new industry role for a former Food and Drug Administration tech leader.
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Companies
Trump administration hopes AI can mitigate staffing losses, federal CIO says
Gregory Barbaccia, who was named the federal chief information officer just a week into the new administration, said one of his priorities is learning how to do more with less.
Contracts
GSA seeks ideas on AI's role in procurement overhaul
The General Services Administration is starting out with a broad scope in its newest request for information to industry.
Companies
Cryptic Vector acquires cyber research specialist
This transaction comes almost exactly one year after Enlightenment Capital invested in Cryptic Vector.
Podcasts
WT 360: SAIC Ventures’ methods for investing in and working with tech startups
Michael Hauser, managing partner for Science Applications International Corp.’s venture capital arm, walks through how this part of the company works to bring emerging technologies forward after they invest in a young company.
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Contracts
Layoffs canceled at federal contractor oversight office, but questions remain about employee reassignments
Employees at the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs received a notice that they will get new job assignments rather than be removed from the civil service.
Contracts
FAA opens proposal window for $4.1B IT supply recompete
Small businesses will claim six out of eight seats on this contract, which is also the Transportation Department's mandatory use vehicle for standardized purchases of IT hardware and software.
Contracts
FAR Council releases changes to 6 sections of acquisition regulation
The White House celebrated the changes as a milestone in its effort to overhaul and simplify the rules surrounding federal buying.
Companies
Advent creates defense photonics business in $400M acquisition
The private equity group is forming a standalone company through this carve-out transaction with Coherent Corp.
Contracts
GSA starts to move on Air Force IT recompete
The General Services Administration's first notice to industry on what it is calling "2GIT Reimagined" asks about who is an original equipment manufacturer and their sales approaches.
Companies
Leidos sounds unfazed by GSA's push to centralize software buys
As Leidos CEO Tom Bell told a group of reporters, the company is "more interested in the system we can build around all of the widgets" to make technology work better for government.
Opinion
Original Intelligence: the consulting industry’s last and best advantage
As Y Combinator targets consulting for disruption, success will belong to firms that offer what no AI can: the unexpected, unpatterned, and uncopiable.
Contracts
GSA introduces USAi.Gov to streamline AI adoption across government
The new platform will be available to all agencies beginning Thursday, allowing government users to explore, experiment with and adopt a variety of AI tools.
Companies
Woven Solutions gets private equity backing
The three-year-old company develops cloud-native applications to help agencies in their IT modernization and enterprise tech deployment efforts.
Contracts
Air Force seeks prime for Ukraine defense ERP implementation
The service branch is looking to help Ukraine's military modernize how it manages resources.
Contracts