Fed 100 nominations coming to a close

Judging takes place this weekend, so all Federal 100 Award submissions must be in by 6 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 25.

Small biz vulnerability grows as shutdown continues

Contractors of all shapes and sizes are having to make all kinds of adjustments as the partial shutdown continues but some may be more drastic than others, especially for small businesses.

Enlightenment Capital backs secure IT company System High

Government market investment firm Enlightenment Capital acquires a controlling stake in System High Corp. to create another platform in the sector.

Opinion

Shutdown impact has ripple effect across the market

Bob Lohfeld Jr., CEO of Sev1Tech, shares his insights on how the government shutdown is impacting companies and the tough choices and consequences many companies face.

Navy awards $12.6B maintenance, logistics contract

The Navy awards a $12.6 billion contract for maintenance, logistics and other support work on manned and unmanned aircraft.

CenturyLink makes exec promotions in government arm

CenturyLink promotes a pair of executives in its government business and added more duties for one leader who was elevated late last year.

VT Group makes deal for National Technologies Associates

VT Group acquires engineering and logistics services provider National Technology Associates.

BAE books $250M NGA video, analytics order

BAE Systems Inc. takes a $250 million task order for video and analytics services to NGA in support of that agency's technology roadmap.

Analytics outfit OmniSci hires new federal lead

San Francisco-based analytics company OmniSci has hired 25-year government market veteran Ray Falcione Jr. as vice president of the federal business.

Data standards are an Air Force priority in 2019

Air Force officials are talking about tech innovation and massive IT changes as priorities for 2019, starting with an emphasis on data standards to connect its stove-piped systems.

Podcasts

Project 38: Tom Davis on politics and procurement

In part 2 of our two-part interview with former Rep. Tom Davis, the congressman shares his views on procurement, politics and what he would do if he were king.

Opinion

Can the shutdown lead to better government?

The partial government shutdown will end ... eventually ... and when it does there are concrete actions that can be taken to avoid the current debacle in the future.

Shutdown roils the GovCon labor market

The ongoing partial government shutdown is taking a toll on today's workforce and is damaging the ability to build tomorrow's.

Why market share matters for the DOD cloud

There are only three general purpose clouds, DOD data chief Michael Conlin says.

Marines developing cloud migration contract

The Marine Corps is in the market research phase of an effort to develop a cloud migration services contract.

Huntington Ingalls makes another deal to expand services work

Huntington Ingalls Industries continues its push into the government services market with a second acquisition in two months.

DOD's other big commercial cloud contract moves forward

The $8.2 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solution contract for calendar and email services has a new timetable for the release of both the draft and final solicitations.

Constellis takes on reorg, shifts key execs

Constellis realigns its structure and moves several key executives to new roles.

Noblis hires Belcan, Booz Allen vet Jacques

Noblis hires two-decade federal IT industry veteran Rich Jacques to lead its intelligence practice.

Is the CIO era coming to an end?

The 809 panel that has been looking at defense acquisition says in its final report from that the era of the central CIO might be coming to a close.