Dell confirms public market return through complex VMware share deal

Dell Technologies will become a public company again in confirmation of various media reports and analyst speculation over what the global PC giant will do next.

SEC wants companies to file machine-readable financial data

The Securities and Exchange Commission is phasing in a requirement that companies report financial information in the XBRL data format.

Chenega takes lost protest to Court of Federal Claims

Chenega Healthcare Services has decided to appeal a GAO ruling against its protest of an Energy Department decision to not let the company replace its general manager on a bid.

Podcasts

Project 38, Episode 3: Managing through disruption

In episode 3, our guest is David Kriegman, a former SRA International executive, who joined the company when it had less than $1 million in annual revenue and helped take it to over $1 billion. He captured that experience in his book, Zero to A Billion.

NGA chooses 7 for $250M elevation model support contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency chooses seven companies for a $250 million contract to help maintain digital elevation models.

Salient CRGT moves up Schmitt to senior VP

Salient CRGT moves Edward "Ted" Schmitt up from vice president to senior VP of the health services group.

Opinion

What you need to know as AI grows at DOD

The Defense Department is looking for more ways to use artificial intelligence to modernize operations. Here's what you need to know so you can play a key role.

Octo, TDMK capture $6.8M Air Force contracts for agile development work

Octo Consulting and TDMK Digital LLC have each a $6.8 million contract from the Air Force to aid in software modernization efforts.

NTT Data prevails again in battle for $260M Education IT contract

GAO again finds that the Education Department failed to mitigate a conflict of interest when it awarded a contract to General Dynamics over NTT Data.

Former CSRA chief Larry Prior joins Carlyle Group

Fresh off the sale of CSRA, its former CEO Larry Prior takes up an operating executive role at global private equity firm Carlyle Group.

DOD vet Jerry McGinn named George Mason University's GovCon school exec director

Longtime defense sector veteran and former top Pentagon official Jerry McGinn has joined George Mason University as executive director of the school’s government contracting initiative.

NCI, IAP Worldwide swap protests over Afghanistan work

First NCI was the winner and IAP Worldwide was the protester. But now they have switched places on a pair of U.S. Army contracts to support IT operations for Afghanistan's military and police.

Opinion

Melding tech, human factors key to improved health care

Today's consumer is more sophisticated than ever and expect a higher level of customer service but meeting that demand requires a multi-faceted approach.

How the numbers add up to create today's market optimism

Deltek's annual Federal IT Market Outlook puts some hard numbers behind the optimism we are seeing in today's market.

Expectations high for more dealmaking

Several factors are driving expectations for an active M&A environment including increased defense budgets, tax cuts and general optimism.

CACI promotes Mike Hale to executive VP ranks

CACI International promotes Vice President Mike Hale to executive VP of the company’s national and cyber solutions group.

CORRECTION: How I mischaracterized a recent protest decision

Global Language Center was left off as a winner of a $732 million State Department contract for language training services. Here's what happened.

KBR's government arm hires NASA Marshall Center lead May

KBR hires NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Todd May as vice president of space strategy in the company’s government business.

Raytheon adds railroad sector, finance vet Stewart to board

Raytheon adds former Norfolk Southern CFO Marta Stewart to the defense contractor’s board of directors.

IRS wants cloud-based AI to sniff out insider threats

The tax agency is looking for a cloud-based, artificially intelligent analytical platform that can identify and mitigate cyber and insider threats within the agency.