PSC names new vice chair, shuffles leadership panels

The Professional Services Council appoints a new vice chairman and added new members to its executive committee and board of directors.

CSRA books $61M Air Force ISR Contract

CSRA takes in a five-year, $61 million contract for engineering and systems integration work on Air Force ISR systems.

Poof! DHS cancels $1.5B FLASH contract

In what can only be described as a confession of multiple sins, DHS has told GAO it is cancelling the $1.5 billion FLASH contract for digital government services.

Former Air Force secretary James to join Textron board

Former Air Force Secretary and contracting industry veteran Deborah Lee James will join Textron's board of directors July 1.

Metron to build software for Navy modeling, simulation platform

Metron adds its second contract in the last two months for services to help the Navy develop a modeling and simulation environment.

PSC brings aboard new tech VP

The Professional Services Council has hired a Capitol Hill veteran as vice president of technology to take the role formerly held by Dave Wennergren.

Northrop gets $243M Air Force radar order

Northrop Grumman books a new two-year, $243.9 million contract to produce more active electronically scanned array radars for the Air Force.

Six3 receives Army asset integration contract

CACI's Six3 Systems business gets a two-year, $10.5 million contract to help the Army build a squad of human and unmanned assets.

General Dynamics wins potential $244M Navy training services contract

General Dynamics' IT arm will help the Navy with training development functions under a potential five-year, $244.9 million contract.

DXC continues protest fight for NGA contract

DXC Technologies continues to battle for a data center operations contract at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

FedBid books Army reverse auction contract, 4th award in 2 months

FedBid reports its fourth reverse auction contract in the last two months as the latest award comes from the Army.

Grant Thornton, Cotton & Co. win DoD audit work

Grant Thornton and Cotton & Co. win contracts worth up to $54 million combined to perform audits for a pair of U.S. military commands.

SAIC receives extension on Marine Corps IT contract

Science Applications International Corp. gets a one-year, $30 million extension on its Marine Corps IT system support contract.

GSA IG's report offers cautionary tale

The GSA inspector general released its semi-annual report to Congress and it is full of stats about investigations and settlements, but the bigger lesson is that contractors need to stay focused on compliance.

Army's $34.5B RS3 contract gets hit with first protest

The Army's $34.5 billion RS3 contract for professional services gets hit with what will likely be the first of many bid protests.

Vectrus gets $212M Army comms support extension

Vectrus continues a recent streak of key awards with a one-year, $212 million extension on its Army communications and information systems support contract.

Windstream pulls protest, removes hurdle for EIS awards

Windstream Communications has withdrawn its pre-award protest of the $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract. That clears the way for GSA to make awards before summer.

Booz Allen books $72M Navy fleet info contract

Booz Allen Hamilton retains incumbent work for data-related program management support services under a new potential five-year, $72 million contract.

Bill proposed to let companies 'hack back'

A newly-proposed bill in Congress seeks to let companies go on the offensive if they suffer a network breach or intrusion.

Boeing's Air Force protest raises questions about competition

Boeing’s protest of an Air Force contract with L3 Technologies raises some interesting questions about the role of competition and the power of the incumbent.