Companies
Lockheed's CEO reacts to Trump's acquisition overhaul orders
In talking with Wall Street, Jim Taiclet highlights how many of the regulations and statutes that have evolved over decades look poised to be "really scrutinized and reduced."
Contracts
Small business owner wants Congress to protect OSDBU offices
One founder and CEO launches a video campaign amidst fear that if cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services spread across government, small businesses like his will lose access to critical resources and opportunities.
Contracts
DOD opens proposal window for $510M data, analytics contract
The Defense Department structured this multiple-award effort to further enable the use of data in managing force structure and mission activities.
Contracts
ANALYSIS: A less burdened customer collective also means a more powerful one
Don't confuse the Trump administration's push for agencies to have a leaner acquisition framework as making everything easier for contractors. Keeping them as customers might just get harder.
Opinion
A silent end for NITAAC?
Both websites for the National Institutes of Health's CIO-SP and CIO-CS contract vehicles are dark, leading to questions over whether the long-time contract vehicles are being shuttered.
Opinion
Maintain to sustain: why CMMC is a continued practice
Dr. Thomas Graham, vice president and chief information security officer at Redspin, lays out key principles for contractors to follow in the preparation and execution of their compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.
Podcasts
WT 360: Our EIC Frank Konkel on GSA, Google and the government as a single whole customer
Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for GovExec’s publications including us, jumps in to go over Google’s massive discounted offering to agencies and how that pact with the General Services Administration will not be the last like it.
Companies
Growth, operations and tech leadership moves across the market
A trio of board of directors additions also feature in this newest catalog of key hires, promotions and appointments.
Opinion
3 essentials for AI-powered procurement in a new era of efficiency
Akash Mandavilli, CEO of GovEagle, lays out the foundational pillars that government contractors need to reach a breakthrough in using artificial intelligence for procurement processes.
Contracts
Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI authorized for all defense operations
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence offerings are now available at the highest impact level classification for the Defense Department.
Opinion
New era for contractors begin with coming changes to GSA’s pricing policies
September brings an end to pandemic-era pricing restrictions and with more flexibility for schedule holders, writes immixGroup contract specialist Amelia Bock.
Companies
Lockheed promotes Scott to finance chief
Now-former CFO Jay Malave is leaving the defense giant after three years there.
Companies
Shield AI acquires pilot analysis software suite
This is the defense tech unicorn's latest move to create more trust between human pilots and autonomy tools.
Opinion
The president’s procurement order offers a real opportunity. Let’s not squander it
Stan Soloway, longtime acquisition observer, explains how making changes in government procurement happen requires learning from lessons of the past.
Podcasts
WT 360: How software shapes the market's M&A landscape
Jean Stack and John Song, co-managing directors at Baird & Co.'s government practice, join to go over the tech-centric areas of heated demand for acquirers and the fundamentals that drive M&A activity.
Companies
Scout AI emerges from stealth with $15M in seed capital
Booz Allen Hamilton's venture arm was a co-lead in the initial investment round, from which the company plans to further pursue its strategy of integrating artificial intelligence and robotics technologies.
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Contracts
COMMENTARY: Trump officials explain his plan to make government acquisition great, for once
Three senior Trump officials explain why revamping the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and the $1 trillion in government spending it governs each year, is now a top priority.
Contracts
Space Force's intelligence ‘marketplace’ gets funds to expand
Military units post requests to TacSRT’s webpage, and industry competes to answer them.
Contracts
Trump orders structural changes to rules covering $1T in federal spending
The Tuesday mandate — which aims to streamline the way government buys goods and services — was accompanied by a second order requiring agencies to predominantly use commercial products, rather than custom-built.
Companies