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Federal civilian IT spending set to surge in fiscal 2025

The ImmixGroup’s Andy Dean analyzes key priorities driving the $76.8 billion IT budget request, including cybersecurity and AI initiatives.

  • By Andy Dean

How election results can shape the chances of a government shutdown

Market expert Larry Allen explains three scenarios for fiscal 2025 appropriations and shutdown risks based on potential election outcomes.

  • By Larry Allen

How agencies can use fiscal year-end funds to drive transformation

End-of-year spending can support meaningful investments that sustain momentum and amplify ongoing efforts, writes IBM's Terry Halverson.

  • By Terry Halverson

DOD's IT and cyber priorities for fiscal year 2025

Grier Eagan from immixGroupIT breaks down the IT modernization, deterrence and artificial intelligence opportunities that are available for solutions providers.

  • By Grier Eagan

How the Secure by Design initiative can change cybersecurity strategies

GitLab's federal technology chief Joel Krooswyk explains the role of DevSecOps, software bills of materials and artificial intelligence in driving greater transparency and efficiency in government software development.

  • By Joel Krooswyk

Content may be king, but growing an audience is the ace

Marketing guru Mark Amtower offers the keys to getting potential customers and partners to notice you and your content.

  • By Mark Amtower
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4 ways to turn humdrum into ROI-generating, brand-building media coverage

Companies need to communicate their successes, operational achievements, and industry knowledge so they can differentiate themselves, attract better talent, and secure more valuable contracts in the future, writes marketing expert Dustin Siggins.

  • By Dustin Siggins

Cybersecurity imperatives for securing the hybrid workforce

Best practices and strategies are needed to protect controlled unclassified information in an era of remote work and expanding digital attack surfaces, writes Tevora President Nazy Fouladirad.

  • By Nazy Fouladirad

How Stu Shea led Peraton away from being 'misfits'

Peraton's outgoing CEO leaves behind a long track record of transformation, growth and strategic acquisitions.

  • By Nick Wakeman

What the Top 100 slogans can teach us about today's market

An analysis of the slogans and taglines of the 2024 Top 100 gives us valuable insights into today's market and the image and value these companies want to project, writes marketing expert Joyce Bosc.

  • By Joyce Bosc

The coming quantum revolution and the race against time for national security

Swift action is needed to protect data and harness the power of quantum technologies as the so-called Q-Day looms, writes Vibrint CEO Tom Lash.

  • By Tom Lash

Is it ever too late for end-of-fiscal year federal marketing?

The short answer is No, but here are some tips from marketing expert Lisa M. Sherwin Wulf, who explains some of steps that can bring success now and lay the foundation for the future.

  • By Lisa M. Sherwin Wulf

Client Disconnect: Are you selling what they're not buying?

Many GovCon professionals overestimate their client focus, unaware that common missteps like talking too much and failing to listen alienate clients, writes BD expert Nic Coppings.

  • By Nic Coppings
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The troubling implications of the Biden administration's involvement in a single federal contract

The insertion of a labor harmony agreement into the Medicare Contact Center Operations recompete sets a dangerous precedent for federal contracts, writes attorney Daniel Abrahams.

  • By Daniel Abrahams

How government contractors can attract veterans transitioning to civilian work

Creativity and focus are key to how companies in the market can make the most out of what veterans bring to the workforce, ASRC Federal's chief human resources officer Shaveta Joshi writes.

  • By Shaveta Joshi

Why Space Force eyes COTS products for its defensive strategy

Satellites are absolutely vital for the U.S. military infrastructure and that's why partnering with commercial providers is critical, writes Cailabs US President Jeff Huggins.

  • By Jeff Huggins

How small businesses can navigate the market

There are tools available that can help small businesses clear the hurdles ahead of them, ClassWallet CEO Jamie Rosenberg writes.

  • By Jamie Rosenberg

How tech investments spur M&A activity across the federal market

Bill Farmer, managing director at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co., explains how national security challenges and the rapid influx of new technologies are helping drive the activity.

  • By Bill Farmer

The coming cyber reckoning for federal contractors

Contractors face a 90-day deadline to prove their cybersecurity compliance as awards for the OASIS+ vehicle start to fall and that is a precursor to broader industry-wide requirements, DTS CEO Edward Tuorinsky writes.

  • By Edward Tuorinsky

Anduril's hyperscale blueprint is all about its alternative business model

The amount of new investment and a higher valuation for the seven-year-old defense tech startup are important, but far from everything.

  • By Ross Wilkers

How technology can play a critical role in reducing suicides among active-duty personnel and vets

Accenture executive Kelly Faddis and retired Air Force leader Tony Reardon explain the power of AI and machine learning to identify and support military personnel at risk of suicide.

  • By Kelly N. Faddis and Anthony Reardon