ManTech promotes new COO in reorg

ManTech elevates one of its group presidents to chief operating officer as part of a reorganization.

Accenture's federal shop secures $341M Commerce cloud contract

Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary books a $341 million contract to help the Commerce Department centralize administrative functions and business systems into a single cloud-hosted environment.

DOD doubles ceiling on multi-billion microelectronic contract

The Defense Department’s lead agency for designing and prototyping microelectronics has more than doubled the ceiling on a technology insertion contract awarded four years ago.

Newly-launched space firm names new CEO

AE Industrial Partners' newly-launched space technology company Redwire appoints a new CEO that formerly held the same post at Polaris Alpha.

NIH's CIO-SP3 onramp hits another snag

Protests have been filed by disappointed small businesses that didn't land spots on the on-ramp for the $20 billion CIO-SP3 contract.

Activist investor takes large stake in Perspecta

Rarely do activist investors make their way into the government market, but Jana Partners has done so for a third time with its newly-disclosed stake in Perspecta.

General Dynamics loses $7.7B Navy NGEN protest

The Government Accountability Office has denied General Dynamics IT's protest of the $7.7 billion Navy NGEN award that went to Leidos. Still pending is the outcome of Perspecta's protest.

Perspecta, Northrop detail changes to their boards

Perspecta and Northrop Grumman both announce changes to their boards of directors in the form of a new chairman for one and an additional member for the other.

SOS International reorgs, names new defense & intell leader

SOS International combines its defense IT and intelligence solutions units into one and promotes one of its own executives to lead it.

Accenture's federal shop adds former Air Force deputy CIO

Accenture’s U.S. federal arm hires former Air Force Deputy CIO Bill Marion to the leadership team.

Booz Allen continues work on delayed DOD cloud email initiative

The Defense Department's $7.6 billion DEOS cloud email project continues to be delayed, but that is not pausing Booz Allen Hamilton's program management support.

Raytheon Technologies promotes new HR lead

Two months into its post-merger story, Raytheon Technologies appoints a new chief human resources officer from within the ranks.

Air Force acquisition chief says defense industrial base needs reshaping

Will Roper, the Air Force's acquisition chief, said the goal is to pivot away from the defense prime model and create a new industrial base that more easily allows tech companies to work with DOD and the commercial sector.

ManTech takes $66M Navy comms contract

ManTech International has won a $66 million contract for variety of services that support a Navy emergency communications system.

Collaboration drives innovation for Octo and the National Cancer Institute

Speed was of the essence when NCI asked Octo and its partners to build a cloud-based image repository to support COVID-19 researchers.

Hitachi Vantera Federal challenges plan for SSA data storage contact

Hitachi Vantera Federal is challenging how the Social Security Administration is looking to acquire data storage solutions through an LPTA method.

Opinion

4 steps to being the servant-leader your company needs today

As the COVID-19 pandemic eases and economies reopen, many companies and people will return to the office. But remote work may become even more popular, which creates challenges and opportunities for employee engagement and optimizing teams. Now is the time to be a servant-leader.

DOD's $7.6B cloud email buy heads for redo

A corrective action is in the works to mitigate an accidental disclosure of Perspecta's pricing information to a competitor for the Defense Department's $7.6 billion DEOS cloud email contract, which likely means significant changes to the DEOS solicitation.

Army has $5B IT equipment contract start date lined up

The Army appears to perhaps finally have a finish line in front of it for getting a nearly $5 billion IT equipment contract off the ground.

E3/Sentinel's fifth acquisition to pave way for rebrand

E3/Sentinel's fifth acquisition in the less than two years since E3 and Sentinel merged paves the way for a rebranding.