Opinion

Building the government of the future right now

Deloitte's public sector leader offers his take on how technology can remake government operations but it still all starts with people.

CAE adds former Raytheon exec Probert

CAE adds to its leadership team Todd Probert, an industry veteran most recently at Raytheon's government services division.

Podcasts

PODCAST: What Disney can teach the federal market about data

In this episode of Project 38, we take a look at potential lessons the public sector could learn from a big data and internet of things project at Walt Disney World.

Another private equity firm enters GovCon's middle tier

OceanSound Partners becomes the latest private equity firm to enter the government contracting market's middle tier and makes two investments to get started.

Self-scoring process spurs protests in $5B FBI IT recompete

The FBI is using a self-scoring process to evaluate bidders for a $5 billion IT services recompete but companies are complaining that it is unfair after they were eliminated.

Booz Allen names new national security head

Booz Allen Hamilton elevates a three-decade veteran of the firm to lead its national security business.

Zeneth adds former ManTech exec

Zeneth Technology Partners adds a former ManTech International executive to the leadership team.

Octo hires CACI vet to lead federal health business

Octo brings onboard a two-decade market veteran to lead its federal health IT business.

Siemens CEO touts social responsibility along with profits

Siemens CEO Barbara Humpton describes how leadership and corporate responsibility are evolving in a rapidly changing world.

Mercury board adds former long-time Lockheed exec

Mercury Systems' board of directors elects a new member in Orlando Carvalho, who spent nearly four decades at Lockheed Martin.

NOAA wraps up awards on $3B 'ProTech' services vehicle

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration makes the final set of awards on its broad $3 billion "ProTech" contract vehicle for professional and technical services.

WBB makes second deal with private equity backing

Whitney, Bradley & Brown has made its second acquisition as a private equity-backed contractor looking to climb up the middle market's food chain.

EverWatch taps Salient vet as new CFO

EverWatch has hired a former Salient CRGT executive as chief financial officer.

AWS wants work stopped on JEDI cloud roll-out

Amazon Web Services will ask a federal judge to order a stop on work by the Defense Department and Microsoft on the JEDI cloud infrastructure contract.

1901 Group adds Batsakis

1901 Group adds to its executive team George Batsakis, an industry veteran most recently at Accenture's federal arm.

Deloitte loses FDA contract to Guidehouse after objections to resume

Deloitte won a $112 million FDA contract, but then lost it to Guidehouse after the agency concluded a key resume didn't have enough years of experience.

MTSI scores space situational awareness contract

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has won a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract with the Air Force to continue developing a system that could improve space situational assessments.

ICF makes $255M acquisition to bolster its tech implementation skills

ICF has long touted its subject matter expertise as a plus in the federal technology arena and sees the $255 million acquisition of ITG as adding to its implementation chops.

Small business size calculation rule now in effect

A change to how the Small Business Administration calculates small business size is now final. But will it solve the problem?

State Department continues to fumble consulate IT contract

The State Department's struggles continue in awarding a $164.7 million contract for IT support to consulates around the world, which now faces its third round of bid protests.