SEC wants companies to file machine-readable financial data

The Securities and Exchange Commission is phasing in a requirement that companies report financial information in the XBRL data format.

Chenega takes lost protest to Court of Federal Claims

Chenega Healthcare Services has decided to appeal a GAO ruling against its protest of an Energy Department decision to not let the company replace its general manager on a bid.

NGA chooses 7 for $250M elevation model support contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency chooses seven companies for a $250 million contract to help maintain digital elevation models.

Salient CRGT moves up Schmitt to senior VP

Salient CRGT moves Edward "Ted" Schmitt up from vice president to senior VP of the health services group.

Octo, TDMK capture $6.8M Air Force contracts for agile development work

Octo Consulting and TDMK Digital LLC have each a $6.8 million contract from the Air Force to aid in software modernization efforts.

NTT Data prevails again in battle for $260M Education IT contract

GAO again finds that the Education Department failed to mitigate a conflict of interest when it awarded a contract to General Dynamics over NTT Data.

Former CSRA chief Larry Prior joins Carlyle Group

Fresh off the sale of CSRA, its former CEO Larry Prior takes up an operating executive role at global private equity firm Carlyle Group.

DOD vet Jerry McGinn named George Mason University's GovCon school exec director

Longtime defense sector veteran and former top Pentagon official Jerry McGinn has joined George Mason University as executive director of the school’s government contracting initiative.

NCI, IAP Worldwide swap protests over Afghanistan work

First NCI was the winner and IAP Worldwide was the protester. But now they have switched places on a pair of U.S. Army contracts to support IT operations for Afghanistan's military and police.

Expectations high for more dealmaking

Several factors are driving expectations for an active M&A environment including increased defense budgets, tax cuts and general optimism.

CACI promotes Mike Hale to executive VP ranks

CACI International promotes Vice President Mike Hale to executive VP of the company’s national and cyber solutions group.

KBR's government arm hires NASA Marshall Center lead May

KBR hires NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Todd May as vice president of space strategy in the company’s government business.

CORRECTION: How I mischaracterized a recent protest decision

Global Language Center was left off as a winner of a $732 million State Department contract for language training services. Here's what happened.

Raytheon adds railroad sector, finance vet Stewart to board

Raytheon adds former Norfolk Southern CFO Marta Stewart to the defense contractor’s board of directors.

Lockheed names energy exec Hollub to board

Lockheed Martin adds Occidental Petroleum Corp. CEO Vicki Hollub to the defense contractor’s board of directors.

Industry continues pressure on DOD's JEDI cloud plan

Individual companies are reportedly coordinating their opposition to the massive JEDI cloud project in hopes of getting the Defense Department to move away from a single-award approach.

Booz outlook bright as defense spending ramps up

Booz Allen Hamilton sees its backlog and revenue growing amid an improving services market environment and a focus on internal controls after security breaches.

Leidos scores $364M Energy research takeaway

Leidos takes a $364.7 million contract for research and engineering services to one of the Energy Department's main applied research hubs.

Black & Veatch hires Castro as federal lead

Black & Veatch hires former AECOM executive and retired DTRA Deputy Director Randy Castro as president of the federal business.

REI Systems books $112M HHS IT modernization award

REI Systems takes a $112 million blanket purchase agreement to develop and modernize systems that help the Health and Human Services Department manage grant programs.