Private equity firm takes majority ownership of health IT firm CNSI

Private equity firm Alvarez & Marsal Capital takes majority ownership of federal health care IT contractor CNSI as part of efforts to further expand across federal and state markets.

GD to jettison CSRA's Seaport-e business

The Navy raised concerns about conflicts of interest because of work CSRA was doing under Seaport-e and now General Dynamics is looking for a buyer for the business.

Noblis merges NSP subsidiary into parent org

Nonprofit organization Noblis merges its Noblis NSP subsidiary into the parent company to consolidate intelligence and law enforcement-related services.

Fierce competition drives firms to find new talent sources

More companies are taking a strategic approach to opening facilities in areas away from traditional hubs as a way of finding the right talent at the right price.

Orolia makes deal to bolster military offerings

Orolia, a company focused on the high-tech area of resilient positioning, navigation and timing has acquired a firm to address vulnerabilities in global navigation and search and rescue.

AWS files rare bid protest over Google's West Point award

Amazon Web Services is protesting a contract that the Army wants to give to Google to supply its GSuite to West Point.

Google's culture clashes with Project Maven work

Thousands of employees are asking Google to pull out of Project Maven, an initiative to improve how artificial intelligence is used on the battlefield.

Siemens' federal arm closes Dresser-Rand government divestiture

Siemens’ U.S. federal arm wraps up the sale its now-former Dresser-Rand government business to industrial company Curtiss-Wright for $212.5 million in cash.

Deal done: General Dynamics closes CSRA buy

General Dynamics closes its mega acquisition of CSRA to create a true "top two" player in government IT.

Opinion

LinkedIn's reach continues to grow among feds

The number of federal employees on LinkedIn continues to grow so leverage the social network is a critical tool for success.

Raytheon lodges protest over lost $3.5B Army training contract

Raytheon has filed a protest over a $3.5 billion incumbent training contract with the Army it lost to Lockheed Martin.

With Shulkin out at VA, what happens to the Cerner deal?

The Department of Veterans Affairs looked set to ink a $10 billion deal for new health record software system. Then the secretary got fired.

Looking outside the Beltway for future tech talent

Leidos CEO Roger Krone is looking outside the Washington metro area for engineering and software hires.

ASGN closes ECS deal to enter federal market

ASGN has closed its $775 million acquisition of ECS Federal in a deal to enter the government IT market.

Opinion

Feast or famine? How will the new budget impact contract spending?

The Professional Services Council's David Berteau offers his insights and analysis on what the new 2018 budget might mean for federal contractors.

NIH finalizes 38 awards for CIO-SP3 small business

Thirty-eight companies are the final winners for the first on-ramp of the $20 billion National Institutes of Health CIO-SP3 Small Business contract for IT services.

Leidos books $117M FAA satellite development order

Leidos takes in a $117 million task order to develop a satellite used by the Federal Aviation Administration to help navigate aircraft.

Endeavor, QinetiQ NA to proceed on $429M Army ground robot contract

Endeavor Robotics and QinetiQ North America win places on a $429.1 million contract to build and deliver unmanned ground vehicles to the Army.

DataRobot gets investment from IC venture arm In-Q-Tel

Artificial intelligence and data science firm DataRobot receives an investment from In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community's venture capital arm.

Army chooses six for $900M DOD-wide test, evaluation support contract

The Army chooses six companies for a $900 million contract to support tests and evaluations across the Defense Department.