General Dynamics wins Navy oceanography IT contract

General Dynamics' IT arm will help run IT environments for an environment data-focused Navy organization under a potential five-and-a-half year, $52 million contract.

NIH loses first CIO-SP3 Small Business protest

NIH had prevailed in three protests but lost a fourth as it tries to clear the decks to make on-ramp awards for its $20 billion CIO-SP3 Small Business contract. Only five more protests to go before awards.

Accenture adds former Army intell leader to leadership ranks

Accenture's federal services arm has grown its executive team with the appointment of former Army intelligence leader Mary Legere.

Raytheon lands potential $375M Air Force air, space software contract

Raytheon will update and deploy new software for the Air Force's air and space command and control functions under a potential six-year, $375 million contract.

Vectrus books $115M Army IT recompete

Vectrus wins a potential $114.5 million recompete contract to help run IT systems for the Army in overseas locations.

Northrop CEO: Look beyond the budget showdown

Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush tells investors on the company’s first quarter earnings call to look at the "broader trend lines" in light of current government shutdown drama.

Palantir settles discrimination suit for $1.7M

With its government contracts at risk, Palantir has agreed to pay $1.7 million to eight people for alleged discrimination.

KeyW CEO on why Sotera was the right deal

KeyW scored a twofer when it bought Sotera Defense. It added significant scale but also increased its presence with its biggest customer set, the intelligence community.

Protests move forward for $1.5B DHS 'FLASH' contract

The DHS FLASH contract for agile services is moving very fast as it continues to be bogged down by bid protests.

General Dynamics CEO 'does not anticipate' full-year CR

General Dynamics' CEO says company "does not anticipate" a full-year stopgap spending measure and also updates investors on outlook for IT & technology platform segment.

DISA looks ahead to new global SATCOM approaches

DISA is looking out a decade or so to see what can replace its current global satellite communications plan.

Navy moves forward with NGEN services contract

The Navy is reviewing comments as it continues to hone its plan to split the $3.5 billion NGEN contract into two vehicles and run a best-value trade-off competition.

Lockheed CEO 'hopeful' over budget resolution before Friday deadline

Lockheed Martin's CEO tells investors she is "hopeful" lawmakers will reach an agreement on appropriations before government funding expires Friday.

Accenture books $64M TSA agile software contract

Accenture Federal Services will work with the Transportation Security Administration on application updates under a four-year, $64 million contract.

Cyber, insider threats and more from the annual PSC conference

The Professional Services Council keeps the media out of its annual conference but its Twitter feed gives some insights on what industry is thinking behind closed doors.

ManTech reports almost $450M in CBP, FBI tech services contracts

ManTech International books a pair of contracts worth up to nearly $450 million altogether for CBP and FBI technology services.

General Dynamics IT unit wins $94M Indian Health Service contract

General Dynamics' IT unit wins a potential five-year, $94 million contract for software and application services to the Indian Health Service.

Leidos, Fortinet form managed security services team

Leidos has partnered with Silicon Valley's Fortinet to bring managed security services into federal and commercial markets.

PSS subsidiary receives $75M FBI acquisition support contract

Preferred Systems Solutions' GCS arm will help the FBI manage acquisitions under a new five-year, $75 million contract.

A shutdown? No, not again

You would think that with the same party controlling the White House and both houses of Congress, getting a budget passed would be low hanging fruit. Guess again.