ACQUIRE show brings opportunity for education, networking and more

The ACQUIRE Show that WT parent company 1105 Media is producing includes a diverse lineup of government speakers, which means plenty of networking opportunities for industry.

Raytheon, L-3 square off over $350M Army range contract

Raytheon has won a $350 million contract to improve the instrumentation used at DOD test ranges, but L-3 thinks it should have won instead.

Facing down the challenge of post-award management

Post-award contract management is too often neglected, and so is the important role of contracting officer representatives. Here are some thoughts on the challenges they face and how industry can get involved.

Agencies improve, but not by much on second FITARA second scorecard

While most agencies showed slight improvement, no reports were soaring in the second Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard, according to FCW.

Telos Corp. wins $27M contract to upgrade networking equipment

Telos Corp. has won a $27 million contract with the Air Force to upgrade the networking equipment in de-militarized zones.

Carahsoft wins $42M contract to support SOCOM organization

Carahsoft Technology Corp. has won a $42 million contract to support the U.S. Special Operations Command utilize the Marine Corps’ Distributed Common Ground/Surface System.

CACI wins $34M contract to streamline accounting systems

CACI International Inc. has won a $34 million contract to continue its work on a federal financial management and accounting system for the Defense Department’s Defense Agencies Initiative.

Final rule sets minimum bar for securing contractor IT systems

The government has finalized a rule that sets basic security requirements that contractors must meet to protect government information that resides on their internal systems.

Navy looks to bolster online learning

The Navy is searching for commercial solutions to build a collaborative learning environment to improve the training and education of naval personnel.

Exelis wins $10.4M contract mod to continue support of Air Force ISR system

Exelis has won a $10.4 million contract modification to continue its support of the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System.

SAS appoints new head of federal data, analytics strategy

SAS has appointed JR Helmig to guide the company’s federal data and analytics strategy.

DHS bureau looks for web-based workers comp system

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services is collecting data on web-based case management systems as it develops a new contract for its workers comp program.

Military blood system takes the field

A new blood system is now in the field supporting U.S. military readiness around the globe.

Boeing wins $16.2M contact to support signal technologies

Boeing has won a $16.2 million contract to support the Air Force’s On-Orbit Reprogrammable Digital Waveform Generator Program.

QuantiTech wins $224M advisory, assitance task order

QuantiTech Inc. has won a $224 million task order with the U.S. Air Force Test Center to provide advisory and assistance services.

Sevatec appoints new chief growth officer

Sevatec has appointed Joshua Rubin to the position of vice president and chief growth officer.

GAO backs Deloitte's protest of $80M Defense Health Agency contract

Deloitte won on three of four points it argued in bid protest involving a Defense Health Agency contract.

Lockheed, MIT form robotics partnership

Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to collaborate on what they are calling “generation-after-next” autonomous systems.

18F data breach puts spotlight on commercial apps

Fairly or not, the data security incident at 18F is likely to increase scrutiny of commercial apps across at the government.

Vencore Labs wins $8.3M R&D contract

Vencore Labs has won an $8.3 million contract to provide research and development to the Air Force.