Octo tapped for brain injury support contract

Under a $25 million contract, Octo Consulting will provide IT support to the Defense Health Agency traumatic brain injury directorate.

BluVector's quiet win speaks plenty about cyber opportunity

BluVector is coy about a recent contract win but even without details the deal says plenty about where the government is in need of cybersecurity support.

GD taps small business team for $465M Army training contract

General Dynamics has put together a large team of small businesses to provide the Army with live training services under a $465 million contract.

Accenture books $501M Agriculture cloud migration job

Accenture's federal arm will shift the Agriculture Department's technology for financial operations into a cloud environment.

DOD cancels payment meeting, plans more outreach

As expected, the Defense Department cancelled its public meeting on a new payment policy that it pulled back. But a promised plan for more industry input is still an unknown.

Cerner formally unveils team for VA health record project

Cerner has tapped a large team including Leidos that it will use to implement the new Veterans Affairs electronic health record system.

GSA makes Phase II awards on 'Centers of Excellence' IT modernization effort

The General Services Administration makes awards for the second phase of its “Centers of Excellence” program to push IT modernization efforts across federal agencies.

Navy chooses 3 small firms for combat direction, C5ISR tech services contract

The Navy picks three small businesses for a potential five-year contract to support combat direction and so-called “C5ISR” platforms.

ECS takes $79M machine learning contract

ECS Federal receives a $78.8 million Army contract for services related to machine learning and computer vision engineering.

Best value trumped price for these lucrative FEMA contracts

The Government Accountability Office upholds FEMA awards to Serco, Fluor and CH2M Hill to support FEMA across different regions of the country.

Contract modifications skyrocket with end of fiscal year

The close of fiscal year 2018 saw a significant jump in the use of contract modifications. What does that tell us about the habits of government buyers?

FDA awards $300M in drug reporting tech contracts

The same four companies FDA picked for a drug information system contract have also been tapped to develop methods for automated reporting of adverse effects.

GSA awards $2.5B next-gen payroll tech contract

The General Services Administration awards its $2.5 billion contract for new HR-related software and services from the commercial world.

AT&T, Microsoft both win Air Force cloud OTAs

Under a pair of OTAs, AT&T and Microsoft will work with the Air Force to develop a cloud service to connect data and applications with military facilities and give access to remote and mobile users.

CSRA-General Dynamics IT wins Navy commercial cloud pact

The CSRA arm of General Dynamics' IT services arm wins a key contract through which the Navy aims to speed up its move to commercial cloud services.

Army gets $12B ITES-3S awards out the door

The Army finally awards its much-anticipated $12.1 billion ITES-3S contract, the branch's primary mechanism to acquire commercial IT services.

GSA completes integration of CenturyLink, Level 3 EIS contracts

GSA cancels CenturyLink's EIS telecom contract and renames the Level 3 contract as part of effort to integrate the contracts held by the now-merged companies.

Carahsoft wins $25M Army cloud migration contract

Carahsoft takes a $25 million fixed-price contract to migrate parts of an Army data warehouse to the cloud.

Leidos to complete navigation work for unmanned aircraft

Under a $9.8 million contract, Leidos will complete the integration and testing of a positioning, navigation and timing system for the Shadow unmanned aerial system.

Copper River to support Pentagon with cloud support services

Small business Copper River picked to supply the Washington Headquarter Services with cloud support services at the Pentagon under a $15.6 million contract.