Opinion

Three marketing requirements for 2015

Maintaining or increasing market share in today's market requires developing ways to stay top-of-mind with your customer base, writes marketing guru Mark Amtower.

FWA wants to gather and standardize pavement data

The Federal Highway Administration wants to hear from companies able to create a standardized format for data on pavement conditions.

Army prevails on most ITES-3H protests

It looks like the Army is going to come out on top in the protest fight involving its $5 billion ITES-3H contract.

GSA makes the case for schedule consolidation

The rising complexity of professional services is what drove the General Services Administration to introduce its plan in September to revamp their schedules by consolidating them.

FBI eyes new financial management contract

The FBI is working on plans for a task order contract to help it develop multiple financial IT systems.

Eight trends rocking today's market

Government contracting just ain’t what it used to be. Here are eight trends of the "new normal" that are changing the market and forcing companies to rethink their strategies.

Army plans to modernize AKO-ES with new IDIQ

The Army anticipates awarding a four-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for technical support services as well as reuse and redesign of existing systems in the Army Knowledge Online–Enterprise System (AKO-ES).

Plenty of questions, few answers with 2014 elections

With the mid-term elections just a week away, we'll likely be left with more questions than answers once the ballots are tallied.

Mach37 Cyber Accelerator opens Spring 2015 application period

The Mach37 Cyber Accelerator has opened up its applications period for its Spring 2015 Cohort beginning Mar. 2, 2015.

House solicits 6-year data center support work

The U.S. House of Representatives is developing a contract to modernize its existing data center facilities and build new ones.

Cloud providers sought for E-Verify hosting

The Homeland Security Department is looking for commercial cloud providers who can host the back office operations of its E-Verify system.

VA needs support increasing VistA Imaging demands

The Veterans Affairs Department released a sources sought notice to find companies that are capable of handling its expanding VistA Imaging system and related services.

Opinion

Why hosted collaboration is a smart cloud solution

As cloud adoption grows the choices agencies face also grows, begging the question how do you know what's the right solution? Collab9 exec Joe Barnas makes the argument for hosted collaboration.

Navy considers C4I support IDIQ

The Navy is considering a two-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical support services on command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems on surface ships.

DISA asks for mobile device management, app store in new RFI

The Defense Information Systems Agency issues RFI for solutions that can handle mobile device management and a mobile application store for DOD users.

DOD explores improving how it pays vendors

The Defense Department wants to update the process it uses to pay suppliers by using commercial software.

Proposed changes to SBA rules could cripple small biz value-added resellers

Proposed changes to Small Business Administration rules could have a negative effect on small business value-added IT resellers, qualifying them as large businesses if they have more than $27.5 million in annual sales.

WT report puts focus on 2015 purchasing plans

Our "2015 Trends in Government Purchasing" special report explores the tech priorities and purchase plans of 2015, from cloud to cyber to mobility and beyond.

Army wants input on potential $185M asymmetric warfare contract

The Army wants feedback from small businesses about a potential $185 million contract for its Training and Doctrine Command Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG).

National Library of Medicine seeks search system update

The National Library of Medicine wants to replace its LocatorPlus, an online public access catalog, with a state-of-the-art discovery and delivery system.