CACI buying LGS Innovations in $1B pair of deals

CACI International has made a pair of deals worth nearly $1 billion, including $750 million for LGS Innovations, to add more capabilities around intelligence products and solutions.

Shutdown lingers in the background for defense contractors

The word "shutdown" wasn't said during General Dynamics' fourth quarter earnings call, but it still lingers in the background for GD and other large defense contractors.

Court nixes Oracle request for more JEDI documents

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has denied Oracle's request to get more documents from the Defense Department that relate to the JEDI procurement.

Lockheed cautiously shakes off shutdown impact

Lockheed Martin, the largest defense contractor in the United States, was relatively unscathed by the partial government shutdown. But a future shutdown is a risk factor for them moving forward.

ManTech faces recompete of $300M TSA IT contract

The Transportation Security Administration is starting to recompete a nearly $300 million contract ManTech International has held for 13 years.

As shuttered agencies reopen, patience and empathy are virtues

Agencies closed for five weeks during the partial shutdown are opening for business again. Expert advice to contractors: Be patient and have empathy. Plus follow directions.

Shutdown recovery will take months or longer

The partial government shutdown lasted for weeks but the road to recovery will likely be measured in months or longer, according to government contractors responding to our shutdown survey.

Pentagon review of possible Amazon-JEDI conflict just routine

There has been some reporting that the Defense Department has "admitted' it is reviewing a possible conflict of interest involving Amazon Web Services and the JEDI cloud contract. But the reality is a little more mundane.

Government's reputation as a reliable partner gets battered by the shutdown

An underlying notion of the government market has long been its stability and reliability. But even if it's over for now, this shutdown brings that notion into some question.

Window closes on bids for Navy NGEN recompetes

Proposals should now be in for the Navy's almost $3.4 billion recompete of its Next Generation Enterprise Network contract, one of the year's largest defense IT competitions.

SAP NS2, Google form cloud integration partnership

SAP National Security Services and Google are partnering to bring integrated cloud computing and data offerings into the public sector.

Public GovCon firms to face shutdown questions

Financial reporting season kicks off the last week of January for many publicly-traded government contractors. They need to prepare to answer tough shutdown questions.

Small biz vulnerability grows as shutdown continues

Contractors of all shapes and sizes are having to make all kinds of adjustments as the partial shutdown continues but some may be more drastic than others, especially for small businesses.

Opinion

Shutdown impact has ripple effect across the market

Bob Lohfeld Jr., CEO of Sev1Tech, shares his insights on how the government shutdown is impacting companies and the tough choices and consequences many companies face.

Data standards are an Air Force priority in 2019

Air Force officials are talking about tech innovation and massive IT changes as priorities for 2019, starting with an emphasis on data standards to connect its stove-piped systems.

Opinion

Can the shutdown lead to better government?

The partial government shutdown will end ... eventually ... and when it does there are concrete actions that can be taken to avoid the current debacle in the future.

Shutdown roils the GovCon labor market

The ongoing partial government shutdown is taking a toll on today's workforce and is damaging the ability to build tomorrow's.

Why market share matters for the DOD cloud

There are only three general purpose clouds, DOD data chief Michael Conlin says.

Marines developing cloud migration contract

The Marine Corps is in the market research phase of an effort to develop a cloud migration services contract.

DOD's other big commercial cloud contract moves forward

The $8.2 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solution contract for calendar and email services has a new timetable for the release of both the draft and final solicitations.