Air Force SBEAS contract continues NetCents protest tradition
A $13 billion small business contract continues to be mired in bid protests just like the contract it aims to replace.
DOD extends JEDI deadline, shuts down Q&A
The Defense Department is giving interested parties more time to put together their bids for the big-ticket JEDI cloud infrastructure contract, but it says 'No' to more questions.
Opinion
How an issue-based approach can make you a better government contractor
Contractors play a critical role for the government but an issue-based approach to the market can lead to deeper and stronger customer relationships and have an even greater impact on the community.
DISA seeks industry input on SATCOM awareness tools
DISA wants industry's help to better defining the scope of its satellite communications ordering, management and situational awareness tools.
UPDATE: DISA nixes rapid milCloud 2.0 migration RFI
Almost overnight, the Defense Department cancels its search for market ideas on how to can more quickly and efficiently move data and applications to its on-premise milCloud 2.0 environment.
TRANSCOM quietly takes another shot at cloud
The U.S. Transportation Command is discreetly revving up for another cloud bid, following an industry day with lead cloud service providers in August.
Army plans $126M SATCOM support contract
The Army has released a $126 million solicitation for satellite communications support services.
Defense expert: DOD hurts JEDI effort by lack of plan
The ups and downs of JEDI are well chronicled. But one defense and acquisition expert believes many of DOD's problems could have been mitigated by a coherent plan.
Navy considers small businesses for upcoming telemetry contract
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division wants to improve telemetry data processing and maybe a small business can do the work.
Coast Guard moving to update auxiliary management system
The Coast Guard has delayed maintenance on the system it uses manage its auxiliary members and now is starting to explore a cloud-based modernization effort.
Opinion
How to get past the transformation myth
Transformation can be a big scary word but it's important to remind customers that transitioning, instead of transforming, can be more painful and more expensive.
Navy releases RFP for security info processing
The Naval Research Lab has issued a solicitation for a small business contract focused advanced secure information processing research.
What fifth grade teaches about good business
Classroom principles about listening, working hard, being respectful and taking responsibility apply to contractors as much if not more than they do to my son's fifth-grade classroom.
Fast 50 execs to share secrets to their success
Join us for our 2018 Fast 50 webcast with executives from three of the fastest-growing small businesses in the market. They'll share the secrets to their success and the key trends in today's federal market.
Podcasts
Project 38, Episode 4: The innovation challenge
In this episode we talk to John Wood, CEO of Telos Corp. as we continue our exploration of innovation and disruption in the government market. John shares his views on the challenges and obstacles to bringing innovation to the government market.
DOD gives JEDI cloud update, but what has really changed?
The Defense Department gives an update to the $10 billion JEDI cloud contract. But how they did it makes things slightly more cloudy and caps off an eventful week for this big-ticket contract.
Opinion