Navy Research Lab plans for five-year contract for IT support

The Naval Research Lab issued a draft solicitation as it prepares for a formal competition for a five-year contract for day-to-day IT support.

FBI to check out vendors’ EA tools

The FBI CIO is looking for enterprise architecture tools to help agency leaders share data and assets.

Roboteam seeks its share of unmanned ground space

Roboteam chases growing opportunities as unmanned ground vehicles become an important tool in fighting roadside bombs and other threats.

ECS Federal busts through $500M barrier with InfoReliance deal

ECS Federal CEO George Wilson set an 'aggressive' goal in 2015 to hit $500 million mark in a few years. Now he's done it with a deal to acquire InfoReliance and he's transformed the business along the way.

Belcan uses acquisitions to build federal platform

Known as an engineering firm, Cincinnati-based Belcan has closed three deals in nine months to build a federal services platform around cyber, systems engineering, IT and professional services.

What's your outlook for Q2?

Our more recent Contractor Confidence Index showed a significant surge in confidence in the market. Is confidence holding? That's what we are asking in our latest WT survey.

DISA unveils $350M professional services vehicle RFP

The Defense Information Systems Agency releases its request for proposals for a five-year, $350 million professional services contract vehicle with nine slots reserved for small businesses.

Treasury floats mobile device management RFI

The U.S. Treasury begins a survey to find vendors interested in implementing a mobile device management system for the agency.

Opinion

3 secrets highly successful firms use everyday

Marketing expert Liz Harr shares research that explains what separates highly successful companies from those who are faltering. Hint: Don't be everything to everyone.

AI faces the line between hype and promise

Artificial intelligence is quickly emerging as the next big thing just like cloud computing five years ago. But question remains over what is real, what is hype and how to tell the difference.

Engility plans entry into NASA scientific computing competition

Engility Corp. plans to pursue a large upcoming NASA scientific computing services contract as part of its civilian and highly technical services market strategies.

SSL grows federal exec team, proceeds on DARPA robotics program

Space Systems Loral makes a promotion and expands its U.S. government leadership team as the company also proceeds on a program key to its federal market growth efforts.

VA floats cloud-based Vista RFI

The Veterans Affairs Department wants help from industry on how it can get a cloud-based form of its Vista electronic health record system.

CSRA CEO forecasts new round of consolidation

CSRA's CEO Larry Prior believes that the recent round of mergers and acquisitions in the government market is a "prelude" to the next round of consolidation.

Commerce agency considers shift to new cloud platform

The Commerce Department's National Technical Information System is looking for responses to a plan for a nationwide enterprise-class cloud management system platform.

DOD's next CIO faces a full plate

It could be months before the Defense Department has a new CIO, and he or she will face a host of organizational and operational challenges from Day One.

Stop wondering. Procurement policies are alive and well.

Their official website might be a little bare but OMB officials are insisting that they are hard at work enforcing procurement policies from earlier administrations.

Where have all the contract awards gone?

In recent weeks, we've noticed a decrease in new contract awards and an increase in extensions. Is the market suffering some growing pains in the Trump transition?

CenturyLink forges opioid tracking alliance

CenturyLink and Herndon, Va.-based analytics company EagleForce Associates will collaborate to help government agencies adopt automation technologies to track opioids and other prescription medications.

SSL, NASA finish robotic spacecraft systems requirements review

Space Systems Loral and NASA have completed a systems requirements review for their in-orbit satellite servicing partnership.