DOE, NNSA plan BPA for professional support services
The Energy Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration is considering their own strategic sourcing vehicle for professional, technical, engineering and programmatic support services.
Budget issues continue to drive challenges in GovCon market
Whether it is M&A activity, poor procurement practices or LPTA, it all starts with a federal budget that has been constrained for several years and likely will be for several more.
Air Force plans $950M small business cyber IDIQ
The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to award a five-year, $950 million small business contract to advance its cybersecurity efforts.
GSA gathers input on secured message delivery platform
The General Services Administration wants to create a simple, secure shared authentication platform for message delivery.
Forest Service plans IDIQ for GIS, GPS support services
The Forest Service is conducting research for a potential five-year, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract for work based on geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, global positioning systems (GPS), and cartography.
immixGroup sales summit takes on major trends in government market
A new administration will bring changes in policy and priorities, but at its annual sales summit next month, immixGroup is putting the spotlight on many issues that will drive the market no matter who is in the White House.
FEMA plans grant management modernization
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is beginning a multi-year process to update how it manages its grants.
Air Force seeks support for data mining project
The Air Force released a draft solicitation for a five-year, $3.5 million contract for data mining, capture and access services to support the U.S. Strategic Command and other commands for decision support capabilities.
CMS developing new IT opportunities around geospatial, analytics and eligibility
With billions of dollars in its budget, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has several procurements in the works aimed at modernization and improving operations.
Plenty of challenges at FDA means opportunity for contractors
FDA touches 25 cent of the United States’ gross domestic product so that means the agency has plenty of work to do and a lot of challenges that industry can help with.
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FBI IT budget contracts, but still plenty of opportunities
The FBI's IT budget has contracted, but there are growing opportunities around information sharing, the cloud, biometrics, cyber and big data.
Small businesses selling cloud services at risk under new SBA rule
A new SBA rule may effectively block agencies from buying cloud services through small business set aside contracts.
Exit interview with Anne Rung
In an interview with FCW, the government's departing top acquisition official about leaving behind a solid foundation on which the government can build more effective and efficient federal IT.
Is Oracle's departure from GSA just the beginning?
Oracle is walking away from the schedules program, and for many, its departure points to long simmering issues between vendors and GSA.
Microsoft first company through FedRAMP Accelerated
After 15 weeks, Microsoft is the first cloud security provider to complete the accelerated route through GSA's cloud security authorization program.
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Beware the tyranny of one-size fits all
The market often gets enamored with the latest and geatest policy, strategy or idea, so we must always remind ourselves that a new idea might be smart, but it won't apply in all cases, Stan Soloway explains in his latest commentary.
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