Army looks for companies to carry on AKO-ES

The Army is looking for companies that can continue the operations for the Army Knowledge Management Enterprise Services (AKO-ES) platform.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

GSA planning cloud computing IDIQ

Contractors have been lobbying GSA for a comprehensive IDIQ contract for agencies to acquire cloud services and it looks like they might be listening.

  • By Mark Rockwell
Opinion

5 IT predictions for 2016

2016 will be an exciting time to work in the public sector as new innovations come to the fore and existing initiatives start to bear fruit. Maximus Federal President Thomas Romeo shares his top picks for 2016.

  • By Thomas Romeo

Industry Day update: GSA speakers confirmed

We've confirmed three high-level speakers for our next industry day focused on GSA. The speakers are GSA leaders in charge of the schedule program, GWACs and cloud computing initiatives.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Government contracting: Where's the value?

Any discussion about good contract management needs to look at the value the contract is supposed to be delivering, but determining what that value is can often be the biggest challenge.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Where are the best contract management practices?

Post-award contract management is more of a problem than a solution, and the answer might start with finding those who already are doing it well.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Opinion

DOD's missed opportunity to improve services acquisition

The Defense Department has released its long-awaited DOD Instruction to guide the acquisition of services and unfortunately they missed an opportunity to make real improvements.

  • By Stan Soloway

GSA to create health IT SIN on Schedule 70

The General Services Administration IT Schedule 70 decided to create a special item number for new health IT services.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

NIH considers share, virtual experience to gather research data

The National Institutes of Health asked for feedback on its shared, virtual space for gathering research data, called “The Commons.”

  • By Matthew Weigelt

TSA wants enterprise tracking solution to manage caseload

The Transportation Security Administration is considering setting up an enterprise case tracking tool to handle its civil rights cases.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

New DOD rule to increase procurement training

A new rule is in the works at the Pentagon that will increase the amount of training needed before a defense official can hire a contractor.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Are incumbents really losing more often?

It's not unusual these days to see incumbent contractors lose recompetes, but are they really more vulnerable?

New name just the start for Raytheon|Websense

Raytheon puts a new name -- Forcepoint -- on its Websense business, but a successful rebranding depends on performance, executive says.

  • By Nick Wakeman

USAF seeks aircraft ‘sense and avoid’ capabilities

The Air Force has asked industry about the latest advances in remotely piloted aircraft sense and avoid capabilities, as it seeks to develop a prototype system that meets certain technical readiness levels by 2020.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Marines seeks better warehouse management

The Marine Corps is asking industry for a software solution to aid in tactical warehouse logistics.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

A call for better management

Procurement expert Steve Kelman thinks that post-award contract management has been neglected for too long. We agree. See how you can join the discussion.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army sets discussion for HR IT infrastructure contract

The Army will meet with industry Jan. 21 in Fort Knox, Ky., to discuss an upcoming contract for human resources command IT infrastructure support.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

DHA looks to close gaps in database

The Defense Health Agency is looking to close some gaps in how it moves and manages transactional data as part of the Defense Medical Human Resources Systems – Internet.

  • By Nick Wakeman

TSA implementing acquisition reform act

The Transportation Security Administration is trying to increase its technology acquisitions by implementing a year-old law.

  • By Washington Technology staff

3 new procurement regs worth noting

As 2015 came to a close, the government published three interim and proposed rules covering security requirements, multi-year contracts and opportunities for women-owned businesses.

  • By Nick Wakeman
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