Opinion

How governments are adapting to an endemic world

COVID is not the only driver of change among government organizations. In this essay, William Eggers describes the changes that are in the works as governments at all levels put a greater emphasis on resilience.

Opinion

Know how to say 'No' to bad bids

The most successful companies find a balance between chasing everything and being too picky on what to bid. Lack of discipline there creates a barrier to growth that is hard to overcome.

Opinion

Woman-owned business can grow their market share by working together

In a call to action, a pair of women business leaders urge women-owned businesses to cooperate as a way of growing their market share. Here's what they want you to do.

Contracts

Central Command wants to open classified doors to academics

Central Command and the Air Force want a university partner to work on a range of technical challenges. Contractors need to watch this one as a catalyst for new opportunities.

Opinion

Why size matters in the federal market

The largest federal contractors continue to get bigger and that says a lot how the market is evolving and why size continues to matter.

Opinion

Polaris RFP sparks small business fears

The solicitation for the $15 billion has sparked fears that small businesses are at a disadvantage and joint ventures are favored in the competition. One protest so far but are others in the works?

Opinion

Protests keep nagging at CIO-SP4

The National Institutes of Health's flagship IT contract faces new challenges from bidders angry about the number of revisions the agency made during the bidding process.

Companies

Senators look to root out contractor conflicts of interest

A bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation they say will help prevent potential conflicts within businesses that work with the federal government after concerns were raised over McKinsey's work with the Food and Drug Administration while it was consulting with pharmaceutical firms.

Opinion

Where today's small business contracting discussion needs to start

The General Services Administration has big plans for small business contracting as seen in two recent announcements but is that enough to achieve what they want?

Contracts

Biden Requests Significant IT, Cyber Investment Increases for 2023

Tech and cybersecurity spending would receive major boosts under President Joe Biden’s proposed 2023 budget.

Contracts

Peraton wins $339M NASA balloon operations recompete

The company inherited this work supporting scientific experiments through an acquisition in 2021.

Companies

Emergent books $419M Air Force product license pact

The Air Force is using this agreement to consolidate how it acquires Oracle-built core technology products and related maintenance services.

Companies

CGI Federal adds leader for sustainability, climate change services

Dr. Mark Flugge joins the company to lead its work with federal agencies on their sustainability goals.

Contracts

Round 7: More companies sign on to Air Force's $950M JADC2 program

This latest group of 23 firms will focus on maturing and demonstrating capabilities.

Contracts

General Dynamics can now proceed on its $4.5B NGA cloud win

The company had to wait out a protest from its largest competitor Leidos in the latest head-to-head showdown of many between them.

Companies

DOD awards Verizon almost $1 billion to modernize its networks

New communications equipment will soon be deployed at the Pentagon and beyond.