What the trucking industry taught Lockheed's CEO about networks
In his last job prior to becoming Lockheed Martin CEO, Jim Taiclet began working with partners in telecommunications and other sectors on creating a network effect for the U.S. trucking industry to take it in an autonomous direction. Taiclet told investors that could be a model for doing the same in national defense.
Denials open the door for $2B PTO vehicle
The Patent and Trademark Office can now open its $2 billion BOSS software services contract for business now that several protestors have lost their fight over not getting chosen.
CNSI forms deeper partnership with Amazon Web Services
CNSI is forming a deeper partnership with Amazon Web Services to develop more cloud-based solutions for Medicaid management information systems.
Noblis' evolution told by this foray into solutions
Like many others in industry, Noblis is shifting more toward a solution-based model of delivery for customers that signifies how the federal ecosystem has changed along with the nonprofit organization's own approach.
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Why ITES-SW2 is the key to selling software to the Army
If you don't have access to the Army's ITES Software 2, then you are probably missing an important venue for getting your software products into the Army.
LMI fights to get onto Army Futures Command vehicle
LMI is pushing back against its elimination from the competition to get on a $240 million contract to support the Army Futures Command.
Protests, complaints continue over CIO-SP4 vehicle
Little has changed for the CIO-SP4 contract vehicle despite a deadline extension and more amendments. Contractors are still concerned about the solicitation and how it is being managed.
PSC: Make COVID cost relief provision permanent for contractors
The Professional Services Council says making permanent the COVID-19 relief provision for contractors to recoup some labor costs will come in handy the next time another emergency happens.
COVID, acquisitions fuel Maximus' revenue growth
Maximus has seen significant revenue growth in its latest quarter fueled by support of the government's COVID-19 response and what has come from recent acquisitions.
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With CMMC certification, slow and steady wins the race
Despite delays in getting the third-party assessors online and the potential for other CMMC delays, there is no reason not to take action. Here are three steps to start right now.
Leidos versus SAIC continues as they fight for $2.5B NASA contract
There appears to be a disagreement among NASA, the companies involved and even the Government Accountability Office over whether to dismiss Science Applications International Corp.'s protest of a $2.5 billion IT infrastructure contract it lost to Leidos.
NIH extends deadline to bid on CIO-SP4 vehicle
Amid multiple complaints, the National Institutes of Health's acquisition shop has extended the deadline on proposals for the massive CIO-SP4 IT services contract vehicle to Aug. 20. But will giving industry more time alleviate concerns?
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Why CIO-SP4 needs to take a timeout
The NIH CIO-SP3 contract is widely considered to be a success but the follow-on vehicle, CIO-SP4, has sown confusion and even anger and presents an existential threat to industry and NIH. A pause is needed before it's too late.
Peraton books $500M VA cloud infrastructure award
Now that a protest has cleared the books, Peraton is free to start work on an almost $500 million cloud infrastructure contract with the Veterans Affairs Department.
Technica lands $43M Air Force contract for intelligence support
Technica will support a pair of Air Force intelligence operations with program management and sustainment services under a four-year, $43 million contract.
Blue Origin, Dynetics see their lunar lander protests grounded
Protests by Blue Origin and Dynetics over the $2.9 billion lunar lander contract that went to SpaceX have been denied as the Government Accountability Office rules NASA did nothing wrong.
In familiar refrain, it's Amazon versus Microsoft for this $10B NSA cloud contract
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are again in opposite corners of a protest fight over a $10 billion cloud hosting contract. But this time unlike in JEDI it's AWS as the winner, the National Security Agency the customer and Microsoft the protestor.
Biden tells civilian feds, contractors to get vaccinated or take regular COVID tests
The Biden-Harris administration has rolled out new COVID-19 guidelines for federal employees and contractors as part of an overall strategy to increase the U.S. vaccination rate.
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