Opinion

Where to find those hidden AF opportunities

While a final fiscal 2022 budget is still months away, there are still plenty of indicators of where the Air Force will prioritize its $8 billion IT budget.

  • By Lloyd McCoy

LinQuest awarded $31.7M Space Command contract

LinQuest has been tapped by the Air Force to help with the continued development of the U.S. Space Command.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Army taps GDIT for cloud support

GDIT will support the Army Program Executive Office-Enterprise Information Systems with management services for cloud migration and hosting.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Why Biden's climate initiatives must be tracked

Many of President Biden's climate change initiatives will have an indirect impact on contractors that could still be significant.

  • By Nick Wakeman

What drove Maximus toward its largest-ever acquisition

Maximus is paying a company-record $1.4 billion to acquire Veterans Evaluation Services and continue transforming the business process outsourcing line of work.

  • By Nick Wakeman

GAO rejects arguments that evaluations were flawed

A group of protesters could not convince that evaluations for the Veterans Affairs Department's T4NG onramp were flawed.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Podcasts

Project 38 podcast marks 100 episodes

Since its launch in 2018, Washington Technology's Project 38 podcast has produced over 100 episodes and hosted a wide range of executives and other market experts to explore the state of the market and the future of government contracting

  • By Nick Wakeman
Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Can agencies force contractors to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

Can agencies require contractors to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Maybe, but it is complicated as attorneys Al Krachman and Brooke Iley explain to Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers in this episode.

What the IT market can learn from SpaceX's NASA win

SpaceX has surprised the aerospace market by winning the $2.9 billion NASA contract to take human's back to the moon but the lessons from that victory might extend across the entire government market.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Last draft out for $1.4B DHA workforce contract

The Defense Health Agency has released one last draft solicitation for its $1.4 billion Workforce 3.0 contract with a final version due within days.

  • By Nick Wakeman

USTRANSCOM prepares for third-party cyber compliance assessments

U.S. Transportation Command is preparing a proof of principle for a cyber compliance program in preparation for broad adoption of CMMC.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Protests drive HHS to redo cloud contract

The Health and Human Services Department will rework a cloud solicitation following complaints that the terms would restrict competition.

  • By Nick Wakeman

MetTel to modernize National Archives networks

MetTel has captured a $65 million EIS task order to replace the National Archives' legacy hub-and-spoke network architecture with a software-defined wide area network.

  • By Nick Wakeman

DOD forms new innovation group to speed adoption of new tech

A new Defense Department group is tasked with looking for areas in research and engineering that, if improved, would make the DOD better at adapting new technology.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Should GovCon firms join the fight against voting restrictions?

Several companies with strong ties to the federal market have joined the Black Economic Alliance's fight against state efforts to put more restrictions on voting.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Faced with complaints, Army pulls HR app solicitation

After facing complaints from bidders including the incumbent, the Army has decided to rework the solicitation for a $161 million human resources application development contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman

The Army's $22B Microsoft deal might point to a new era of acquisitions

The Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System has been in the works for years, but the potentially multibillion deal could mark a paradigm shift in how the Defense Department buys and leverages technology.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Biden's budget as the ultimate conversation starter

The first Biden administration budget may look nothing like what is ultimately passed, but the document provides a great starting point for having meaningful discussions with your customers.

  • By Nick Wakeman

How this DARPA research effort will try to stop the next pandemic

FLIR Systems is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop fabrics with embedded capabilities to battle exposure to chemical and biological threats, including future pandemic viruses.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Army turns to small biz to build STEM connections

A3L Federal Works of Fairmont, West Virginia, has been tapped by the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command to help it improve connections with academia, industry and government agencies.

  • By Washington Technology staff
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