DHS readies new draft of $10B FirstSource III solicitation

By the end of this month, DHS will have a new draft of the solicitation for its $10 billion FirstSource III small business vehicle to support IT needs.

CGI's VA roll out marks new start for troubled program

CGI has delivered the first implementation of a financial management upgrade at the Veterans Affairs Department that's been decades in the making.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Deloitte's vision of the post-COVID market

Deloitte’s public sector leader Mike Canning speaks with Editor Nick Wakeman about the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on work and the business of government, along with his view of how public health should now be a national security priority.

Opinion

How COVID has changed successful proposal writing

The impact of the COVID pandemic has been profound on government customers and has changed the way they conduct business, which means you need to change how you write your proposals to address your customers' new reality.

Opinion

Protecting critical infrastructure puts focus on people, process and technology

As the new administration looks to establish cybersecurity priorities, it is critical that the government and private sector work together to address vulnerabilities in our supply chain systems.

AT&T, VA start 5G rollout at Puget Sound health care hub

AT&T and the Veterans Affairs Department turn the lights on for a 5G and related multiple-access edge computing network at one of the VA’s largest health care hubs.

Optimism is real for 2021, but beware the caveats of a divided government

As a seasoned market observer, Professional Services Council President and CEO David Berteau is optimistic about what 2021 could bring to industry. But he can't ignore the challenges ahead for the Biden administration and Congress as they face several hurdles before passage of a fiscal year 2022 budget or another COVID relief bill.

DISA, General Dynamics roll out AWS across milCloud 2.0

The Defense Information Systems Agency and General Dynamics introduce the first commercial cloud hosting service to be made available on the milCloud 2.0 platform.

DOD used $16B in OTAs for COVID response

The Defense Pricing and Contracting Agency recorded more than $16 billion in other transaction agreements in 2020 as part of the Defense Department's response to the pandemic.

Opinion

How digital transformation unlocks value for our customers

To unlock the value of the ongoing digital transformation, government solutions providers must do more than just deploy new technologies; we must focus on mission outcomes.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: A mega-deal, new Biden initiatives and CMMC drive the news cycle

The editorial teams from Washington Technology and FCW (virtually) gather to discuss the biggest news of January: news: megadeals, the new Biden Administration and what's happening with CMMC.

CMMC's final rule, training orgs expected this summer

A final rule on the Defense Department's unified cybersecurity standard could debut as soon as this summer but implementation hinges on standing up a formal training system.

CACI CEO talks strategic priorities for today's market

CACI CEO John Mengucci spoke at a recent WT Power Breakfast and shared how people and technology drive the company's success, plus how acquisitions are just one tool in their toolbox.

Dems want $9B TMF boost in legislation

President Biden included the massive uptick in the Technology Modernization Fund in his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief and recovery proposal, and key lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are pushing to include the measure in legislation.

AI signs distributor deal for cloud products

Applied Insight has signed a deal with Vertosoft to broaden the distribution of its cloud implementation tools.

INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: Top execs share their winning strategies for 2021

WT Insider members get exclusive access to our Power Breakfast events. Our latest event focused on winning strategies for 2021 and leading executives shared their priorities and challenges for the year ahead.

DHS flips award, CACI fights back

After a year of protests and sticking with CACI International, the Homeland Security Department goes the other direction in awarding an engineering and IT contract to ManTech. Now CACI is the one to protest.

Can the Army justify a 10-year sole-source contract? Maybe.

Accenture is pushing back on the Army's plan to award without competition what could be a $500 million contract for continued development of a pay and personnel system.

Navy to stand up DevSecOps task force

The Navy will field a task force in March that will deliver recommendations that will lay the ground work for the Navy's enterprise-wide roadmap for implementing DevSecOps.

Army CIO details plan to rein in $2B in bloated IT spending

Army CIO Ray Iyer is shaping a new Army Enterprise Digital Strategy the he will use to change the organization's culture and rein in $2 billion of bloated IT spending.