Opinion

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.

Opinion

With data everywhere, the endpoint becomes the problem

Agency IT teams don't have the visibility and control of their devices to protect the growing number of endpoint vulnerabilities. Here's' how you can help.

GSA reopens some bids for OASIS on-ramp

The General Services Administration will reconsider some bids for small business spots on the OASIS contract after a court decision said 18 companies improperly received awards.

Agencies propose more than $2B in TMF projects

Federal CIO Clare Martorana told a House subcommittee that 108 project proposals have been submitted to the Technology Modernization Fund across 43 agencies, with 75% focusing on cybersecurity since the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act.

The danger in Bezos' $2B offer to NASA

Jeff Bezos' offer to cover $2 billion in potential cost overruns to build a lunar lander for NASA could be easy to dismiss, but don't ignore some very real threats.

Army chooses 14 for $2.4B cyber range support contract

The Army has picked 14 winners for a $2.4 billion contract to support a model of the internet used to test cyber tools and simulate attacks.

Accenture (finally) touts big Army ERP win

After several rounds of protests, Accenture can finally say it has secured a $729 million contract to consolidate multiple Army enterprise resource planning systems.

Hyten: Combat cloud needed to bolster collaboration with allies, partners

Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said building a combat cloud with correctly tagged data would allow service members, allies and partners alike to login from anywhere with their credentials and biometrics so the U.S. can take full advantage of the capabilities they have to offer.

TOP 100: Smartronix using deals, awards to build on cloud expertise

Smartronix is pursuing growth opportunities by adding and expanding capabilities around cloud migration and digital transformation.

Lawmakers push for new defense supply chain strategy

The House Armed Services Committee's Defense Critical Supply Chain Task Force issued recommendations that push for domestic production and better government oversight of supply chain vulnerabilities.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: The evolution of 'Verizon 2.0' & its public sector arm

Verizon wants to be the indispensable partner alongside its customers for modernizing their networks. In this episode, Verizon's public sector leader Jennifer Chronis explains to our Ross Wilkers what that means for the business she leads and how the larger "Verizon 2.0" strategy continues to shape the unit.

Amendments doing little to clarify CIO-SP4 confusion

Concerns and confusion around the CIO-SP4 solicitation's requirements continue despite letters from the Professional Services Council and more amendments from the National Institutes of Health's procurement shop.

VA to continue pause on Cerner deployment for six more months

At the end of calendar 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs expects to announce a new schedule for the deployment of its $21 billion electronic health record modernization project.

Protests over $10B DHS IT contract back under consideration

Two companies that we mistakenly reported to be out of the competition for a $10 billion Homeland Security Department's IT contract never left the competition. Now their protests are once again under consideration.

VTG 'dazzles' with Navy laser win

VTG will install laser systems on five Navy destroyers to knock out the sensors of unmanned aerial systems that threaten them.