Don't wait to start on transition planning
President Trump has not formally conceded. But government contractors shouldn't wait to start talking to customers about what life under a Biden Administration could mean for the market.
More solicitations coming for DOD 5G test sites
The Defense Department plans to award the first three of seven new 5G test bed contracts in the spring.
NSA award draws protest from the incumbent
The National Security Agency has made an award on its $471.8 million "Barkingbadger" contract for classified services and that has drawn the ire of a disappointed bidder.
SAIC names Northrop exec as new CFO
Science Applications International Corp. hires Northrop Grumman executive Prabu Natarajan as its new chief financial officer to succeed the retiring Charlie Mathis.
Don't count on an interim CMMC certification
The Defense Department's "voice of CMMC" Katie Arrington sent one very clear message during a webcast Thursday -- there will be no provisional certifications. It's either go or no go for the new cyber standard that contractors must follow.
Air Force taps 24 more to join battle management project
The Air Force continues to build its pool of contractors who will compete to develop technologies to field a new battle management system.
18 state AGs call to end Trump's crackdown on diversity training
In a letter, 18 state attorneys general and the AG from the District of Columbia say that a recent executive order on diversity training is having "opposite effect" of its stated goal of preventing discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex.
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IBM continues fight for consolidated Army ERP contract
For a second time, Accenture has won a $786.7 million contract consolidating support for several Army enterprise resource planning systems. Also a second time, IBM has filed a protest objecting to how the evaluation was conducted.
Massive missile defense, satellite program draws protests
The National Defense Space Architecture program is a huge undertaking, which makes getting in at the beginning a strategic advantage. It is no wonder then that the first two contract awards have drawn protests from disappointed bidders.
Opinion
Federal tech priorities hold steady no matter who wins the election
While the election results are still uncertain, there is plenty of certainty around federal tech spending priorities, which won't change even if there is a transition at the White House.
Inside the solutions driving the 2020 Industry Innovator Award winners
We lift the curtain on the solutions that earned these 16 companies awards as 2020 Industry Innovator winners.
Nominations for the 2021 Fed 100 are now being accepted
Our sibling publication FCW is now accepting nominations for the Federal 100 awards that honors government and industry executives who have done something exceptional in service to the government.
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