DARPA working on search for 'revolutionary' tech

DARPA has begun work on a new broad agency announcement aimed at getting what it calls "revolutionary" research in areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and secure systems.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Opinion

Time for industry to change its culture to keep pace with automation

Too often, industry has delivered federal IT solutions designed to address only an immediate need but the time is running out on this short-sighted approach created and it is time to adopt DevSecOps with an emphasis on automation.

  • By Luther McGinty

For now, industry has few tools to fight anti-bias training ban

There is little industry can do to push back against President Trump's order banning certain anti-bias and discrimination training until the final rules are issued and start getting enforced.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Lack of small business winners draws protest for $800M Army contract

The Army said it would make two small business awards for an $800 million engineering services vehicle but did not follow through and that has drawn one small business protest. A large business has also entered the fray.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Podcasts

PROJECT 38: How implicit bias can lead to bad decisions

In this episode of Project 38, diversity and inclusion expert Minal Bopaiah tells us how unconscious bias can permeate how we make decisions and even how we design our technology. But Bopaiah also sees ways to mitigate the impact.

MetTel takes $711M State Department telecom task order

The State Department awarded MetTel a task order for data services worth over $700 million under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.

  • By Mark Rockwell
Opinion

How the CARES Act impacts state, local governments

The use of the CARES Act by state and local governments offers a unique insight into how that market operates and where vendors might find opportunities.

  • By Rachel Eckert

Inside today's small business opportunity set

Challenges and opportunities of small businesses takes center stage Friday at our next WT Power Breakfast, featuring speakers from the Homeland Security Department and this year's group of Fast 50 companies.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Is it time to rethink IT governance?

In this Q&A from our sibling publication FCW.com, a U.S. Digital Service veteran talks about the need for IT stakeholders of all stripes to share their thoughts on governance obstacles that hinder successful acquisition and deployment of big and small technology projects.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

Contractors vulnerable to China hacks

The National Security Agency released details on 25 existing vulnerabilities that Chinese state-sponsored threat groups are using to try to penetrate defense industrial base networks.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

What new CMMC rule and deadline mean to you

The Defense Department has codified NIST SP 800-171 and set a deadline of Nov. 30 for contractors to register their compliance. It's the bridge to CMMC compliance.

  • By Derek Kernus and Edward Tuorinsky

Mass contract modification expected to enforce anti-bias order

The government will use a class deviation to modify all existing defense and civilian contracts in an effort to force compliance with President Trump's executive order banning certain anti-bias and discrimination training.

  • By Nick Wakeman

December release expected for CIO-SP4 solicitation

Despite the pandemic, the next iteration of the NIH CIO-SP vehicle is steadily progressing with an RFP expected in December.

  • By Mark Rockwell

GSA floats civilian version of CMMC

The General Services Administration will add more supply chain and cybersecurity protection language, including DOD's CMMC requirements for vendors, to its new contracts as risks grow, according to one of the agency's top acquisition managers.

  • By Mark Rockwell

CACI objects to lost $200M Navy contract

CACI International is arguing the Navy made the wrong decision in picking Booz Allen Hamilton for a $200 million acquisition support contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman

How a logo change can mean so much more

MCR has revamped its logo, a change the company sees as reflecting its two-year transformation and path forward in the market.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Labor issues call for data on anti-bias training

As required by President Trump's executive order, the Labor Department puts out a request for contractors to submit data on any anti-bias training they provide employees.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Space becomes a new front in the 'Cloud Wars'

Microsoft is taking its flagship Azure offering further into a space sector that their direct competitor Amazon Web Services also has made a priority. It was all inevitable as the so-called Cloud Wars add another front.

  • By Ross Wilkers

One big question: how does everyone return to the office?

The IBM Center for the Business of Government has leveraged a series of commentaries it wrote for Washington Technology into a new report exploring how the sudden rush to telework is reshaping the workplace.

  • By Nick Wakeman

With Riptide assist, BAE moves up in underwater vehicle size

More than one year on from its Riptide acquisition, BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary has moved up from providing just small unmanned underwater vehicles to adding a medium class vehicle.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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