Palantir's real strength is its business model
As Palantir heads to the public markets, it's good to revisit how the software company cracked the federal market and why it will continue to be a challenge to traditional GovCon firms.
DISA plans single award for $11.7B IT contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency is working on the solicitation for an $11.7 IT support contract and as things currently stand, there will be one winner.
Palantir's public filing reveals plenty about its federal ambitions
Palantir filing to go public says a lot about the company and the work it does for the government, but the S-1 registration statement for the data and analytics software company also leaves some gaps to be filled.
Opinion
The 'is,' 'was' and 'gonna be' world of BD
The business development world has been rocked by COVID-19 with organizations finding ways to operate in a pandemic, but now is also the time to focus on what the new world of BD will be like when we emerge from the crisis.
GSA's ASTRO unmanned solicitation hits the street
The General Services Administration releases the final solicitation for its massive unmanned systems contract vehicle called ASTRO. For now, pricing apparently doesn't matter.
Microsoft reportedly sees JEDI as international launch pad
JEDI is a huge contract on its own, but Microsoft also apparently sees its win of the Defense Department's cloud infrastructure contract as a launching pad for similar projects with international governments.
Downselect? What downselect?
CGI Federal and Ascendant Services were rejected from a $2 billion Patent and Trademark Office contract and lost their arguments over that because this agency gets to play by its own rules.
DOD's China-tech waiver targets high-volume buys, excludes major weapons systems
Nearly three-fourths of what the Defense Department buys will be temporarily exempt from the government-wide Huawei ban.
Pentagon advances domestic drone plan
The Defense Department names five U.S. vendors for domestic sourcing of small drone aircraft.
Opinion
Remote work can be secure but risks must be addressed
The new office is the home office but unique security risks, even from kids or roommates, exist and must be addressed.
After early surge, pandemic buying stabilizes for GWACs
Now, federal contract managers are prepping for the annual end-of-year spending spree.
Podcasts
PROJECT 38: COVID-19 as a trigger for innovation
Science Applications International Corp.'s Charles Onstott explains how COVID-19 is an innovation trigger that is changing how we work and the technologies that we rely to make decision, protect our health and increase our security.
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