Alleged contractor conman gets 7 years
Garrison Courtney duped fellow contractors and high-level government officials, the Justice Department says. His guilty plea and seven-year sentence reveal a con job of epic proportions.
General Dynamics again wins DOD's cloud email & collaboration contract
General Dynamics IT has again been picked over Perspecta for the DEOS cloud email and collaboration tools contract that now has a $4.4 billion ceiling -- roughly 40 percent lower than the initial value.
First lawsuit filed against president's anti-bias training ban order
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the National Urban League and National Fair Housing Alliance have filed a class action lawsuit to try and stop President Trump's executive order that bans certain anti-bias training. The lawsuit includes government contractors as part of the class those groups are representing.
Another firm joins protests over $800M Army engineering contract
Another company has joined the list of protesters pushing back on the Army's decision to award an $800 million contract to its three large incumbents.
GSA's Polaris vehicle to have CMMC requirements
Polaris, the contract that will replace Alliant 2 Small Business, will be one of the early vehicles to include CMMC clauses.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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