Companies

How CMMC raises legal exposures for contractors and their suppliers

Compliance issues across the defense industrial base will grow after the final rule for this cyber standard goes live, but there are steps to take for understanding and limiting risks.

Companies

Here’s what the contracting community thinks of the new proposed rule on climate reporting  

The proposed rule is part of the Biden administration’s larger environmental agenda, but it comes with costs for contractors. 

Contracts

GSA plans more domains, small business spots for OASIS recompete

The General Services Administration is giving industry more details on its approach for awarding this professional services contract vehicle's next iteration.

Companies

CACI's $2.4B NSA win faces challenges

The National Security Agency will take another look at bids after a pair of protests.

Contracts

Air Force sketches out its vision for the next 'Cloud One'

Top of mind for the branch: a "cloud landing zone" for mission systems owners to access the technology resources they need.

Companies

Key takeaways from WT's CMMC Summit

Cybersecurity leaders emphasized that the upcoming cyber and supply chain requirement for industry is more than just a compliance list, plus help to get ready is available to small businesses.

Companies

Maximus builds on COVID-related CDC work

A new $100 million contract will allow the company to build an earlier contract managing the contact center that distributed information on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Contracts

NIH CIO-SP4 contract hit with 97 protests

No, that's not a typo. Nearly 100 companies are objecting to their elimination from this $50 billion governmentwide IT vehicle.

Companies

CMMC's 'father' warns companies not to wait for final rule

The final rule for this new cybersecurity standard for the defense industrial base is months away, but the author of its founding principles sternly says get to work now.

Contracts

Interior unveils $1B cloud solicitation

Data center consolidation and the movement of more core technology services are top priorities for the department in this acquisition.

Contracts

DOE wants to bridge their 'Valley of Death'

Energy officials envision a cross-disciplinary team to bring advanced research topics focused on emerging technologies to life.

Contracts

Tradition continues: incumbent loses TSA IT infrastructure contract

The Transportation Security Agency has always chosen someone new in each recompete of the work.

Contracts

Pentagon on track to award $9 billion cloud contract in December

The Pentagon’s chief information officer said the multi-cloud, multi-vendor JWCC contract will be awarded “in about a month.”

Contracts

DISA’s plea to industry: bring us battlefield-ready tech

The Pentagon’s IT agency also wants help wringing more performance out of its existing gear.

Contracts

New wave of protests builds against CIO-SP4

The number of unhappy bidders regarding this $50 billion governmentwide IT acquisition is poised to climb.

Rankings

Small business skills on display in 2022 Fast 50

Each firm on our annual ranking of the government market's fastest-growing small businesses brings their own mix of capabilities and customers.

Contracts

NIST prioritizes spectrum sharing in contract design for DOD

The goal is more visibility into how that finite resource for communications is shared between defense and non-military users.

Companies

CISA, NSA and industry outline security responsibilities of software suppliers

New guidance from the federal agencies—and major companies serving the government—tries to distinguish between the security duties of software developers, suppliers and consumers.

Contracts

Federal contract spending decreases again in fiscal 2022

Defense spending dipped significantly in fiscal 2022, while civilian agencies spent slightly more on contracts compared to the previous year.

Contracts

ICF gets second shot at $50M Justice task order

The department will re-evaluate bids for the work to support crime victim services.