Contracts
Veterans Affairs chooses 10 projects for $20M suicide prevention challenge
The VA is eyeing the use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality to find new ways to prevent veteran suicides.
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Top senator says modernizing VA’s EHR 'is not optional'
After leading GOP lawmakers introduced legislation to terminate the deployment of VA’s new electronic health record program, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.—chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee—said upgrading the system “has to be done.”
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Biden's equity executive order includes data, AI provisions
The order directs agencies to consider including their civil rights offices in decisions about artificial intelligence systems.
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Veterans Affairs unveils second draft for $60B IT vehicle
In what is a running theme: companies have a mere week to comment on this latest draft solicitation for the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation recompete.
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DOD eyes June for final CMMC proposed rule release
The new cybersecurity standard for the defense industrial base will likely not be final until 2024. Companies still have options available to get ready before the final proposed rules go out.
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Small business participation in federal marketplace continues decline despite $159 billion in awards
The number of small businesses that received federal contracts in fiscal year 2022 was less than half the number that received contracts in 2012, according to a new report.
Companies
MDA chooses joint venture for $637M engineering contract
The Missile Defense Agency uses its so-called "TEAMS" procurement program to buy support for layered defenses.
Opinion
New round of CIO-SP4 protests gets underway
Companies are sounding the same complaints over their elimination from the multiple-award $50 billion IT competition: the scoring threshold to advance into the next round is arbitrary.
Contracts
OIG finds oversight issues with GSA's performance-based contracts
General Services Administration contracting personnel produced performance reports that were "often incomplete or not available at all," according to a new inspector general's audit.
Opinion
What a zero-trust blueprint might look like for multi-national coalitions
The U.S., NATO and other allies need to lean into security frameworks such as zero-trust if they hope to hold an advantage over emerging adversaries.
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Tougher cybersecurity rules may be more than a year away—but don’t wait to get ready
Contractors should prepare for independent checks on their data systems, and maybe more reporting requirements as well.
Opinion
GovTribe's top 20 contracts highlight the industry-wide conversations
GovTribe releases a monthly top 20 opportunities list based on user searches of their website. We take a look at the February 2023 list and its diverse set of requirements.
Contracts
Booz Allen, IBM get second shots at $2.6B IRS contract
The agency has decided to reopen discussions with bidders, which means these two companies that protested can still get positions on the systems modernization vehicle.
Opinion
Octo secures new evaluation for $1.7B IT contract
A second protest case involving this National Cancer Institute blanket purchase agreement could also see a resolution soon.
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Transportation Command looks to up its game
The command will lean on a General Services Administration vehicle to bring in a contractor for help in strategic planning.
Companies
Maxar touts $192M international imagery booking
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will acquire imagery and other related products from Maxar for use by U.S.
Opinion
Veterans Affairs sticks with short comment period for T4NG recompete
Industry will have just one week to weigh in on the next draft solicitation for this $60 billion technology solutions vehicle.
Contracts
NIH's cancer institute faces protests over $1.7B blanket purchase agreement awards
Two companies want in on these contracts for “critical and complex IT services” that support research.
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Army wants ideas from industry on autonomous, anti-drone capabilities
Army Futures Command called on industry for white papers outlining potential technology capabilities it will look to deploy as part of its modernization strategy.
Companies