Contracts

Interior chooses 19 for $200M business support vehicle

The department's Bureau of Indian Affairs sought human resource and acquisition administration services, among other areas.

Contracts

NATO to seek a contractor for website cybersecurity testing 

Companies interested in this opportunity will need to go through a Commerce Department approval process to be eligible for the competition.

Contracts

Report: CIO left out of many VA IT contract awards

A new Government Accountability Office audit details how the Veterans Affairs Department's chief information officer was not always in the loop on these decisions.

Opinion

CIO-SP4 awards still in limbo

The list of preliminary winners is now out, but the protests continue to pile up for this $50 billion IT contract.

Contracts

Patent and Trademark Office awards search support contracts

The agency is looking to fulfill its obligations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty that involves around 150 other countries.

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Deadlines loom for contractor TikTok ban

By now, federal agencies must have TikTok completely out of IT systems. Contractors have some more time to stop using TikTok, but not that much.

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Companies push back on FBI elimination

Three protestors want back in on a competition to provide a range of agile IT and digital support services.

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Senate committee advances open source software and digital identity bills

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved 24 bills on Wednesday, many of which aim to secure federal systems and enhance government operations around data management and digital identity.

Contracts

NASA plans to consolidate cloud contracts

The agency will combine several existing cloud contracts into a $685M small business set-aside procurement.

Contracts

Report: These 9 trends are reshaping government in 2023

Technology and efforts to improve digital service delivery factor into many trends identified in a March report by Deloitte's Center for Government Insights.

Companies

FAA selects Verizon for $2.4B telecommunications contract

The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to move toward a more modern network environment that is less defined by copper wires.

Contracts

Senators try again to advance software license bill

The proposed Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act aims to spur more visibility into software acquisition contracts.

Opinion

Program managers play a bigger BD role as recompete landscape shifts

Incumbency is no guarantee of success, so program managers must embrace their business development role and to do that they should get more training to recognize and communicate their customers needs.

Contracts

Biden budget has clear priorities even with uphill battle

President Biden's fiscal year 2024 budget request appears to lay the groundwork for technology and professional opportunities, no matter what the final numbers add up to.

Contracts

Space Force chooses 18 companies for $900M data contract

The service branch prioritized commercial software offerings and current accreditations for the awardees' products.

Opinion

CIO-SP4 award plan changes

The agency running this $50 billion IT contract is working to send out a "preliminary notification" of potential winners instead of announcing final awards.

Contracts

DOD partners with GSA to get sustainable products to agencies

General Services Administration officials have agreed to leverage Defense Department program that assists agencies in their acquisitions of sustainable commercial off-the-shelf technologies.

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NOAA seeks unmanned systems to monitor Hawaii's waters

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants the crafts to work alone for 30 days or more as they collect data in calm and rough seas.

Contracts

New protests likely to thwart CIO-SP4 award plan

The National Institutes of Health's IT acquisition hub could still make awards, but will have to certify that its need to move on this $50 billion contract is urgent.

Contracts

NGA previews $850M research, development contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is looking to build upon and expand ongoing work on further iterating technologies.