Opinion

How to leverage FITARA to drive your customer's modernization efforts

FITARA scorecards have been a powerful tool for agency improvements but they also are a guide for contractors looking to help their customers modernize their operations and move toward hybrid cloud environments.

Contracts

Veterans Affairs unveils draft for $60B T4NG 2 vehicle

But time is short: comments regarding the VA's go-to technology contract are due Friday (Jan. 20).

Contracts

ICE seeks cloud-based solution for discovery system

A new sources sought notice outlines how this agency within the Homeland Security Department wants to transition its legal work into a new environment.

Opinion

Federal presence on LinkedIn continues to grow

Mark Amtower's annual census of feds on the social media platform show 2.7 million feds are on LinkedIn.

Contracts

CISA to hold virtual meeting on $200M IT support contract

Eligible vendors can find a sources sought notice on GSA’s eBuy ahead of the pre-solicitation conference to be held later this month.

Contracts

5 states challenged the federal contractor wage increase and lost

But this may not be the end of the dispute, which stems from an April 2021 executive order.

Contracts

CDC sets timeline for $250M professional services solicitation

The vehicle known as ITOPS 4.0 will have both small business and full-and-open tracks.

Contracts

DISA to rethink $1B testing support award

The Defense Information Systems Agency will take a second look at its selection of American Systems.

Contracts

General Dynamics IT expands supercomputer chops with Alabama win

The company will support a state-wide network that provides schools, colleges and libraries with access to supercomputer resources.

Contracts

Inflation costs present both barrier, opportunity for contractors in 2023

With a federal budget in place, contractors face both the prospect of a robust year and countervailing cost trends.

Opinion

CACI again wins $5.7B Air Force contract, but new protests follow

The service branch is trying to award its enterprise IT-as-a-service contract for a second time.

Contracts

CIO-SP4 protests not quite done yet

Two more companies believe their elimination from contention for the $50 billion IT vehicle was wrong.

Contracts

NASA sets release date for $1.3B IT services solicitation

The space agency is consolidating as many as 10 contracts into this acquisition called NCAPS.

Opinion

New rule does little to clarify communications between agencies and industry

While years in the making, the significant changes to how agencies and industry can communicate appear more cosmetic.

Contracts

General Dynamics IT fights for $246M VA records contract

The incumbent argues the winner cannot meet the requirements and there are different understandings of the solicitation.

Opinion

What does this tight response deadline tell us?

A new request for information out of the Veterans Affairs' IT office makes me wonder if the VA has unstated reasons for creating such a short window for responses.

Contracts

DISA wants cloud platform to modernize its global service desk

DISA's help desk provides the Defense Department with a single point of entry for IT service support.

Opinion

Lack of differentiation turns Army task order into a price shootout

Neither bidder's technical proposal stood out for the Army as the branch competed a data center contract.

Opinion

What 2022 tells us about 2023 and beyond

A look back at the top stories of 2022 offers us some insights and foreshadowing into what government contractors will care about in 2023 and the years after that.