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FAR Overhaul final rules stall as OMB weighs changes
President Trump's "Made in America" executive order could force significant rewrites to domestic content provisions.
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Commerce goes direct to hyperscalers with $4.1B cloud pact
The department cites artificial intelligence, weather modeling and scale as reasons to narrow the competition.
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HHS to rework $1B legal services contract after protests
Acacia Center for Justice and ICF challenged invoicing terms, background check requirements and a rule ending representation when unaccompanied migrant children turn 18.
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VA seeks industry ideas for contact center tech upgrade
The agency is asking for artificial intelligence applications including conversational voice bots and chatbots with multilingual capabilities.
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Outcome-based strategies must come before outcome-based contracts
A new report by IBM Center for the Business of Government and the Commerce and Contracts Management Institute says trust, governance and data need to be in place before the contracts can work.
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House FY27 VA funding bill allocates $3.4B for EHR rollout
The measure, which was voted out of the House Appropriations Committee, withholds 25% of the funds for the EHR modernization project until July 1, 2027, contingent upon VA providing lawmakers with additional information and meeting performance requirements.
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DHS takes first step in Cumulus cloud award process
The Homeland Security Department is entering into direct contracts with the four major hyperscalers and setting up a separate, multiple-award vehicle as part of this enterprise cloud effort.
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Army’s $50B MAPS contract draws fire on multiple fronts
An industry letter asks for a pause on the professional services recompete and cites unanswered questions, unclear standards and potential regulatory violations.
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OMB seeks details from agencies on their commercial buying, or lack thereof
A new White House budget office memo also outlines what agencies have to do if they want to go down the non-commercial contracting route and who has the approval power over it.
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Z SofTech challenges how NASA delivered its SEWP VI elimination notice
The company says NASA's July notice never reached its established point of contact and that the Government Accountability Office should still look at the protest.
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Transportation adds digital services to 1DOT initiative with possible $1.9B pact
The department aims to release the solicitation in August and targeting March 2027 for awards.
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Gruenbaum heading for the exit from GSA
Laura Stanton will lead the General Services Administration’s acquisition shop on an interim basis.
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GSA drops 'disadvantaged' from small business office name
The rebranding reflects the Trump administration's broader rollback of diversity and equity programs, though statutory protections remain in place.
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Optum's federal arm wins $1.6B military care contract
The Remote Health Reserve Program supports efforts by active duty, reserve and National Guard components to maintain a deployable force.
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State embarks on search for new content management software platform
The State Department is succinct with this line its request for information: “Custom-built or unproven solutions will not be considered.”
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Amentum secures INDOPACOM supply contract after incumbent's protest denied
Amentum unseated SupplyCore for the contract to support roughly 100 military installations across Japan.
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AI is expanding the federal attack surface. Here’s how agencies are responding.
ATARC's next event gathers cloud security practitioners from across the government on April 16 in Reston, Virginia.
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DISA starts to build recompete for DOD's Microsoft 365 support contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency is planning a follow-on to the task order General Dynamics has held since 2021, while extending the incumbent's work through May 2027.
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Air Force Research Lab cancels $10B vehicle
Air Force leaders will reassess the strategy for acquiring research-and-development support from industry.
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