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DISA starts work on Joint Chiefs support contract
Market research is underway to find out if there are enough small businesses to support top secret command-and-control systems.
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Air Force begins $900M prototyping vehicle on-ramp
The branch wants even wider industry participation beyond the 93 companies already involved.
Companies
NASA sticks with Jacobs for $3.2B launch infrastructure contract
This contract's scope of work also includes the Artemis program for going back to the Moon.
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GSA contract vehicle looks to solve the 'valley of death' problem
The General Services Administration has given the potential vehicle a name and formed an acquisition team to continue its market research.
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CMS re-signs Serco for $690M insurance eligibility support contract
The company has worked with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to qualify people for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act since 2013.
Companies
USAID unveils draft for $5B global stability support contract
This is iteration number six of the program called SWIFT that focuses on work in conflict-prone countries.
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CISA teases industry day for operational strategy support
The cybersecurity agency is planning to field a multiple award schedule contract for consultant services to help shape its operational strategy.
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FBI takes over the management of $7B IT procurement
The agency will still lean on the General Services Administration's Schedule in developing this contract vehicle.
Opinion
8 client satisfaction guidelines every project manager should know
Relationships are critical for successful project management. Here are eight things to keep in mind.
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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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