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Army small business office pulls the plug on LinkedIn posts
The office directs followers to its website, but critics say the move cuts off a key connection to the defense industrial base.
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NRC seeks research foundation for AI regulation in nuclear plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hire a contractor to help map out cybersecurity risks and identify gaps in existing guidance.
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Legislative proposal would eliminate contracting preferences for minority, women-owned businesses
The bill would codify and expand on Trump’s executive order to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in federal contracting.
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Army's NCODE pilot takes shape with eight-company cyber pool
The $49 million contract gives defense small businesses a secure, Pentagon-funded cloud environment to work on CMMC and other security requirements.
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Army's $50B MAPS vehicle hit with second protest
Complaints about the Army's handling of the tech and professional services vehicle center on ambiguities and alleged poor quality of responses to industry questions.
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Air Force eyes OTAs, agile acquisition for next-gen air operations command and control system
Kessel Run is managing the modernization effort, which calls for a systems integrator as the prime.
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FinCEN eyes contractors to help draft its own regulations
The Treasury Department's financial crimes enforcement arm is seeking outside help to meet anti-money laundering and stablecoin mandates.
Companies
Workday bets big on federal HR overhaul
Workday's federal chief Lynn Martin tells us that policy, technology and administration priorities are aligning at the right time for the human capital software company.
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Trump executive order pushes fixed-price contracting, but implementation questions loom
A 90-day deadline for agencies to renegotiate major contracts is drawing skepticism from legal observers.
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Leidos secures $869M contract to help the Army see the battlefield faster
The MACRO II effort covers artificial intelligence and advanced networking across land, sea, air, space, cyber and electromagnetic domains.
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CBP seeks AI solutions to keep pace with rising volumes of border scans
A new sources sought notice seeks artificial intelligence tools to help agents sift through tens of thousands of X-ray images at ports of entry.
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Japanese lease dooms SupplyCore’s protest of logistics contract
The General Services Administration could not evaluate the documentation of a warehouse lease written entirely in Japanese with no English translation.
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VA seeks single contractor to modernize sprawling supply chain
The Veterans Affairs Department has 63 legacy systems across 174 sites that have created fragmented and inefficient operations.
Companies
Booz Allen fills CFO vacancy, adds president title to Anderson
Sierra Space's Troy Lahr moves into the chief financial officer position, while Chief Operating Officer Kristine Martin Anderson expands her role at Booz Allen Hamilton.
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First protest filed against the Army’s troubled MAPS contract
Some in industry are calling the $50 billion professional services vehicle "still a hot mess" as the Army works to answer thousands of questions.
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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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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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