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Companies
General Dynamics IT launches cyber accelerator to speed threat detection
VENIN is the 10th accelerator started by GDIT and focuses on using automation to mitigate cyber threats.
Contracts
Why contractors should look past DHS’ reconciliation buys
The operational tails of border technology, cutter ships and workforce expansion offers more enduring opportunities.
Contracts
Contractors quantify shutdown damage as stoppages spread across missions
The Professional Services Council’s new shutdown tracker details program stoppages from Head Start to missile defense, naming contracts and counting affected workers.
Contracts
Shutdown compounds a year of pain for federal contractors, employees
Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Virginia) says the closure amplifies the billions in contract cancellations and workforce cuts.
Contracts
MetTel modernizes GSA networks under $230M EIS order
Work included zero-trust architecture to improve security and low-earth orbit satellites to increase connectivity in and from remote locations.
Contracts
What companies get wrong about selling to DHS
Beth Cappello, a former Homeland Security Department deputy chief information officer, told our Power Breakfast audience who they should really be talking to and how to craft proposals that stand out.
Contracts
Transportation Command seeks zero-trust contract management system
TRANSCOM seeks a mature, cloud-enabled solution to replace legacy tools and support the military's all-domain command strategy known as CJADC2.
Podcasts
WT 360: Shutdown fallout, SAIC and market churn lead this episode’s agenda
Carten Cordell and Edward Graham, respectively managing editors at WT’s partner publications Government Executive and NextgovFCW, join Nick and Ross to go over all things shutdown in this episode’s first part. Then for part two, Nick and Ross unpack SAIC’s CEO transition against the backdrop of today’s market landscape.
Contracts
Contractors fear retaliation if they try to recover shutdown costs
Legal rights do exist for companies to recoup their losses, but attorneys say fears of Trump administration reprisal loom over industry.
Contracts
GSA plans major overhaul of real estate management systems
A new sources sought notice seeks contractors who can consolidate multiple legacy platforms into an artificial intelligence-enabled solution that lives in a cloud environment.
Companies
Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn to retire after 14-year run at the company
John Baylouny, chief operating officer and a 35-year company veteran, will take the helm as CEO and board member Fran Fargos Townsend will become chair.
Opinion
These kids should be our role models, not the other way around
What a high school senior night taught me about gratitude, brotherhood and real leadership.
Companies
Northrop Grumman partners with AI startup to revolutionize rocket design
Physics AI from Luminary Cloud is designed to bring down analysis time from hours to just seconds.
Companies
GovTech startup Darwin AI closes $15M Series A round
The company builds its artificial intelligence governance tools for agencies to navigate compliance requirements.
Companies
Federal agencies may benefit from slower cloud adoption, Cloudera CEO says
Charles Sansbury believes a "cloud hangover" has led commercial enterprises to reconsider data workload strategies, giving the government an opportunity to gather lessons learned and be "fast followers."
Contracts
IRS seeks contractor to run nationwide credential program
The contract will cover credential issuance and lifecycle management at sites across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Companies
SAIC parts ways with CEO Toni Townes-Whitley
Board member and former Leidos CFO Jim Reagan has been named interim chief executive.
Contracts
DARPA launches search for technologies to revolutionize combat casualty care
The military's research agency wants rapid sensing, artificial intelligence-driven decision support and automated interventions that can work in austere battlefield environments.
Contracts
Veterans Affairs previews contact center infrastructure competition
A single task order will support 140 million annual calls from veterans, including crisis services, across 62 call centers.
Contracts