James Madison still has plenty to teach us

A Spring Break visit to Montpelier, James Madison's home, teaches plenty of lessons from the fourth president that can help us today.

Registration open for webcast on $34.5B Army RS3 vehicle

We'll host a free webcast April 18 on the Army's RS3 vehicle featuring its chief Thomas Stocks, who will discuss the success so far and where the contract is headed next.

Our latest reader's guide to the GD-CSRA-CACI saga

We dove deep into the General Dynamics-CSRA combination and CACI International's subsequent effort to combine with CSRA, which GD successfully warded off with a sweetened offer. Here's a page that rounds up what we've done so far with a promise of more to come.

Small firm takes on MDA collaboration work

Network Management Resources will provide classified and unclassified collaboration services to the Missile Defense Agency under a $113.6 million contract.

General Dynamics continues fight for $876M Army DCGS-A contract

Another legal fight looms for the Distributed Common Group System as General Dynamics protests the $876 million award to Raytheon and Palantir.

Spending bill questions JEDI cloud acquisition strategy

As Congress moved forward with an omnibus spending bill, it added language that challenges DOD's approach to the massive JEDI cloud contract.

Former Sotera CEO lands a new gig

Deb Alderson is taking her leadership skills to GTL, a company that provides a variety of corrections and management technologies.

General Dynamics counters CACI's bid for CSRA

General Dynamics has sweetened its bid for CSRA in the wake of an unsolicited offer by CACI International.

DXC's lost protest gives window to secretive NSA IT contract

Little is known about the NSA's multibillion dollar Greenway program. But GAO's decision to deny DXC's protest of an AT&T award provides a window into what the NSA values and how the competition unfolded.

Langstaff named to interim role at Aspen Institute

Well-known government contracting executive David Langstaff is stepping into a new but temporary leadership role at the Aspen Institute.

DISA opens $17.5B Encore III IT services for business

The bid protests are behind it and now DISA can start marketing the $17.5 billion Encore III vehicle for enterprise IT services.

Best deals of 2018 already happening

2017 saw a large uptick in mergers and acquisitions and so far it doesn't look like there will be any slow down in 2018 with several major deals already announced.

Who made the year's best deals?

We tracked 103 mergers and acquisitions during 2017. Here are our picks for the best deals including the best dealmaker, newcomer and merger of equals.

Alliant 2 SB moves on to protest phase

The $15 billion Alliant 2 Small Business contract is getting hit with its first set of protests now that GSA has made the awards. Are more coming?

4 firms tapped by GSA to launch modernization centers of excellence

Four companies have been picked by the General Services Administration to help establish best practices for IT modernization efforts.

NTT Data battles on for $208M Education IT contract

NTT Data has filed another bid protest after losing a $208 million incumbent contract to CSRA, claiming there are still conflict of interest issues to resolve.

Labor starts planning for IT services BPAs

The Labor Department has kicked off the market research phase for a series of five-year BPAs for a range of IT professional services and financial management services.

Carahsoft signs partner agreements to expand IT modernization efforts

Carahsoft signed a pair of alliances last month that extend its capabilities to provide products and services geared to IT modernization efforts.

Microsoft withdraws Transcom cloud protest: but what's next?

Microsoft has withdrawn its protest of a sole-source contract intended for Amazon Web Services, saying issues were resolved to its satisfaction. But what does that mean?

Palantir, Raytheon to battle under $876M Army DCGS-A contract

After several legal fights, Palantir has won a shot to compete against Raytheon to help field the Army's next iteration of the Distributed Common Ground System - Army.