Booz Allen names retired Army general to strategic role

Booz Allen Hamilton has hired retired Army Gen. Dennis Via as a senior executive advisor and fellow for defense futures.

General Dynamics arm to help Navy design next-gen ships

General Dynamics' Applied Physical Sciences Corp. has been picked to help the Navy design the next generation of vessels.

Defense Health Agency eyes better analytics

The Defense Health Agency wants better analytics to measure the quality of the health care in the Military Health System and meet requirements set in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act.

STG buys more time to close PSS deal

With the deal on the brink of collapsing, STG has sweetened the pot and made a down payment to get more time to close its $199.8 million acquisition of PSS.

Hybrid cloud demand drove Equinix's $3.6B deal for Verizon data centers

Equinix has bet $3.6 billion on a hybrid cloud vision when it acquired 29 Verizon data centers that include many hubs focused solely on government users.

Is STG's $119.5M deal for PSS dead?

STG Group has run into trouble securing the financing for its $119.5 million acquisition of Preferred Systems Solutions. Now it seems the deal may never happen.

DoD officials to bring cloud lessons to Microsoft/WT event

We're co-hosting a cloud event with Microsoft next week to dive into the cloud at the Defense Department with DoD and industry speakers talking security, lessons learned and where we are headed next.

EIS protest delay may be minimal

Many might worry that a pre-award protest will delay awards for GSA's $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, but GSA can keep moving forward with evaluations and should be ready to name winners as soon as the protest is resolved.

The not-so-hostile takeover of Robbins Gioia

What did Brad King do after he was fired as the CEO of Robbins Gioia? He went out, got the money and then bought the company. Here's the story about his return.

Protest season opens for $231M Army training contract

The first of what could be several bid protests have been filed against a $231 million Army contract for training and education support.

Sapient's Bozzelli calls it a career -- almost

Teresa Bozzelli is retiring as president of Sapient Government Services but lans to remain active in the government market.

InfoZen picks Bajinder Paul for strategy position

InfoZen adds long-time government tech executive Bajinder Paul as its new vice president for strategy and solutions.

Ohio company tapped to support Space Command operations

An Ohio-based company has been tapped by the Air Force to help with software development for space operations under a $7.5 million contract.

PAE offers lessons in dangers faced by incumbents

PAE has lost four incumbent contracts since September: a vivid example of the risks contractors face when defending their work.

Bipartisan support might not be enough for Modernizing Goverment Tech Act

Many are celebrating the re-introduction of the Modernizing Government Technology Act but bipartisan support is no guarantee it'll pass.

NIH loses first CIO-SP3 Small Business protest

NIH had prevailed in three protests but lost a fourth as it tries to clear the decks to make on-ramp awards for its $20 billion CIO-SP3 Small Business contract. Only five more protests to go before awards.

Palantir settles discrimination suit for $1.7M

With its government contracts at risk, Palantir has agreed to pay $1.7 million to eight people for alleged discrimination.

Protests move forward for $1.5B DHS 'FLASH' contract

The DHS FLASH contract for agile services is moving very fast as it continues to be bogged down by bid protests.

Navy moves forward with NGEN services contract

The Navy is reviewing comments as it continues to hone its plan to split the $3.5 billion NGEN contract into two vehicles and run a best-value trade-off competition.

Cyber, insider threats and more from the annual PSC conference

The Professional Services Council keeps the media out of its annual conference but its Twitter feed gives some insights on what industry is thinking behind closed doors.