Accenture puts up a fight after losing Medicare contract to PwC

Accenture is protesting a contract award to PwC to help eliminate the use of Social Security numbers on Medicare cards for 55 million people.

Small businesses selling cloud services at risk under new SBA rule

A new SBA rule may effectively block agencies from buying cloud services through small business set aside contracts.

Is Oracle's departure from GSA just the beginning?

Oracle is walking away from the schedules program, and for many, its departure points to long simmering issues between vendors and GSA.

GovDelivery sold for $153M

Vista Equity Partners makes a $153 million deal to buy government communications platform provider GovDelivery.

ITES-3S risks delays because of pre-award protests

Two small businesses are arguing that they have been unfairly eliminated from the competition for the $12 billion Army ITES-3S contract, which could push awards into 2017.

Deloitte gets second shot at CIA work

Deloitte is still in the running for a pair of CIA task orders to provide the spy agency with a variety of consulting and modernization services.

Are you ready for the rise in first quarter spending?

Government spending in the first quarter is growing as the fourth quarter spend is dropping. Are you ready for that shift?

Contractors face prospect of no more task order protests

Sept. 30 marks the end of the fiscal year and the sunset for contractors to file protests over task order awards worth more than $10 million. That might lower the number of protests filed, but it surely won't help the procurement process.

PAE takes Navy forensics, biometrics contract

PAE has won $66 million contract to provide forensics and biometrics support to the Naval Surface Warfare Center.

Tangle of government databases pose risk for contractors

Engility Corp. came out on top in its protest of a $270 million Army contract, but its victory serves as a warning to any company making acquisitions in the government market.

Clarify or discussion? That's a big question in the world of bid protests

A company has seen its argument that the government opened discussions with a competitor fail as GAO upholds a $165.1 million contract award for IT services.

Has infrastructure become a bipartisan opportunity?

With the dire condition of roads and bridges and the need improve broadband and the power grid, infrastructure projects might have enough cover to move forward despite continued partisan wrangling.

Calibre makes deal to build intell business

Calibre Systems has acquired a small business with a significant footprint with intelligence agencies.

Incumbent battles for lost $400M Army contract

At least one incumbent isn't willing to give up the fight for a $400 million contract to provide logistics support to the Army in southwest Asia.

HHS CIO headlines WT Industry Day

Beth Killoran, CIO of Health and Human Services Department, will lead off our WT Industry Day on Oct. 6 where we'll take a dive into the IT opportunities at HHS.

ManTech keeps up fight for $745M Army CECOM contract

ManTech International is putting up a fight for a $745 million contract won by CSRA that ManTech thinks it should have won instead.

Is it time to elevate the role of the CTO?

A new report by the Professional Services Council makes the case for empowering CTOs to drive innovation and transformation at their agencies.

Meet the 2016 Fast 50

Each year, we rank the fastest growing small businesses in the market, and this year's list shows the wide-ranging diversity of small businesses in the federal space.

Dell, HPE lead ever evolving tech market

Rivals Dell and HPE are busily transforming themselves with acquisitions and divestitures, and the change says a lot about where the market is headed.

GovConnection rebrands under unified name

GovConnection and the rest of the PC Connection company are rebranding under a single name that emphasizes the importance of transformational technologies.