USPTO moves forward with massive overhaul of trademark system

The Patent and Trademark Office is taking another step toward overhauling how it processes trademarks, and a new RFI spells out what it is looking for from industry.

GAO sends VA’s $6.8B disability contract back to square one

VA must reopen discussions and get new proposals for a $6.8 billion contract to improve how it processes disability claims after GAO ruled that the agency flubbed its price evaluations.

Navy looking for more answers for recompete of the NGEN contract

The Navy wants industry white papers that explain how they can improve the use of the cloud, network situational awareness and productivity when they recompete the $3.4 billion NGEN contract.

Best value or lowest price or both?

One person's best value is another's lowest price. The challenge is understanding when it is one or the other, or in many cases, both.

Agile Defense continues fight for $62.9M Army contract

Agile Defense is going in for a second round as it continues to battle for a $62.5 million contract to provide IT support to the Army Test and Evaluation Command.

Can a new database improve the dismal outlook for women on private company boards?

The number of women on the boards of privately held tech companies paints a bleak picture for diversity in the industry, but there is a potential solution if people use it.

SOCOM developing data fusion contract

The U.S. Special Operations Command has kicked off a search for commercial solutions that can fuse a wide range of data sources into a single system that will give it a better understanding of the operational environment.

Deadline looms for Contractor Confidence Index

The research is still going on for the next WT Contractor Confidence Index. Don't miss your chance to make your voice heard.

Army battles to award $450M contract

The Army continues to struggle with bid protests as it tries to award a $450 million multiple award contract for electronic security systems.

More protest troubles for $141M F-35 contract

The losing bidders on a $141 million contract to provide knowledge-based services to the Navy's F-35 program office seem to be taking turns protesting the award, which was given to Booz Allen.

Navy floats need for innovation with new weather contract

The Navy is developing a new single-award contract to bring more innovative weather forecasting and modeling.

EHR Total Solutions captures $70M health records pact

EHR Total Solutions of Arlington, Va., has won a $70 million contract to support electronic health records systems at Army, Navy and Air Force treatment facilities

DISA extends due date on cybersecurity RFI

DISA is giving more time for contractors to respond to a sources sought notice looking for information on denial of service and distributed denial of service solutions.

DIA wants more social media analysis for background checks

The Defense Intelligence Agency wants a contractor to help it increase its analysis of social media as a way of improving background investigations it conducts on people pursuing security clearances.

Air Force Special Ops looking for new records system

The Air Force Special Operations Command is looking for a new solution to replace its current records management system that it says is tedious, too manual and not user-friendly.

CollabraLink picks 2020 co-founder as new chief strategy officer

Haresh Bhungalia has been named chief strategy officer at CollabraLink Technologies where he'll be responsible for expanding the company's core competencies.

FCC paves the way for next wireless revolution

The FCC has adopted new rules that pave the way for 5G wireless and all the innovation that will follow.

HP fights for $104M Alliant task order

HP Enterprise Services has registered their displeasure over losing a $104 million contract to provide IT support to a variety of Defense Department offices.

Navy picks two small firms for R&D effort

Two small businesses have won contracts to help the Navy develop new technologies for signal processing and detection.

NASA sets schedule for HITSS competition

NASA has released the procurement schedule for its $150 million IT support contract for its headquarter operations.