Contracts

Jacobs renews its fight to keep $2.8B contract

Special Operations Command chose Peraton for IT systems and infrastructure support work over the incumbent.

Contracts

Protests could delay Polaris awards

The small business IT contract faces challenges to how bidders can revise their proposals to update their past performance and experience examples.

Contracts

Federal Transit Administration seeks bids on $670M grant oversight contract

The multiple-award contract will support FTA’s main infrastructure grant program that distributes money to state and local governments.

Contracts

A reader's guide to the upcoming draft CMMC rule

Market observers have advice on what to read and how to comment when the Defense Department releases its proposed cybersecurity rule for the industrial base.

Podcasts

WT 360: How artificial intelligence can help make better proposals

Artificial intelligence is both a powerful tool and a new one that companies need to master, so proposal specialist Bruce Feldman is here to explain how AI can speed up the bid writing process and make it more efficient.

Companies

Accenture Federal promotes new human resources chief

Lisa Sherhart will succeed Susann Bresnahan, who is wrapping up a 45-year career at the company.

Companies

Maximus divests some international businesses

The transaction shifts about 250 people and $30 million in revenue from employment services to a new home.

Contracts

NASA seeks ideas for extracting oxygen from lunar rocks

The space agency has scheduled an industry day to explain how it wants to build a sustained presence on the moon and the important role that rocks will play.

Companies

BigBear makes $70M vision AI play with acquisition

The addition of Pangiam centers around facial recognition and biometrics, plus a greater footing at the Customs and Border Protection agency.

Contracts

AI executive order draws some praise, but where are the resources?

The order’s guardrails on artificial intelligence development and adoption also spotlight the importance, quality and location of data.

Contracts

More troubles for GSA's Polaris small business contract

A new protest raises a common complaint others have raised: mentor-protégé joint ventures have an unfair edge in the competition for the IT solutions vehicle.

Contracts

Booz Allen drops objections to $250M DISA award

Northrop Grumman has regained the prime position on the Global Command and Control Systems Joint Modernization and Sustainment contract after moving it to Peraton as part of their 2021 transaction to sell Northop's IT business to Peraton.

Contracts

Federal CIO to industry: Build opportunity roadmaps off of executive orders

Clare Martorana believes companies should look to White House initiatives like the digital services memorandum as a guide for future business.

Companies

Eqlipse Technologies acquires signal intelligence provider

The Arlington Capital Partners-backed company adds a maker of solutions for mobile satellite communications.

Contracts

DHS agrees to evaluate Arch Systems' allegedly 'corrupted' proposal

But the agency is not providing details on why it was unable to view the company's bid.

Contracts

Fingers crossed: DOD's CMMC lead anxious for November release

The proposed final rule for the defense industrial base's new cybersecurity standard could hit the street any day.

Opinion

The 2023 Fast 50 showcases small business tech skills

Our annual ranking of the government market's fastest-growing small businesses highlights all they do for agencies in key technology priorities like cyber, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and application development.

Opinion

CIO-SP4 drove spike in bid protests

Unhappiness with the National Institutes of Health's main IT contract vehicle contributed to a 22% increase in protests during the government's 2023 fiscal year.

Contracts

Space Command unveils new $480M satellite support contract

The new contract will shift the work from a large business to an 8(a) small business.

Opinion

Demystifying the acronym soup of CMMC

To prepare for the Nov. 8 CMMC Ecosystem Summit, here is an acronym cheat sheet to follow along in the conversation about the defense industrial base's new cybersecurity standard.