Companies
Leidos' Krone credits people for the company's growth
In his last interview before retirement, Roger Krone reflects on the company's early struggles and what "put the bounce back in our step."
Contracts
Court hits GSA over handling of Polaris small biz contract
A federal judge has told the General Services Administration to change how it evaluates past experience examples and pricing. The implications could stretch beyond just this one governmentwide IT contract.
Companies
Lumen promotes new federal sales lead
Jason Schulman has been with the company for 15 years and has held several leadership positions in the federal market.
Opinion
Another six-month extension for CIO-SP3
This takes place as the National Institutes of Health's IT acquisition arm works to clear out over 100 protests against the CIO-SP4 IT contract.
Contracts
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looks to boost cyber posture
The competition is underway for a set blanket purchase agreements to meet CFPB's cybersecurity needs and add protections to the financial data it holds.
Contracts
DARPA looking for flaws in business systems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to better understand what leads to breakdowns in these systems.
Companies
SAIC lays out blueprint for growth in 'resilient' market
While not ignoring economic headwinds, Science Applications International Corp. has given investors a picture of business opportunities that are fueled by cloud computing and enterprise IT.
Opinion
How the Air Force stuck with CACI for $5.7B IT contract
The company hired three former Air Force officials as part of its pursuit, but a conflict-of-interest investigation indicated that none of them brought insider information with them.
Contracts
DHA seeks comments on $700M application development vehicle
The Defense Health Agency is looking to transform how it delivers care and build off of its electronic health record integration program.
Opinion
Protests may complicate awards for $60B VA IT contract
A pair of protests land just as proposals are due for the Veterans Affairs Department's recompete of its go-to technology services vehicle.
Opinion
This court case could further shape commercial tech requirements in contracts
Percipient.AI says it has the right commercial data analytics tool for a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency program and wants a federal judge to ensure it joins the prime contractor's team.
Opinion
Why the Fed 100 should make us all optimists
Serious challenges are everywhere in the market, but a review of the 2023 Federal 100 class shows there is a lot of great work going on too.
Companies
ManTech hits $4.5B classified contract with another protest
This is challenge number three from ManTech over the Special Access Program Security Support Services program.
Companies
Empower AI hires new chief growth officer
This veteran of McKinsey joins the company formerly known as NCI to lead its focus on innovation.
Opinion
Protest denial clears Deloitte to take over TSA human capital support
The Government Accountability Office found that Deloitte took a proactive approach to avoid a conflict-of-interest, which fended off a protest over this $350 million task order.
Companies
General Dynamics, SAIC continue battle over $95M contract
Though a relatively small contract dollar-wise, both companies want to provide high-performance computing support to the Food and Drug Administration.
Rankings
Who and what drove GovCon M&A in 2022
Our annual roundup shows that 140 mergers and acquisition transactions took place in the government market during 2022 thanks to a diverse set of buyers and sellers.
Opinion
Is Lord Voldemort coming for the GovCon market?
The next fiscal year's budget and debt ceiling situations loom over the federal market and present great risks.
Companies
DISA asks court to pause litigation over $1B contract
In asking for a "remand," the Defense Information Systems Agency says it wants to re-evaluate proposals and make a new award decision over the contract originally won by American Systems Corp.
Contracts