Labor under fire for shirking small business bidders

The Labor Department has drawn the ire of small businesses after it tried to run parallel solicitations for the same work, then picked the single large business bidder over multiple small business proposals.

Paradyme opens lab to build innovation culture

Paradyme Management has created a research arm to create a culture built around innovation.

IBM to spin off managed infrastructure business

IBM plans to split into two companies by the end of 2021. Big Blue will remain focused on hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence solutions, while the spinoff will take the managed infrastructure work.

Army developing contract for enterprise program management system

The Army begins the development of a contract for an enterprise-wide project and program management system.

NASA reports another stellar SEWP year

NASA reported a strong year of growth for its SEWP vehicle with sales jumping nearly 40 percent from fiscal year 2019 to 2020.

INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: Insights on NASA procurement plans

Washington Technology Insiders get exclusive access to our recent WT Power Breakfast exploring procurement trends at NASA.

Navy updates solicitation number for personnel contract

The Navy has updated the solicitation number on a small business contract for an enterprise personnel system contract expected for release this month.

DynCorp ran afoul of entity code requirement

In another example of how procurement officials can go strictly by the book, DynCorp International sees another protest denied because of mismatched entity codes.

Unknowns, caution surround GovCon in wake of anti-bias training ban

President Trump’s executive order banning certain types of racial diversity and inclusion training has put many in the government contracting world in a bind, unsure of what to say or do.

Why mission matters: MartinFederal to help DOD identify remains of unknown war dead

MartinFederal has won a contract to index Korean War reference documents in an effort that supports the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's efforts to identify the remains of American war-dead.

OM Group expands biz development efforts with new hire

OM Group, No. 3 on the 2020 Washington Technology Fast 50, has hired new vice president of business development as it looks to continue rapidly growing.

Sevatec to build new identity platform for USCIS

Sevatec has been picked to develop an authentication and identity proofing platform for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Dcode launches DevOps, security acceleration program

Dcode has added four companies to a new acceleration program aimed at bringing companies with promising DevOps and security solutions to the federal market.

How foosball killed this $700M NASA win

A weekly gathering for food and foosball that included a NASA official and a member of the winning team for a $700 million contract caused a conflict of interest that was not mitigated, thus nixing the award.

FAST 50: OM Group's willingness to change brought success

OM Group lands at No. 3 on the 2020 Fast 50 thanks to the company's willingness to change and its focus on the next big thing in technology.

GSA makes awards on 3 OASIS unrestricted pools

The General Services Administration makes awards on three pools of the $50 billion OASIS professional services vehicle's unrestricted portions in what could mark the end of the on-ramp season for the contract.

NASA releases $1.5B AEGIS IT contract's solicitation

NASA has released the final solicitation for its $1.5 billion AEGIS IT services and solutions contract that it will use to continue consolidating and centralizing IT support.

NASA pushes efforts to transform procurement & operations

Contractors should be tracking NASA's transformation efforts as procurement processes are driving many of the agency's initiatives to bring on new technologies and new ways of doing business.

Focus brings success to Data Intelligence, this year's Fast 50 leader

Data Intelligence captures the No. 1 spot on the 2020 Washington Technology Fast 50 by keeping its attention on what it does best -- data engineering and analytics.

SAIC wins major role in Air Force multi-domain command and control system

Science Applications International Corp. takes an $878 million contract to build solutions for a developing Air Force command-and-control to collect and transmit data across any platform and any domain.