Podcasts

WT 360: Nextgov/FCW’s David DiMolfetta on Iran, cyber and the Salt Typhoon breach

David DiMolfetta, our Nextgov/FCW colleague who covers all things cyber, jumps in to explain how U.S. government agencies are monitoring Iran’s cyber activities and why a major intrusion into telecommunications networks keeps getting worse.

Companies

Boeing's new defense leader and more leadership moves across the market

Major hires and promotions involving operations, corporate development and human resources functions also feature.

Contracts

OPM schedules industry engagement event to talk HR modernization

The Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, and General Services Administration are all involved in this discussion on how to get a new human resources system in place by the end of 2028.

Companies

Parsons acquires Chesapeake Technologies in $89M transaction

Parsons is looking to beef up its technology portfolio for the electromagnetic spectrum, or what CTI calls the "invisible battlefield."

Companies

Emagine IT hires former Mitre exec as CEO

Cedric Sims joins the 23-year-old company to lead the next phase of its strategy in areas such as cyber, automation and tech architecture.

Contracts

Navy chooses 8 for $1.5B Microsoft product support pact

This second iteration of the Microsoft Enterprise Services contract was reserved for small businesses and covers work across the entire lifecycle of the brand name offerings.

Contracts

DHS cancels pair of massive IT, professional services vehicles

As the Homeland Security Department sees things, neither FirstSource III nor PACTS III fit into how the Trump administration wants civilian contracting to be done.

Contracts

SBA to audit 8(a) contracting program

The Small Business Administration cites the guilty pleas of a former contracting officer and industry executives in a decades-long bribery scheme.

Podcasts

WT 360: Nextgov/FCW’s Edward Graham on the Veterans Affairs’ contract controversy

Edward Graham, our Nextgov/FCW colleague who covers VA, jumps in to break down why some lawmakers are pressing the department for transparency on its use of artificial intelligence in deciding which contracts to cancel.

Contracts

DOGE now has approval authority for defense IT, consulting contracts

A new memo from the Defense Department's acquisition leader spells out what agencies and components have to inform the Department of Government Efficiency before proceeding on certain contracts.

Contracts

GSA adds third set of companies to consulting contract review

The General Services Administration is asking six “traditional strategy consulting firms” for much of the same information it has previously asked of other companies: a breakdown of their federal businesses and ideas for savings.

Contracts

CMS extends its primary data-related research contract

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has pushed back the proposal due date for the recompete more than once.

Contracts

State Department awards $5B global stability support contract

The GLOBALCAP contract covers a wide range of services across areas such as training and mentoring, logistics and equipment support.

Contracts

SAIC books $928M Air Force tech prototyping job

Air Force officials sought a technology integrator to work with an organization responsible for helping the military bring in solutions from the intelligence community.

Contracts

Veterans Affairs starts to craft financial system recompete

The Veterans Affairs Department is seeking a contractor that can help develop and configure new deployments on an incremental basis.

Companies

Parsons, IBM form air traffic control modernization pursuit team

The Federal Aviation Administration is eyeing 2028 to complete its replacement of the National Airspace System's underlying infrastructure.

Contracts

CBP seeks analytics tech to aid digital forensics

The Customs and Border Protection agency wants to better identify patterns and connections that help create leads in investigations.

Contracts

Where GSA sees resellers fitting into its unified procurement strategy

One of the General Services Administration's senior IT officials is telling industry that the agency essentially wants OneGov to create a role reversal of who the prime contractor is.

Contracts

GSA identifies 131 more small businesses for OASIS+ awards

The General Services Administration made a new round of "apparent" selections across all five small business tracks of the professional services vehicle.

Contracts

DHS unveils first draft of $3B mobility recompete

The Homeland Security Department uses this contract for managed services to aid in how it buys commercially-available wireless devices.