How Elastic prioritizes speed & partnerships in the federal market

Elastic builds partnerships to pilot and then scale its open source search products and has captured at projects at DHS for ECS Federal to build a dashboard for the department's government-wide CDM initiative.

Gryphon adds DOD, DHS vet Grady

Gryphon Technologies brings onto its executive team Claire Grady, a veteran official from the Homeland Security and Defense departments.

Accenture looks within to name federal design studio head

Accenture promotes one of its own to lead the firm's federal digital design studio.

Coalfire to change ownership hands

Cyber advisory firm Coalfire will go from being held by a pair of private investment groups to a single owner, also a private equity firm.

Millennium details reorg, exec promotions

Millennium Engineering and Integration undertakes a company-wide reorganization that includes several executive promotions, including one to chief operating officer.

CACI adds retired two-star Air Force general

CACI International adds to its leadership team a retired two-star Air Force general that will lead growth efforts within that business line.

System High names new CFO

Systems High Corp. brings on board a 24-year government market veteran to be its new finance chief.

ICF sets sights on larger tech contracts

ICF touts the fact that its revenue has doubled roughly every five years over the past two decades. To keep that going, however, the company says it needs to score some big federal technology contracts.

CNSI appoints new COO

CNSI further expands its leadership team with the hire of a new chief operating officer.

Huntington Ingalls appoints new CIO

Huntington Ingalls Industries elevates one of its chief information officers at the segment level to CIO for the entire corporation.

Cask looks inside for new president

Cask Government Services promotes its former business development chief to the role of president.

DOD wants more transparency in AWS protest

Amazon Web Services' lawsuit over the JEDI cloud contract has much that cannot be seen yet but lawyers for the government are arguing that more should be released.

Jeff Bezos' defense of military tech work has this (unspoken) people message

Jeff Bezos wants Amazon and other tech companies like it to keep working with the U.S. government and military. That statement could have broader meaning beyond just the technology and recruiters at government contractors may want to take notice.

Centuari closes two deals as it grows its platform

Centuari is moving quickly to make good on its acquisition strategy as it closes two deals to build its capabilities around space, intelligence and cybersecurity.

Leidos keeps $6.5B DISA info grid contract

Leidos clears its second major recompete hurdle in as many weeks by capturing the contract to help DISA run a large global information network.

Court unseals Amazon Web Services' JEDI protest

In newly-unsealed documents, Amazon Web Services puts the focus of its JEDI protest on what it sees as undue political influence throughout the source selection process.

Army gives disappointed bidders lifeline in $82B LOGCAP V contract

The Army has given at least some hope to disappointed bidders who missed out on awards for the potential $82 billion LOGCAP V logistics contract.

E3/Sentinel closes another digital-focused acquisition

E/3 Sentinel continues its strategy to move up the middle market's food chain with another acquisition focused on digital and analytics-related services for government agencies.

8(a) on-ramp begins for government's main human capital vehicle

Small businesses with the 8(a) designation have been told to get their bids ready for an on-ramp for the federal government's main contract vehicle for support of human capital initiatives.

Leidos clears major DOE recompete

Through a joint venture, Leidos clears one of its most significant recompete challenges of the year and will keep a major Energy Department contract through a joint venture.