ManTech’s FBI protest once again falls short
The Government Accountability Office dismisses the challenge to return-to-office requirements and denies complaints about the evaluation. The sixth time was not a charm for ManTech International in its battle with Leidos for a $137.7 million contract to support the FBI with digital and IT services. Leidos first won the contract in March 2023. Several protests and corrective […]
Pentagon heightens scrutiny on IT, management consulting contracts
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s newest directive for the department zeroes in on providers of “system IT integration, implementation, or advisory services.” The Defense Department is under a new edict to lower the number of IT consulting and management services contracts as part of a larger push to take on more of that work in-house. In a memo […]
Top Democrats in Congress decry White House ‘lack of transparency’ in spending plans
The lack of detailed information about how exactly the Trump administration is spending funding approved by Congress has come up during several Appropriations Committee hearings during the last month. Two top Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to detail exactly how it’s spending money that Congress approved earlier this year for government operations. House […]
The acquisition rule (re)writers really want you to have your say
Industry will get visibility into and be able to weigh in on the efforts by the GSA, DOD and NASA to reform the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The federal government team responsible for overhauling the rules that govern how agencies buy $1 trillion in goods and services does look at the comments they receive on what they are doing. […]
Lockheed pitches pilot-optional F-35
The company is hoping the Pentagon will buy into plans to “supercharge” the F-35. Lockheed Martin plans to develop a version of the F-35 that can fly without a pilot, according to the company’s CEO—one of many upgrades the company is pitching for the program after it lost the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance competition. […]