Amentum wins $4B Space Force range contract

Amentum wins $4B Space Force range contract

Space Force officials set up this recompete to support its ongoing work on transforming a pair of ranges into spaceports for government and commercial operators. Amentum has won a potential 10-yyear, $4 billion contract to help the Space Force operate and maintain the service branch’s Eastern and Western ranges being used by launch customers. Space Force […]

The CMMC clock is ticking: What defense contractors need to know about compliance

The CMMC clock is ticking: What defense contractors need to know about compliance

With mandatory third-party audits now in effect, government contractors must act quickly to meet stricter cybersecurity standards or risk losing DoD contracts, writes Aprio’s Raj Raghavan. By and large, technology has changed our world for the better, but the positives come with other complicated side effects, including cybersecurity risks. Security breaches can damage any business’s bottom […]

GSA leaders urge acquisition teams to embrace flexibility as FAR overhaul rolls out

GSA leaders urge acquisition teams to embrace flexibility as FAR overhaul rolls out

Officials at the General Services Administration are emphasizing trust, collaboration and learning from mistakes as they work in a world with fewer acquisition regulations. Senior leaders at the General Services Administration want acquisition teams across the government to embrace the process as the government rolls out a reformed and significantly smaller Federal Acquisition Regulation. GSA Acting […]

GSA expands contract reviews to resellers

GSA expands contract reviews to resellers

The General Services Administration is seeking price breakdowns and other information from 10 technology product suppliers as part of GSA’s OneGov push to streamline procurement. The General Services Administration has added a new group of companies, this time technology suppliers, to the agency’s ongoing review of federal contracts and push to extract more savings from them. […]

Google is ‘all in’ on government business

Google is ‘all in’ on government business

The company’s cloud offering for government customers achieved more important security milestones last week, allowing it’s tech tools to be used in the most sensitive, classified environments. Three years ago, tech giant Google placed a bet on government business, launching a new division — Google Public Sector — to better serve the massive market of federal, state […]