Shutdown freezes protests over $700M Coast Guard award
FusionEdge and Koniag are taking issue with their bids not being selected, but their challenges are pushed back day-by-day until the government reopens. A pair of disappointed bidders are challenging the Coast Guard’s decision to award a $700 million blanket purchase agreement to three other companies. But because FusionEdge Solutions and Koniag Data Solutions filed their […]
Parsons acquires water project specialist
Parsons has increasingly used acquisitions as a way to evolve its critical infrastructure business in the same way it has done for the federal business. Parsons Corp. has acquired an engineering services provider that concentrates its work on water and stormwater projects for cities, counties and water management districts across the state of Florida. Tampa-headquartered Applied […]
Shutdown’s ripple effect: Contractors, small businesses face devastating economic hit
At least 1 million contractor employees face lost paychecks as the funding lapse disrupts their companies’ services to agencies and freezes federal operations. Business and professional groups are warning that the current federal funding lapse will cause economic harm to not only government employees and contractors, but the broader U.S. economy and national security as well. […]
Hegseth, Vought actions heighten fears about continued inspector general independence
Lawmakers from both parties and good government groups have argued that recent moves by the Trump administration will chill whistleblowing and watchdog offices. On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that changes would be coming to the department’s inspector general office. This announcement came only a couple hours after it was disclosed that the Office of […]
LMI promotes Wilson to chief executive
Doug Wagoner will transition to chairman of the board of directors after having led LMI for five years, including the transition from its longstanding nonprofit status to being a for-profit company. LMI has promoted its next chief executive from within the company’s own ranks in Josh Wilson, who first joined the organization in 2014 and has […]