GAO denies EY protest over Army’s corrective action in $250M contract
The Government Accountability Office denies some parts of the protest and dismisses others, while affirming an agency’s discretion to make revisions. The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by Ernst & Young over the scope of corrective action in a $250 million Army financial management contract, clearing the way for the agency to complete its […]
AWS to invest $50B in AI and supercomputing infrastructure for government customers
Amazon Web Services is granting government expanded access to its tech products offerings while scaling the infrastructure required to support it. Amazon Web Services announced Monday that it will be aiming to expand its artificial intelligence and supercomputing infrastructure for government customers, unveiling a new investment of up to $50 billion towards scaling capabilities for federal […]
Air Force looks to refactor HR apps, avoid vendor lock-in
The service branch’s personnel office needs to move applications to a new Salesforce licensing model while keeping the current systems up and running. The Air Force is facing a challenge familiar across the government – how to update your software portfolio and avoid the risk of vendor lock-in along the way. In this case, the Air […]
IonQ invests in maker of hydrogen-powered drones
Heven AeroTech will ad quantum sensors and other related technologies into the vehicles. IonQ, the quantum computing company that unveiled its federal arm in September, has invested in a maker of unmanned aerial systems and related solutions as a means to further enhance how drones operate. Heven AeroTech opened for business in 2019 to incorporate hydrogen […]
WT 360: Known risks and potential rewards in the post-shutdown catchup
Christine Williamson, a partner in the GovCon industry practice at CohnReznick, lays out five lingering challenges contractors must take into consideration in the reopening and how to respond to them. The 2025 government shutdown is on-record as the longest ever at 43 days, which means the recovery period will last well into the spring and […]