Tetra Tech acquires IT modernization, analytics outfit

Tetra Tech is adding roughly 600 employees through its acquisition of Halvik Corp. Tetra Tech has acquired a provider of IT systems modernization and data analytics services in yet another move by the global engineering company to build out its federal technology practice. Halvik Corp. opened for business in 2007 to specialize in agile delivery and […]
BigBear purchases AI platform and tool suite from CargoSeer

CargoSeer designed its AI Shipment Inspection Platform to combine automated image analysis, computer vision and machine learning techniques with trade and cargo data. BigBear.ai has acquired a suite of technologies from a fellow artificial intelligence company with an eye toward expanding further into cargo inspection and trade risk management functions. CargoSeer opened for business in 2023 […]
The marketing lessons learned for government contractors in year 1 of Trump 2.0

After a year of evidence, the winning message is clear: outcomes over features, efficiency as strategy, and AI as a practical tool, writes Sean O’Leary of Susan Davis International One year into the Trump administration, government contractors now have something far more valuable than speculation: evidence. As we look back, 2025 made clear that this White […]
Funding rescissions, re-staffing initiatives and other major takeaways from the final FY26 funding package

Lawmakers again declined to provide Trump with most of the funding cuts he requested. A government shutdown at the end of January is looking unlikely, even as Congress has just more than a week to take critical votes to fund agencies for the remainder of fiscal 2026. Appropriators this week put forward a fourth spending package, […]
GSA wants answers from resellers about markups and equipment maker relationships

A new sources sought notice includes a set of questions about pricing and services, plus explanations on the fees charged by value-added resellers. The Trump administration is increasing its scrutiny of markup prices that value-added resellers charge on IT hardware sales to the federal government. A new request for information released Thursday morning asks VARs to share information about […]