When it comes to Feds, LinkedIn is much more than a Rolodex
With 2.7 million federal employees on the platform, contractors who treat agency pages as intelligence feeds can grab a decisive advantage, writes marketing expert Mark Amtower. For years, a persistent myth circulated throughout GovCon: “Feds aren’t on LinkedIn.” In 2012, that misconception was so prevalent that it became the catalyst for my first Annual Census of […]
Court orders OMB to publish more info about how federal funding is distributed
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington had asserted that officials violated an earlier mandate regarding the disclosure of spending data. A federal judge on Wednesday directed the Office of Management and Budget to publish certain information about how federal dollars are spent after a government watchdog nonprofit accused officials of contravening an earlier court order. […]
Capgemini to sell U.S. government unit over ICE work
The French government’s pressure on the Paris-based company over detention facility contracts has prompted the plan to divest the small but controversial unit. Capgemini is selling its U.S. government subsidiary because of the work the unit does with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Paris-based company announced the decision on Sunday and said that legal restrictions didn’t […]
NITAAC finally pulls the plug on CIO-SP4
The troubled $50 billion IT contract vehicle has faced hundreds of protests that the agency could never fully resolve. Is anyone really surprised that the NIH IT Acquisition and Assessment Center has cancelled CIO-SP4 after years of protests? In a filing with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Friday, NITAAC explained that cancelling the contract […]
As Trump administration cries ‘fraud,’ experts worry it does more harm than good
“It’s dismaying,” one longtime anti-fraud expert told Nextgov/FCW of how the administration is using fraud as rationale but firing the watchdogs that are tasked with finding it. Combating fraud in government programs has been a talking point for the White House since the start of the second Trump administration, most recently with a focus on an ongoing […]
WT 360: Defense One’s Lauren Williams on industrial base management matters and pressure points
Lauren Williams, business editor at Defense One, jumps in to break down how industry pros are viewing President Trump’s executive order on stock repurchases and other ways the Pentagon is pushing companies to do more. Pressure points on defense companies from their Pentagon customer to invest more and do business differently than before are coming […]