154 firms face ouster from 8(a) program after failing financial eligibility test
The Small Business Administration’s crackdown targets companies that have exceeded net worth, income and asset thresholds. The Small Business Administration plans to terminate 154 8(a) small businesses from the program for failing to meet the “economic disadvantage” requirements to be eligible. SBA has sent letters to the firms notifying them of their suspension, 30 days before final termination. […]
DOD’s $66B IT budget pivots to AI and efficiency
immixGroup Senior Analyst Joshua Iseler describes how DOD’s budget is evolving and where the spending priorities are. Where does the Defense Department plan to spend its increased budget for the 2026 fiscal year? Not surprisingly, the DOD as a whole — as well as each branch of service — is adding to its artificial intelligence investment, […]
Air Force launches program for resilient intelligence platforms
The RAPID program will use traditional and other transaction authority contracts to develop cloud-based tools that can combine multiple intelligence sources with automation and cyber defense tools. The Air Force is laying the groundwork for a multiple-award program to develop what it is calling “resilient analytic platforms for intelligence delivery.” An advanced research announcement for RAPID […]
Analytical Mechanics Associates hires Poist as CEO
AMA is prioritizing IT and visualization in the current iteration of a strategy that has kept engineering, science and mathematics at the core since its 1962 inception. Analytical Mechanics Associates’ board of directors has hired a new chief executive in Joseph Poise, a two-decade industry veteran and most recently an executive at Science Applications International Corp. […]
Announcing the 2026 Federal 100
These 100 people made exceptional contributions to the government IT ecosystem last year. For over 35 years, FCW and now Nextgov/FCW has recognized those people in the federal government, industry and academia who have made an outstanding impact on the technology landscape in the last year. Rising from the ranks of a record number of nominations, […]