OneGov’s discounted deals are ‘a first step’ to longer-term contracts, officials say
The General Services Administration has asked some companies to re-up their temporary price cuts while it continues to talk with them about becoming direct contractors on its Multiple Award Schedule. The General Services Administration is looking at extending discounted deals that several companies had offered the federal government on their software products and services via the […]
Cyber blind spots: The war room needs constant data, not a daily scorecard
The current architecture isn’t lacking capability—it’s constrained by design. When storage economics force teams to choose what to watch, adversaries choose for them, writes Collin Lee, CIO of Omni Federal. The Speed Problem Imagine a battlefield commander who receives situation reports only once a day. By the time the picture reaches the operations center, it is […]
SpaceX’s biggest risk factor might be Elon Musk
ANALYSIS: The company’s S-1 filing reveals how the founder’s outside entanglements — from DOGE to Brazil — could threaten its government business. Every S-1 filing by a company entering the public markets includes a section that outlines risk factors the company will face. Often these are boilerplate types of statements. For companies with significant government business, […]
OPINION: Data centers in space may sound wild, but SpaceX and others believe otherwise
SpaceX’s filing to become a public company highlights the barriers and potential of this concept, which brings the often-used “dual use” terminology into a different lens. Data centers in space have for many years been closer to science fiction than fact and while they still remain concepts for the future, the ingredients for making them real […]
GSA inks latest OneGov agreement with Snowflake
Under the deal, federal agencies will potentially be eligible “for higher-tier discounts of up to 50% reduced consumption cost on compute, as overall usage increases.” The General Services Administration announced on Thursday that it reached a deal with data cloud company Snowflake to provide federal agencies with discounted rates on some of its technology services. The […]