DOD suspends CMMC Phase 2, launches 60-day ‘reform’ review
Citing prohibitive costs for small and mid-size contractors, the Defense Department will keep Phase 1 self-assessments in place while a new task force studies the cyber and supply chain security program’s future. The Defense Department has essentially ended the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program by suspending its second phase requirements. DOD is keeping in place Phase 1, which […]
Every capability needs a mission story
To build trust with your customers, your marketing efforts should focus on how what you do supports the mission, writes Katie Helwig of Mild Red LLC. A worldwide communications upgrade was postponed during its final stages because of a communications cable. Not the software. Not the installation. Not the people. A communications cable. The cable had […]
Leidos layoff notices hit 305 people in non-customer roles
The reductions, less than 1% of the workforce, targeted indirect positions as the company pushes to reshuffle for efficiency. Leidos notified 305 employees last month that their roles were being eliminated “due to ongoing changes and opportunities in our business environment.” The layoff notices are part of organizational changes the company is making and aim to “help us to […]
HHS seeks small business support for future vendor management office
The Health and Human Services Department has started its work to find a contractor that can help oversee various software licensing agreements. The Health and Human Services Department has launched a search for qualified small businesses that could help stand up a office responsible for managing HHS’ relationships with enterprise software vendors. HHS’ future Vendor Management […]
TOP 100: LMI’s commercial tech approach hinges on the business model
As Company No. 73 sees the world, bespoke problems that are unique to government do not get in the way of efforts to “capture all of the goodness” of de-risking the tech quickly. For all the conversations about federal agencies purchasing and adopting more commercial technology, they inevitably turn to how problems that exist in the […]
WT 360: Odyssey Systems and the landscape’s shifts in speed, decision authorities
Matt Kasberg, chief executive of Company No. 73 on our 2026 Top 100, explains how Odyssey Systems works with the defense acquisition community amid a period of so much change in that function. If 2025 and 2026 have told us anything, it is that the government no longer sees the decades-long status quo of acquisition […]