Pentagon sets start date for CMMC implementation
Step one involves getting this new cyber and supply chain security standard into solicitations as the Defense Department sees the full rollout as taking three years. Circle Nov. 10 as when the Defense Department’s new cyber and supply chain security standard for the entire industrial base starts to be implemented, almost six years after Pentagon leadership […]
NASA continues work on SEWP VI during consolidation uncertainty
The space agency is still processing proposals for the next-generation IT contract while the Trump administration weighs moving the program to the General Services Administration. While conversations continue about the NASA SEWP program possibly getting absorbed into the General Services Administration, NASA is working on the next iteration of the contract as if it is business as usual. […]
Expedition Technology lands backing from Enlightenment, Razor’s Edge
The 12-year-old intelligence software specialist is pushing to widen the availability of its toolset for national security agencies. Expedition Technology, a developer of signals and geospatial intelligence software tools for national security operators, has landed new backing from the investment firms Enlightenment Capital and Razor’s Edge. Founded in 2013, Expedition designs its products to use artificial […]
GSA launches FAS Office of Centralized Acquisition Services
The office will be headed by longtime GSA executive Tom Meiron. The General Services Administration has established a new office within its Federal Acquisition Service — the Office of Centralized Acquisition Services — that will serve as a central hub supporting a variety of federal agencies’ acquisition efforts for nearly $500 billion worth of goods and […]
Companies successfully challenge $237M Army award to Amentum
The Army backs away from its award for protective equipment following a pair of protests, so the branch can re-evaluate proposals and make a new award decision. Two companies are back in the running for a $237.1 million Army task order to improve protective equipment worn by soldiers. Mag Aerospace and DCS Corp. went to the […]
Accenture prevails in battle for $3.5B Energy contract
Accenture’s federal subsidiary clears an investigation over an alleged conflict-of-interest and will continue providing enterprise IT and business support services. The Energy Department has completed its review of a $3.5 billion award to Accenture Federal Services and the now court-approved conclusion is the same – AFS is the winner. Booz Allen Hamilton and Leidos had gone […]
American Systems acquires managed IT, cyber provider
American Systems adds 400 new employee-owners to its staff via the company’s largest-ever acquisition. American Systems has acquired a provider of managed IT and cybersecurity services to federal agencies in a move aimed at adopting more of a multi-tenant delivery model and broadening the buyer’s geographic footprint. The purchase of Epsilon also represents the largest transaction […]
SAIC’s challenges are hardly unique, but still put pressure on its outlook
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Toni Townes-Whitley gets candid about the market’s volatility and how the company has pulled back some of its expectations. Science Applications International Corp. has been transparent about its ongoing strategic pivots and efforts to reinvigorate organic growth, but the company is also finding today’s environment more challenging to navigate than it previously […]
WT 360: ICF’s pillars for its technology modernization outlook and approach
David Birken, senior vice president for digital modernization and experience at ICF, joins to go over some keys for mapping technology implementations to workforce trends and what customer delivery looks like in today’s landscape. Needless to say, the 2025 presidential transition has put technology higher on the agenda when talking about the business of government […]
What you need to know about the new SAM.gov registration requirements
The FAR Council has clarified the inconsistencies around when companies need to be registered in SAM.gov and as Richard Arnholt of Bass, Berry & Sims writes, the requirements are simpler but not softer. Technology vendors, like all federal contractors, must register in the federal System for Award Management (SAM) to do business with the government and […]