State Department deputy Michael Rigas tapped as acting GSA head
Stephen Ehikian, who has served as the acting GSA administrator since Trump took office, will be staying on as deputy. Some in the agency speculate the change is due to DOGE fallout. The General Services Administration’s acting director Stephen Ehikian is out of his job as head of the agency. The agency’s new acting administrator, Michael […]
McGinn leaves GMU’s GovCon Center for new role at CSIS
The former Pentagon official will launch a new industry-focused organization at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. After seven years leading the Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting, Jerry McGinn has left to join the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He will become the first director of CSIS’ new Center for the […]
Booz Allen gives big boost to its venture arm
Technology remains in the core for Booz Allen Ventures, which is widening its scope to include companies involved in manufacturing and the U.S.’ reindustrialization efforts. Booz Allen Hamilton has tripled the size of its venture capital fund to $300 million in a move to set up more investments in early-stage companies whose technologies show promise for […]
WT 360: All about messaging and its relationship to business performance
Dustin Siggins and Katie Helwig, public relations and GovCon practitioners respectively, go over the past decade in corporate culture shifts and how external messaging connects directly to communications with government customers. Government contractors are under a different sort of microscope for not just how they do their work supporting agencies’ missions, but also how they […]
Hadrian secures $260M in Series C capital
The five-year-old company views artificial intelligence and robotics as necessary to automate defense component manufacturing and make it happen at scale. Hadrian, a startup that leans on automation techniques in manufacturing, has secured $260 million in Series C capital from investors to support its buildout of a larger facility and expansion of another hub. Founded in […]
AIS acquires analytics provider to expand AI offerings
Applied Information Sciences is also adding the departments of Justice and Homeland Security as customers, as well as the FBI. Applied Information Sciences has acquired a provider of analytics and mission support to national security and law enforcement customers in a move to expand artificial intelligence offerings. Dorrean was founded in 2008 and works primarily with […]
Agencies to ‘redouble’ efforts to rightsize their workforces following Supreme Court ruling, White House official says
Agencies are still finalizing decisions on whether they have “too many people in the wrong place,” official says. After receiving the go ahead from the Supreme Court, federal agencies are relaunching efforts to trim their workforces, a top White House official said on Thursday. Only a few agencies have moved forward with mass layoffs in the […]
Reflections about Mike Daniels: Technology Visionary and Humble Servant Leader
From ARPA to Network Solutions to corporate boards, he built a legacy of professional success and profound personal impact. I was very sad to learn of the passing of Mike Daniels last week. While he is no longer with us, Mike’s impact on the lives of so many people will be felt for years to come. […]
GAO pushes back on making losers pay for failed bid protests
The watchdog agency cites a lack of data and potential harm to competition in rejecting a congressional proposal. The Government Accountability Office is pushing back against efforts by Congress to make unsuccessful bid protesters pay both government and contractor costs. In a letter to Congress released Monday, tGAO is warning that such fee-shifting could reduce competition […]
GSA’s vision for procurement is about having ‘one wallet’
Stephen Ehikian, the General Services Administration’s acting leader, compares how GSA wants to approach consolidated common goods and services purchasing to how bulk retail operates. The General Services Administration’s ongoing work to take on substantially all of the government’s purchasing of what it calls “common goods and services” is not too different from how retail giants […]