Feds launch five-year contract to enhance tracking of Gulf oil spill restoration efforts
Web-based system provides ongoing oversight of ecosystem restoration 15-years after the massive Deepwater Horizon spill. Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico work continues on restoration efforts. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council is looking to enhance its Deepwater Horizon Project Tracker, a database that monitors restoration efforts across the […]
DOD gets millions for cyber capabilities under GOP reconciliation package
The law’s vast cuts to Medicaid, however, are putting rural healthcare groups on high alert. The Republican domestic policy law, signed over the weekend, includes significant boosts for U.S. military cyber spending, including new investments in cyberdefense, offensive operations and workforce development. The law establishes a $250 million investment for AI-related efforts at Cyber Command. Meanwhile, […]
GSA announces new Oracle OneGov agreement
Oracle’s cloud and software license offerings will be available to federal agencies at a discounted rate. The General Services Administration and Oracle unveiled a new agreement within the larger OneGov initiative Monday, giving government agencies a 75% discount when purchasing Oracle’s license-based technology and access to its data management systems through November. The agreement also eliminates […]
WT 360: Nextgov/FCW’s David DiMolfetta on Iran, cyber and the Salt Typhoon breach
David DiMolfetta, our Nextgov/FCW colleague who covers all things cyber, jumps in to explain how U.S. government agencies are monitoring Iran’s cyber activities and why a major intrusion into telecommunications networks keeps getting worse. Iran is known to be one of the world’s major nation-state actors in cyberspace and that fact has returned to the […]
B&A acquires Hexagon Federal’s defense, intelligence portfolio
The transaction gives B&A access to more contract vehicles and geospatial expertise. B&A, which changed private equity owners less than one year ago, has acquired the intelligence and defense portfolio of Hexagon’s U.S. federal subsidiary. Financial terms of the transaction announced Thursday. B&A is seeking to expand its mission-critical enterprise information management, integrated product solutions, cybersecurity, and geospatial services. […]
Boeing’s new defense leader and more leadership moves across the market
Major hires and promotions involving operations, corporate development and human resources functions also feature. Boeing Steve Parker is now chief executive of the aerospace giant’s defense and space segment after previously being its interim CEO since Ted Colbert’s departure from the company in September. In both capacities, Parker has been responsible for overseeing the segment’s turnaround […]
Trump nominates Ryan Cote to serve as VA’s new IT chief
Cote previously served as the Department of Transportation’s CIO for two years during the first Trump administration. President Donald Trump has nominated Ryan Cote to serve as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new chief information officer and assistant secretary for information and technology, a move that could potentially bring a seasoned IT professional back into federal […]
OPM schedules industry engagement event to talk HR modernization
The Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, and General Services Administration are all involved in this discussion on how to get a new human resources system in place by the end of 2028. The Office of Personnel Management has started to go down a different path than the one it started on in […]
The missing link in America’s National Cybersecurity Strategy
Jordan Burris, former chief of staff to the federal CIO in the first Trump Administration, explains what’s missing from our national cybersecurity strategy and why long-standing digital identity issues need to be addressed. Another executive order from the Trump administration. Another chance to patch a known flaw, squandered. The same overlooked vulnerability still weakens our national […]
Palantir challenges DIA’s sole-source contract plan
The company argues federal acquisition laws require the Defense Intelligence Agency conduct a competition, echoing the 2016 court win involving an Army contract. History might be repeating itself as Palantir is objecting to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s plan to award a sole-source contract for custom software development. Like a legal battle Palantir won nearly a decade ago, […]